(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
acrophobia
acrophobia
noun
phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
aerophobia
aerophobia
noun
(medicine) A pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies.
(rare, by extension or possibly from acrophobia) Fear of heights
(travel) Fear of flying
An aversion to fresh air, drafts or breezes.
aerophobic
aerophobic
adj
Disliking or avoiding air.
Having a fear of flying in aircraft.
algophobia
algophobia
noun
Fear of pain.
amphibious
amphibious
adj
Capable of functioning on land or in water.
Occurring on both land and water.
amphiboles
amphiboles
noun
plural of amphibole
amphibolia
amphibolia
noun
Ambiguity in writing; amphiboly.
amphibolic
amphibolic
adj
(geology) Of, resembling or containing the mineral amphibole.
Of, pertaining to or exhibiting amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
antibishop
antibishop
noun
(historical, ecclesiastical, chiefly in medieval and early modern history) A pretender to the episcopal office, such as a bishop appointed by an antipope. [from 18th c.]
aquaphobia
aquaphobia
noun
A fear of water, especially a morbid fear of drowning.
archbishop
archbishop
noun
A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
ashipboard
ashipboard
adv
on shipboard
aulophobia
aulophobia
noun
fear of flutes
aurophobia
aurophobia
noun
The fear of gold; by extension, the fear of wealth.
autophobia
autophobia
noun
Fear or dislike of automobiles.
The morbid fear of being alone or of oneself.
self-hatred
baphometic
barhopping
barhopping
verb
present participle of barhop
barophobia
barophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of gravity.
baryphonia
baryphonic
basiphobia
basiphobia
noun
Alternative form of basophobia
basophilia
basophilia
noun
(hematology) A condition where the quantity of basophils (basophil granulocytes) is abnormally elevated.
The condition of being basophilic.
basophilic
basophilic
adj
Easily stained with basic dyes, such as haematoxylin.
basophobia
basophobia
noun
Inability to walk or stand erect, due to emotional causes.
batophobia
batophobia
noun
The fear of high objects or of high objects falling down.
belgophile
bibliophil
bibliophil
noun
Dated form of bibliophile.
bibliosoph
bibliotaph
bibliotaph
noun
(rare) One who "buries" books, typically by hoarding them unread, hiding them, locking them away, or otherwise shutting them up and keeping them from use
biographee
biographee
noun
One about whom a biography is written; the subject of a biography.
biographer
biographer
noun
The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.
biographic
biographic
adj
biographical
biomorphic
biomorphic
adj
Having the appearance of a biomorph; representing a living organism rather than an artistic or pragmatic ideal.
biophagism
biophagous
biophagous
adj
That feeds on living creatures.
biophilous
biophilous
adj
(psychology) Exhibiting or relating to biophilia.
biophysics
biophysics
noun
The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology.
biopsychic
biopsychic
adj
Relating to psychic phenomena in their relation to the living organism or to the general phenomena of life
biospheres
biospheres
noun
plural of biosphere
biotherapy
biotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any of several unrelated therapies that use natural biological processes, especially those that use parts of the immune system.
(medicine) The use of living organisms (such as maggots or leeches) in the control of disease or the healing of wounds.
bishopbird
bishophood
bishophood
noun
The state, condition, or office of a bishop; the episcopate.
bishopless
bishopless
adj
(of a diocese) Without a bishop.
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
bishopling
bishopling
noun
A little or petty bishop.
bishoprics
bishoprics
noun
plural of bishopric
bishopscap
bishopship
bishopship
noun
The office or station of a bishop.
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
bisphenoid
brachiopod
brachiopod
noun
Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food
brehonship
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
bryophytic
bryophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
calciphobe
calciphobe
noun
Any calciphobous plant.
cibophobia
cibophobia
noun
The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food.
cnibophore
cymophobia
cynophobia
cynophobia
noun
An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.
debtorship
debtorship
noun
The state of being in debt.
demophobia
demophobia
noun
(rare) A phobia, or fear, of crowds, masses, or people.
dikephobia
doraphobia
doraphobia
noun
The fear of touching the fur or skin of an animal.
eosophobia
eosophobia
noun
(rare) A morbid fear of dawn or daylight.
epibenthos
epibenthos
noun
(ecology) benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment
ergophobia
ergophobia
noun
A fear or aversion to work
ergophobic
ergophobic
adj
averse to doing work
euphorbial
euphorbial
adj
(botany) Synonym of euphorbiaceous.
euphorbine
euphorbine
noun
Alternative form of euphorbin
euphorbium
euphorbium
noun
An acrid dull yellow or brown resin consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia, formerly used as a purgative and emetic.
genophobia
genophobia
noun
The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
gynephobia
gynephobia
noun
Alternative form of gynophobia
hadephobia
haplobiont
heliophobe
heliophobe
noun
An organism that dislikes, or cannot thrive in, sunlight.
hemaphobia
hemophobia
hemophobia
noun
Fear of blood.
hippobosca
hodophobia
hodophobia
noun
A morbid fear of travel.
homophobia
homophobia
noun
(obsolete, individual occurrences) A pathological fear of mankind.
Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against LGBTQ+ people in general.
Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals.
homophobic
homophobic
adj
Relating to or characteristic of homophobia or homophobes.
noun
A homophobe.
hospitable
hospitable
adj
cordial and generous towards guests
favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.
receptive and open-minded
hospitably
hospitably
adv
in a hospitable manner
hyperbolic
hyperbolic
adj
(geometry, topology, of an automorphism) Whose domain has two (possibly ideal) fixed points joined by a line mapped to itself by translation.
(mathematics, of a metric space or a geometry) Having negative curvature or sectional curvature.
(topology) Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).
(vision, of a perceived color) Having a saturation exceeding 100%.
Indicates that the specified function is a hyperbolic function rather than a trigonometric function.
Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.
Of or relating to hyperbole.
Using hyperbole: exaggerated.
hypobarism
ideophobia
ideophobia
noun
An inordinate fear of ideas, especially new ones, or of reasoning.
judophobia
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
kopophobia
labiograph
lalophobia
lalophobia
noun
An irrational fear of speaking
logophobia
logophobia
noun
Fear of words.
monophobia
monophobia
noun
A fear of being alone.
Any phobia relating to a single specific thing, such as spiders or heights.
musophobia
musophobia
noun
fear of mice
mysophobia
mysophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination.
myxophobia
nosophobia
nosophobia
noun
An excessive or irrational fear of contracting a disease, such as: HIV/AIDS, pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, and heart diseases.
nudophobia
ochophobia
oecophobia
oecophobia
noun
Archaic spelling of ecophobia.
oikophobia
oikophobia
noun
Dislike of one's own culture or compatriots.
Ecophobia; fear of a home environment.
ombrophile
ombrophile
noun
(botany) Any plant that flourishes in a rainy environment
ombrophily
ombrophily
noun
The condition of being ombrophilous
ophiobolus
ophiophobe
ophiophobe
noun
One who fears or hates snakes.
ophiophoby
osmophobia
osmophobia
noun
A heightened dislike or sensitivity to smells
panophobia
panophobia
noun
(by confusion) Panphobia, pantophobia: fear of everything.
A condition of groundless fears.
papaphobia
papaphobia
noun
the pathological fear of the pope or the papacy
pedophobia
pedophobia
noun
An irrational or obsessive fear or dislike of pedophiles or pedophilia advocates.
An irrational, obsessive fear or dislike of children.
phlebodium
phleboidal
phlebolite
phlebolite
noun
Alternative form of phlebolith
phlebolith
phlebolith
noun
A calcareous deposit in a venous wall or thrombus.
poisonbush
polishable
polishable
adj
That can be polished.
polyhybrid
polyhybrid
noun
a hybrid whose parents differ in several ways
polyphobia
polyphobia
noun
(uncountable) Fear of, dislike of or prejudice against polyamory or polyamorous people.
Fear of many things; a collection of fears.
polyphobic
polyphobic
adj
Relating to or characteristic of polyphobia.
potophobia
probathing
prohibited
prohibited
adj
Forbidden; unallowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prohibit
prohibiter
prohibiter
noun
One who prohibits or forbids.
prohibitor
prohibitor
noun
One who prohibits.
prohibitum
pushmobile
pushmobile
noun
An improvised wheeled vehicle propelled by pushing, used in children's races.
pyrophobia
pyrophobia
noun
An fear or hatred of fire or flames.
reprohibit
reprohibit
verb
(rare, transitive) To prohibit (something) again.
rypophobia
sciophobia
selaphobia
selaphobia
noun
(rare, medicine) Fear or intolerance of flashes of light.
serbophile
serbophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Serbophile
shipboards
shipboards
noun
plural of shipboard
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
sinophobia
sinophobia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Sinophobia
sitophobia
sitophobia
noun
(pathology) A morbid or insane dread of eating. An aversion to food.
sitophobic
sitophobic
adj
Having or relating to sitophobia.
tabophobia
tabophobia
noun
A morbid fear of tabes (wasting disease).
theophobia
theophobia
noun
The fear of God or gods.
tocophobia
tocophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of tokophobia
topophobia
topophobia
noun
(rare) A fear of certain places or situations.
toxiphobia
toxiphobia
noun
Alternative form of toxicophobia
toxophobia
unbishoped
unbishoped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbishop
unbishoply
unbishoply
adj
Not bishoply.
vibraphone
vibraphone
noun
A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above the tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.
vibrograph
vibrograph
noun
An instrument that records vibrations
vibrophone
vibrophone
noun
Alternative form of vibraphone
xenophobia
xenophobia
noun
A fear of aliens.
A fear of strangers or foreigners.
A hatred of strangers or foreigners.
A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners.
xenophobic
xenophobic
adj
Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners.