Grandiloquent Dictionary

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bacillophobia - ( )

 A fear of germs

bailiwick - ( )

 The region in which a sheriff has legal powers

baize - ( )

 The green cloth used on billiard tables and other gaming tables

balatron - ( )

 A babbling buffoon

baldric - ( )

 A belt worn over the shoulder and chest used to hold a sword

ballistophobia - ( )

 A fear of being shot, or of guns and missles

balnearii - ( )

 People who steal clothing for public baths

balnearil - ( )

 The people who stole clothing from a public bath in ancient Rome

barathrum - ( )

 A person who eats like they were a bottomless pit

barophobia - ( )

 A fear of gravity

barophobia - ( )

 Fear of gravity

basiphobia - ( )

 The fear of walking

basistasiphobia - ( )

 The fear of standing and walking

basophobia - ( )

 See basiphobia

basorexia - ( )

 An overwhelming desire to neck or kiss

bataphobia - ( )

 A fear of heights or high places

bathophobia - ( )

 A fear of depth

bathysiderodromophobia - ( )

 Fear of subways

batophobia - ( )

 A fear of tall buildings

batrachoid - ( )

 Like a frog

batrachophagous - ( )

 One who eats frogs

batrachophobia - ( )

 A fear of frogs or toads

battology - ( )

 Tiresome and repetitive talking

bdellophobia - ( )

 A fear of leeches

beaze - ( )

 To dry in the sun

beldam - ( )

 A foul old woman

belomancy - ( )

 Fortunetelling through the use of arrows

belonephobia - ( )

 A fear of pins and needles

bibliomancy - ( )

 Divination using books or Bible passages

bibliophobia - ( )

 A fear of books

bibliopolist - ( )

 One who deals in rare books

bicorne - ( )

 The hat with two points worn by Napolean

biometeorology - ( )

 The study of how the weather affects people

bitheism - ( )

 Believing in two gods

blandiloquent - ( )

 Speaking in a flattering or ingratiating way

blatherskite - ( )

 An obnoxious braggart

blatteroon - ( )

 A person who will not stop talking

blattoid - ( )

 Like a cockroach

blellum - ( )

 an idle boring chatterer

blennophobia - ( )

 A fear of slime

blepharospasm - ( )

 A form of constant winking

bletcherous - ( )

 Pertaining to something poorly designed or disgusting in design

blodder - ( )

 To flow with a gurgling sound from a small aperture

boanthropy - ( )

 The delusion that one is an ox

bogyphobia - ( )

 A fear of goblins

bombilate - ( )

 To loudly hum or buzz continuously

bonnyclabber - ( )

 Milk which has become thick due to being sour

borborygmus - ( )

 The rumbling sound of gas passing through the intestine

botanomancy - ( )

 Divination using plants

botanophobia - ( )

 A fear of plants

bourdon - ( )

 The bass drone of a bagpipe or of the low pitched notes on a pipe organ

boustrophedon - ( )

 A form of writing which alternates left to right / right to left, also used to describe some forms of typesetting.

bowdlerize - ( )

 To purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impure material

brachiation - ( )

 The act of swinging through the trees, such as performed by monkeys

brachistichrone - ( )

 The path between two points along which a particle travels for the shortest time

brachycephalic - ( )

 Having a head that is broad

breve - ( )

 The small curve above a vowel which symbolizes a short sound

breviloquent - ( )

 Speaking briefly about a subject

brevirostrate - ( )

 Having a short nose

brimborion - ( )

 Something which is useless or nonsensical

bromatology - ( )

 A discourse on food

bromidrosiphobia - ( )

 A fear of body odour or sweat

bronteum - ( )

 A device used in theater or movies to create thunder

brontide - ( )

 The low rumbling of distant thunder

brontomancy - ( )

 Divination by or magic involving thunder

brontophobia - ( )

 The fear of thunder

brump - ( )

 To collect branches which have fallen off of trees

bruxomania - ( )

 The compulsive grinding of one's teeth

buccula - ( )

 A double chin

buffarilla - ( )

 An extremely ugly young woman

bufoniform - ( )

 Like a toad

burghbote - ( )

 Donations made to repair a castle, or to build a castle

burladero - ( )

 The wooden barrier in a bullring used for protection

butyraceous - ( )

 Resembling butter

byrthynsak - ( )

 1. The theft of a calf or a sheep

byrthynsak - ( )

 2. Stealing as much as one can carry

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