Grandiloquent Dictionary

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cacestogenous - ( )

 Caused by a poor home life

cacestogenous - ( )

 Caused by an unfavourable home life

cachinnation - ( )

 Loud or hysterical laughter

cacodaemonomania - ( )

 Posessed by the devil

cacoethes - ( )

 A bad habit or insatiable urge

cacogen - ( )

 An antisocial person

cacohydrophobia - ( )

 The fear of sewer water

cacophonophilist - ( )

 One who loves harsh sounds

cacophonophilist - ( )

 One who loves hearing harsh sounds

cacospectamania - ( )

 The obsession of staring at something which is repulsive

cagamosis - ( )

 An unhappy marriage

cagophilist - ( )

 A collector of keys

cainophobia - ( )

 A fear of anything new

cainotophobia - ( )

 See cainophobia

caitiff - ( )

 A despicable or cowardly person

callet - ( )

 A drab untidy woman

calligyniaphobia - ( )

 The fear of beautiful women

callithumpian - ( )

 The sounds of a big parade, usually accompanied by horns and noise makers

calypso - ( )

 A fashion in which women tie a knot in their shirt and exposes her waist

cameralistics - ( )

 The science of managing public finances

campanology - ( )

 The study of bells or of bell ringing

cancatervate - ( )

 To heap up into a pile

cantabank - ( )

 A second rate singer

capernoited - ( )

 Slightly intoxicated or tipsy

capnomancy - ( )

 Divination by smoke

carapace - ( )

 The shell of an animal such as a turtle or armadillo

carcinomatophobia - ( )

 See carcinophobia

carcinophobia - ( )

 A fear of cancer

carker - ( )

 A mischievieous child or brat

carnophobia - ( )

 A fear of meat

carphologia - ( )

 See floccillation

cartomancy - ( )

 Magic using cards or prophecy using cards

cartomaniac - ( )

 A collector of maps

casuist - ( )

 A sophist who insists on debating the smallest details

catagelophobia - ( )

 A fear of ridicule

catapedaphobia - ( )

 A fear of jumping from a high (or low) place

cathartic - ( )

 Something which is used to clean one's bowels

cathisophobia - ( )

 A fear of sitting

catholicon - ( )

 A remedy for all ailments, or a miracle cure-all

catoptomancy - ( )

 Divination using a mirror or several mirrors

catoptromancy - ( )

 Divination based on how a face appears when viewed in a mirror underwater

catoptrophobia - ( )

 A fear of mirrors

causeuse - ( )

 A sofa built for two people

ceilidh - ( )

 1. A private conversation or visit

ceilidh - ( )

 2. An evening of musical entertainment

cenacle - ( )

 The large room in which the last supper took place

cenatory - ( )

 Pertaining to dinner or supper

ceneromancy - ( )

 Divination using ashes

cenogamy - ( )

 Communal marriage

cephalalgic - ( )

 Any form of headache remedy

cephalomancy - ( )

 Divination by boiling a head, usually that of a donkey

ceraunomancy - ( )

 Divination by or magic using thunderbolts

cercopithecan - ( )

 Pertaining to monkeys

cerebropathophobia - ( )

 A fear of going insane because of a disease

chaetophobia - ( )

 A fear of hair

chafferer - ( )

 A vendor who enjoys talking while making a sale

chalcenterous - ( )

 Having bowels of brass

chankings - ( )

 Pieces of food which are rejected from what is chewed. (spat out)

charette - ( )

 an intensive effort to complete something before the deadline

Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg - ( )

 A Native American lake name meaning "you fish on your side, I fish on my side an no one fishes in the middle"

charientism - ( )

 An artfully veiled insult

chavish - ( )

 The sound of many birds chirping together, or many people chatting at once

cheiloproclitic - ( )

 Being attracted to a person's lips

cheimaphobia - ( )

 A fear of coldness or being cold

cheimatophobia - ( )

 See cheimaphobia

chelonian - ( )

 Like a turtle

cherophobia - ( )

 A fear of merriment

chiliad - ( )

 A period of one thousand years

chiliasm - ( )

 The doctrine that Christ will return and reign for a thousand years

chionophobia - ( )

 A fear of snow

chirocracy - ( )

 The state of being ruled by force (literally by a strong hand)

chirognomy - ( )

 See chiromancy

chiromancy - ( )

 Foretelling the future by studying a person's hand

chirotonsor - ( )

 An alternate title for a barber

chirotony - ( )

 A vote which is taken by a show of hands

cholangiocholecystocholedochectomy - ( )

 The surgical removal of the hepatic duct, common duct, and gall bladder

choregus - ( )

 The financial backer in ancient Greece, usually of a play

chorophobia - ( )

 A fear of dancing

chorophobia - ( )

 Fear of dancing

chrematistic - ( )

 Pertaining to business or the pursuit of wealth

chrematophobia - ( )

 A fear of money

chrematophobia - ( )

 The fear of wealth

chrestomathic - ( )

 Devoted to academic pursuits or to learning in general

chromatophobia - ( )

 See chromophobia

chromophobia - ( )

 A fear of colours

chromotocracy - ( )

 A government dominated by one race

chronomancy - ( )

 Divining the best time for certain events

chronophobia - ( )

 The fear of time

chryselephantine - ( )

 Made of or decorated with gold and ivory

chrysocracy - ( )

