Grandiloquent Dictionary

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paedarchy - ( )

Rulership by a child or several children

paedocracy - ( )

A government formed of children

pagophagia - ( )

1. The eating of ice

pagophagia - ( )

2. A folk remedy of eating a bowl of ice daily to offset iron deficiency

pagophobia - ( )

A fear of ice or frost

paleography - ( )

The study of ancient writings

paleozoology - ( )

The study of prehistoric animals

pancratic - ( )

Accomplished in many forms or sport or game or having a mastery over numerous subjects

pandiculation - ( )

Stretching and yawning before going to bed or after waking up

pantagamy - ( )

Married to everyone

pantaphobia - ( )

A fear of lack of fear

pantomancer - ( )

One who sees omens in every event

pantophobia - ( )

A fear of everything

papaphobia - ( )

A fear of the pope or the papacy

paparchy - ( )

Rulership by the pope

papyrocracy - ( )

Rulership by paperwork or by the press

papyrophobia - ( )

A fear of paper

parabolanus - ( )

A monk who treat contagious diseases

paralian - ( )

A person who lives near the sea

paralipophobia - ( )

A fear of responsibility

paramnesia - ( )

A disorder in which one remembers events that never happened

paranymph - ( )

The best man or bridesmaid at a wedding

parapraxis - ( )

A lapse of memory or a slip of the tongue, usually revealing a hidden thought

parasitophobia - ( )

A fear of parasites

paraskevidekatriaphobia - ( )

The fear of Friday the 13th

parateresiomania - ( )

The obsession with being a voyeur

parergon - ( )

A second job or an additional source of money from extra work

parisologist - ( )

A person who uses ambiguous language or evasive writing

parorexia - ( )

The craving for strange or indigestible foods

parosmia - ( )

A disorder which causes one to smell things that are not real

parousiamania - ( )

An obsession with the return of Christ

parrhesiastic - ( )

Able to speak freely

parsonarchy - ( )

A government formed by priests

partheniad - ( )

A poem which honors a virgin

parthenolagnia - ( )

The desire to make love to virgins

parthenolatry - ( )

worship of a virgin or virgins

parthenophobia - ( por-then-o-fo - bee-uh )

The fear of virgins

pasilaly - ( )

Any universal language

passalorynchite - ( )

A member of an old Christian sect in which members had to take a vow of silence

passulation - ( )

The act of drying up and turning into a raisin

pataphysics - ( )

The science of imaginary solutions or of nonsensical philosophy

patavinity - ( )

The use of local slang or expressions when writing

pathenophillia - ( )

The love of virgins

pathenophobia - ( )

The fear of virgins

pathophobia - ( )

A fear of disease

patroiophobia - ( )

A fear of hereditary diseases

pauciloquent - ( )

Using as few words as possible when speaking

paxophobia - ( )

A fear of peace

peccatiphobia - ( )

A fear of sin or of sinning

peckerwood - ( )

A southern term for poor anglo-saxon protestants

pecunious - ( )

Having a lot of money

pedantrocracy - ( )

Rulership by pedants or pedagogs

pediatricophobia - ( )

A fear of having to take care of children

pediculophobia - ( )

A fear of lice

pediophobia - ( )

1. A fear of children

pediophobia - ( )

2. A fear of dolls

pedipulate - ( )

To operate with one's feet

pedotrophy - ( )

The art of raising children properly

pegomancy - ( )

Fortunetelling using the bubbles in a fountain

peladophobia - ( )

A fear of people who are bald

pelargic - ( )

Resembling a stork

pelology - ( )

The study of therapeutic uses of mud

peniaphobia - ( )

A fear of poverty

penotherapy - ( )

Controlling prostitutes in order to eliminate the spread of disease

penphobia - ( )

The fear of writing or of the written word

pentapopemptic - ( )

One who is divorced five times

pentheraphobia - ( )

Fear of Mother in Law

perendinate - ( )

To delay until the day of tomorrow or to delay indefinitely

perfuncturate - ( )

To perform some task in a careless or listless manner

periblebsis - ( )

The wild look which accompanies delirium

periclitate - ( )

To put at risk or in danger

peripatetic - ( )

walking about, usually while studying

periphrastic - ( )

Pertaining to circumlocution or to one who is wordy

perissopedics - ( )

The special branch of pediatric dealing with gifted children

peristerophilist - ( )

One who collects pigeons

peristerophily - ( )

The art of training pidgeons

peristerophobia - ( )

A fear of pigeons

pernoctation - ( )

The act of staying up all night doing work or attending a party

pernoctator - ( )

A person who studies through the night

pervulgate - ( )

To publish something

pessomancy - ( )

Divination using stones or rocks

phagomania - ( )

Insatiable hunger

phagophobia - ( )

A fear of eating or swallowing

phalacrophobia - ( )

A fear of going bald

phalacrophobia - ( )

Fear of going bald

phanerolagniast - ( )

A psychologist who studies human lust

phaneromania - ( )

The compulsive habit of picking at scabs or growths

pharmacophobia - ( )

A fear of medicine or drugs

pharology - ( )

The study of lighthouses or similar signalling devices

phasmophobia - ( )

A fear of ghosts

phengophobia - ( )

The fear of the Sun or of sunlight

phigerophobia - ( )

See pnigophobia

philalethist - ( )

A lover of the truth

philandrist - ( )

One who loves men

philatelist - ( )

A stamp collector

philemaphobia - ( )

A fear of kissing

philematophobia - ( )

See philemaphobia

philiater - ( )

A medical student

phillumenist - ( )

A collector of matchbooks or matchboxes

philocalist - ( )

A lover of beauty

philodespot - ( )

One who loves tyranny

philodox - ( )

Someone who loves their own opinions

philogeant - ( )

One who loves everything on the Earth

philographer - ( )

A collector of autographs

philogynist - ( )

One who loves women

philologist - ( )

One who loves literature and languages

philomath - ( )

One who loves math and the sciences

philomythist - ( )

A person who loves mythology

philoneist - ( )

One who is obsessed with trends or fads

philonoist - ( )

Someone who is seeking knowledge

philophobia - ( )

A fear of love or of falling in love

philopolemicist - ( )

A person who loves to argue or debate

philoprogeneity - ( )

The love of your children

philosophaster - ( )

A person who pretends to know more than they do to impress others

philosophobia - ( )

A fear of philosophy or philosophers

philosophunculist - ( )

A person who pretends to know more than they do to impress others

philotherian - ( )

An animal lover

philoxenist - ( )

A person who loves to entertain strangers

philtrum - ( )

The groove in the middle of one's upper lip

phobologophobia - ( )

The fear of words about fears

phobophobia - ( )

A fear of being afraid

phonophobia - ( )

The fear of sound

photoaugiaphobia - ( )

A fear of glaring lights or being in the spot light

photophobia - ( )

A fear of light

phrenology - ( )

The study of how the shape of one's skull determines characteristic traits

phronemophobia - ( )

The fear of thinking

phrontifugic - ( )

helping to escape from one's thoughts

phrontistery - ( )

A place for study or for contemplation

phthiriophobia - ( )

A fear of lice

phthirophagous - ( )

One who eats lice

phthisiophobia - ( )

The fear of tuberculosis

phylactery - ( )

One of two small black leather boxes which contain biblical verses of Jewish law

phyllomancy - ( )

Magic using leaves or foretelling one's future from leaves

physiognomancy - ( )

Divination using a person's face

physitheism - ( )

Giving physical form to a deity

physitism - ( )

The worship of nature

phytivorous - ( )

Pertaining to vegetable - eating

pica - ( )

A craving for an inedible substance (such as chalk or paint chips)

Pickelhaube - ( )

The spiked helmet worn by german or prussian soldiers before World War I

pilcrow - ( )

The symbol used by editors to indicate a new paragraph

pillion - ( )

A seat for a second person on a motorcycle or on a horse

pillion - ( )

The second seat on a motorcycle or on a saddle

pilosism - ( )

Excessive hairiness

pilpul - ( )

A subtle debate between rabbincal scholars over the details of the Talmud

pintle - ( )

The pin that holds a hinge together

piobalreachd - ( )

A dirge played on the Highland bagpipes

piscatology - ( )

The science of fishing

pismirism - ( )

The saving of every bit of money, such as hoarding pennies

placophobia - ( )

The fear of tombstones

plangent - ( )

A deep, reverberating sound such as heavy bells ringing or thunder

plangonologist - ( )

A collector of dolls

planiloquent - ( )

Talking plainly about some subject

planomania - ( )

The urge to roam

plastron - ( )

The padded jacket worn while fencing

platyopic - ( )

having a broad flat nose

pleionosis - ( )

The habit of exagerating one's own importance

pleniloquent - ( )

Always talking or full of speech

plenilune - ( )

The time of the full moon

plousiocracy - ( )

A government consisting of the wealthy and the elite

plumassier - ( )

Someone who makes or sells feathers used in ornaments

plutarchy - ( )

A government formed by the wealthy and elite

plutocracy - ( )

Rulership by the wealthy or elite

plutocrat - ( )

A member of the wealthy ruling class

plutolatry - ( )

The worship of wealth

plutomania - ( )

An obsession with money

pluviophobia - ( )

A fear of rain

pneumatophobia - ( )

A fear of air

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - ( )

A miner's lung disease caused by inhaling silicate dust

pnigophobia - ( )

A fear of choking

podoscaph - ( )

A boat propelled by bicycle treadles

pogonophobia - ( )

A fear of beards

poikilothermal - ( )

Cold blooded

poikilothermal - ( )

Cold blooded

poinephobia - ( )

A fear of punishment

polemology - ( )

The study of war

politicaster - ( )

Second rate politician or incompetent leader

politicophobia - ( )

A fear of politicians

pollarchy - ( )

Rulership by the mob

poltophagy - ( )

To chew food until it is the consistency of porridge

polyandry - ( )

Marriage to several men

polyapopemptic - ( )

Having been divorced numerous times

polygyny - ( )

Marriage to several women

polylogize - ( )

To talk excessively

polyloquent - ( )

One who can talk about numerous subjects

polymath - ( )

A person of superior and wide ranging knowledge

polyphage - ( )

Someone who eats many kinds of foods

polyphloisboian - ( )

Making a lot of noise or a loud racket

polyphobia - ( )

A fear of many things

polytheism - ( )

The belief that there are many gods

pomology - ( )

The study of how fruit grows

ponerologist - ( )

One who expounds on the evils of nature

ponophobia - ( )

The fear of overworking

porphyrophobia - ( )

A fear of the color purple

posology - ( )

The area of medicine dealing with dosages

posthetomist - ( )

A person who performs circumcisions

potamophobia - ( )

A fear of rivers

potophobia - ( )

A fear of drinking alcohol

poulaine - ( )

Pointy toed shoes such as worn by jesters

preantepenultimate - ( )

Fourth from last

precibal - ( )

Before dinner

prelapsarian - ( )

Pertaining to the time before the biblical fall

presbycusis - ( )

The loss of hearing due to old age

presbyopia - ( )

The loss of sight due to old age

prescient - ( )

Having foresight or knowledge of what will happen.

preterist - ( )

One who believes that the prophecies preceeding the Apocalypse have been fulfilled

preterition - ( )

The doctrine that God has decided who to save and passes over everyone else

preterpluperfect - ( )

More than perfect

proboscidiform - ( )

having a nose like an elephant's trunk

procrescophobia - ( )

The fear of gaining weight

proficuous - ( )

advantageous and useful

prognathous - ( )

Having a jaw which extends past the rest of one's face

propinquiphobia - ( )

A fear of being too close

prosophobia - ( )

A fear of progress

prosopography - ( )

The description of a person's appearance

prosopolepsy - ( )

The acceptance of people based on the appearance

prosopolethy - ( )

The inability to remember a face

psaphonic - ( )

Preoccupied with plotting your ascent to wealth and renown

psellism - ( )

An indistinct pronounciation, such as produced by a lisp or by stammering

psellismophobia - ( )

The fear of stuttering

psephology - ( )

The study of political elections

psephomancy - ( )

Divination by drawing marked stones from a container

pseudandry - ( )

The use of a masculine pseudonym by a woman

pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism - ( )

The false support of the idea that a government should not support the church

pseudogyny - ( )

The use of a feminine pseudonym by a man

pseudomancy - ( )

A false or fake divination

psilanthropism - ( )

The belief that Jesus was not a God, but a man

psilanthropy - ( )

The belief that Jesus was a mere mortal

psithurism - ( )

The sound of the wind rustling the leaves

psithurism - ( )

The sound of wind in trees or rustling leaves

psychomancy - ( )

Divination by talking to the dead

psychophobia - ( )

A fear of the mind

psychrophobia - ( )

A fear of cold

pteridology - ( )

The study of ferns

pteronophobia - ( )

A fear of feathers

pterylology - ( )

The study of feather arrangements on birds

ptochocracy - ( )

A government formed of the poor

puellaphillist - ( )

One who loves girls

pulicose - ( )

Infested with fleas

pygalgia - ( )

A pain in the butt

pyknic - ( )

Being stocky and round

pyosis - ( )

The formation of pus or the process through which pus is formed

pyrexiophobia - ( )

A fear of fever

pyrgology - ( )

The study of towers

pyriform - ( )

Shaped like a pear

pyrography - ( )

The art of writing on wood or decorating wood by burning it

pyromancy - ( )

Divination using fire or magic involving fire

pyrophobia - ( )

A fear of fire

pyrrhonist - ( )

A skeptic who accepts nothing at face value

pysmatic - ( )

Always asking questions or inquiring

pythogenic - ( )

Coming from garbage

pyx - ( )

The container which holds the wafer used in Holy Communion