 Rulership by the wealthy (literally a government by gold)

chrysology - ( )

 The study of production and value of precious metals

chrysophobia - ( )

 A fear of gold

cibophobia - ( )

 A fear of food

cingulomania - ( )

 A desire to hold someone in your arms

circumlocution - ( )

 An overly complicated means of expression

clapperdudgeon - ( )

 A beggar whose parents were beggars

cleidomancy - ( )

 Divination using a key

cleisiophobia - ( )

 A fear of enclosed spaces

clepsammia - ( )

 An "hourglass" which measures a period of time other than an hour

cleptobiosis - ( )

 The act of plundering food

cleptophobia - ( )

 The fear of thieves or of becoming a thief

cleromancy - ( )

 Divination involving dice

climacophobia - ( )

 The fear of falling downstairs

clinomania - ( )

 An excessive desire to remain in bed

clinophobia - ( )

 A fear of going to bed

clithrophobia - ( )

 A fear of enclosed spaces

cloffin - ( )

 To sit idly by a fire

cnidophobia - ( )

 A fear of insect stings

cnidosiphobia - ( )

 A fear of itching

cockalorum - ( )

 A person who thinks they are bigger than they are

coenesthesis - ( )

 An awareness of one's body and overall health

coimetrophobia - ( )

 See koimetrophobia

collieshangie - ( )

 An uproar or a quarrel

colporteur - ( )

 A book peddler, particularly religious books

colposinquanonia - ( KAHL-puh-SIN-kwah-NOH-nee-uh )

 Estimating a woman's beauty based on her chest

comestion - ( )

 A devouring by fire

comiconomenclaturist - ( )

 One who collects funny names

comprachico - ( )

 A person who buys and sells children after deforming them

comprivigni - ( )

 The relation of a child to its step-siblings

conchologist - ( )

 A collector of shells

conchomancy - ( )

 Divination using shells

concilliabule - ( )

 A secret meeting of people who are hatching a plot

concionative - ( )

 Pertaining to public speaking

conventicle - ( )

 A secret or unlawful religious assembly

coprophagan - ( )

 A beetle that lives in dung

coprophagous - ( )

 One who eats excrement

coprophobia - ( )

 A fear of excrement

coprostasiphobia - ( )

 A fear of constipation

coriaceous - ( )

 Leatherlike, particularly pertaining to skin

coriaceous - ( )

 To be tough and leathery, (such as over tanned skin)

corsned - ( )

 A medieval trial in which the accused had to swallow consecrated bread

cosherer - ( )

 Someone who eats at the expense of others, especially relatives

cosmolatry - ( )

 The worship of nature

cosmopoietic - ( )

 An adjective referring to world creating

costermonger - ( )

 A seller of fruits, vegetables, and other food, especially from a street cart

cotquean - ( )

 A man who does what is traditionally women's work

couther - ( )

 To comfort by giving refreshments and warmth

crambazzle - ( )

 A worn out old man

crantara - ( )

 A burnt piece of wood dipped in blood and taken from clan to clan as a signal

crapulent - ( )

 Illness caused by overeating

cremnophobia - ( )

 A fear of cliffs or precipices

cremnophobia - ( )

 A fear of precipices

creophagous - ( )

 Pertaining to something or someone which eats meat

crepitation - ( )

 The crackling and popping sound accompanying a wood fire

crepuscle - ( )

 The fading light at the end of the day, also known as twilight

cretaceous - ( )

 Chalky or grayish white

cribble - ( )

 To push something through a sieve

crithomancy - ( )

 Divination by spreading flour or dough over a sacrificed animal

criticasters - ( )

 Third rate mean spirited critics

cromnyomancy - ( )

 Magic or divination using an onion

croodle - ( )

 Too coo like a dove

croosle - ( )

 A low whimper, such as produced by infants

crose - ( )

 To whine empathetically with someone who is in pain

crosier - ( )

 The ceremonial staff of bishops or abbots

crotaline - ( )

 Resembling a rattlesnake

cruciverbalist - ( )

 Someone who loves doing crossword puzzles

crurophilous - ( )

 Pertaining to one who likes legs

cryophobia - ( )

 A fear of ice or frost

cryptarchy - ( )

 A government which is run secretly

cucurbitaceous - ( )

 resembling a cucumber or a squash

culacino - ( )

 The mark left on the table by a moist glass

culch - ( )

 Rubbage and refuse of every form

cullion - ( )

 A rude, mean-spirited person

cultrivorous - ( )

 Pertaining to actual or illusory knife swallowing

cummock - ( )

 A staff with a crooked end on it

cunctipotent - ( )

 Being all powerfull, or omnipotent

curglaff - ( )

 The shock felt when entering cold water

curpin - ( )

 A bird's back end

cyesolagnia - ( )

 Being attracted to pregnant women

cymophobia - ( )

 The fear of waves

cynanthropy - ( )

 The delusion that one is a dog

cynocephalous - ( )

 Having the face or head of a dog

cynophobia - ( )

 A fear of dogs

cyprianophobia - ( )

 The fear of prostitutes

cypridophobia - ( )

 See cyprianophobia

cypridophobia - ( )

 The fear of prostitutes

cypripareuniaphile - ( )

 A person who loves prostitutes

cytology - ( )

 The study of cells or the interaction of cells

czarevna - ( )

 The proper title for the daughter of a czar

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