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Grandiloquent DictionaryThird EditionC.S. BirdFebruary 25, 2006
ii.c 2006, C.S. Bird and AssociatesFirst published in electronic form in December 1998.First published in paperback in June 1999.Second Printing, January 2003Third Printing, January 2006No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, including but notlimited to electronic copies and photocopies, without the express writtenconsent of the authors or any agent chosen by the authors.
Aabacinate - To blind by putting a hot copper basin near someone’s eyesabcedarian - A person who teaches the alphabetabderian - given to incessant or idiotic laughterabecedarian - A person who is learning the alphabetabishag - A child born to a married man’s mistressablegate - A representative of the pope who assists in selecting cardinalsabligurition - Excessive spending on food and drinkablutophobia - A fear of bathingabnormous - Something which is misshapenacarophobia - 1.A fear of insectsacarophobia - 2.A fear of mitesacarophobia - 3. A fear of small things, especially bugsacathasia - The habit of sitting downaccidia - A feeling of being unable to think or act due to excessive sadnessaccipitrine - having a nose like a hawk’s beakaccoucheur - A man who assists in delivering babies, usually at homeaccubation - The practice of eating or drinking while lying downaccubitus - Sharing a bed for sleeping onlyaceldama - A blood soaked battlefieldacerbophobia - See acerophobiaacerophobia - The fear of sournessachluophobia - A fear of darkness or of the nightacosmist - One who believes that nothing existsacouasm - A buzzing or a ringing of the earsacoucheuse - A midwife, or other person who assists in delivering babiesacousticophobia - A fear of noiseacrasia - Acting against one’s own judgment, or lacking self controlacrocephalic - Having a pointy head1
2acronycal - Occurring at sunsetacronyx - An ingrown fingernail or toenailadelphepothia - An incestuous desire for one’s sisteradelphirexia - An incestuous desire for one’s nephewadelphithymia - An incestuous desire for one’s nieceadhocracy - Rulership by committees and task forcesadiabolist - One who does not believe in the existence of a Deviladoxography - Skilled writing about an unimportant subjectaelurophobia - See ailurophobiaaeolist - A pompous windy bore who pretends to have inspirationaeroacrophobia - See aerophobiaaeromancy - Divination using the airaerophobia - 1. A fear of airaerophobia - 2. A fear of flyingaesthete - One who obsessively pursues or admires beautyafflatus - A divine inspiration leading to creativityaflunters - In a messy or disordered stateaforcing - Adding rice or grains to a dish to serve more peopleagalaxy - Unable to produce milkagamous - The state of being unmarriedagapetae - early church women who lived with celibate menagathocacological - Composed of both good and evilagelast - A person who never laughsagenhina - A guest at an inn, who is considered to be one of the familyagerasia - The state of looking younger than one really isageustia - The lack of a sense of taste, either literally or in opinionsaginate - To sell small itemsaginator - A merchant who sells only small itemsagiotage - Speculation in the stock marketagist - A fee charged to private landowners for public services, or the requirement that private land be used for public servicesaglet - The plastic or metal tip on the end of shoelacesagogic - Pertaining to the making of wax modelsagonous - Engaged in deadly combatagoraphobia - A fear of open placesagraffe - The wire that holds the cork in a bottle of champagneagrapha - The collective name for phrases which are often quoted and attributed to someone who never said them.
3agrizoophobia - A fear of wild animalsagroof - flat on your faceagyiophobia - The fear of streets or crossing the streetai - A South American three toed slothaichmophobia - A fear of pointed or sharp objectsaichmorhabdophobia - A fear of being beaten with a pointed stickaichurophobia - The fear of being touched by a pointed objectailuromancy - Divination by studying a cat’s jumpailurophobia - A fear of catsalbophobia - The fear of white peoplealbuminuriaphobia - A fear of kidney diseasealcedama - A blood soaked field or a battlefieldalectromantia - A process in which a rooster is asked a question, and thena single grain is placed on each letter of the alphabet and the order of hiseating determined the answeralectryomancy - Magic using cornalektorophobia - A fear of chickensaleuromancy - Divination using flouralgerining - Prowling around with the intent to commit burglaryalgology - The study of seaweed or marine algaealgophobia - A fear of painalieniloquent - Speaking discursively or straying from one’s pointalliaceous - Smelling like garlic or onionsalliumphobia - A fear of garlicallodoxaphobia - A fear of other people’s opinionsallotheism - The worship of strange godsalopeciaphobia - A fear of going baldalopecist - A person who claims to prevent baldnessalphamegamia - The marriage between a young woman and an older manalphitomancy - Divination using barley mealalterocentric - Someone whose life revolves around other peoplealtiloquent - Speaking pompously or in a high flown manneraltitonant - Thundering from above or on highaltophobia - A fear of heights or high placesalychiphobia - The fear of failurealytarch - A referee, or person who enforces game rulesamathophobia - A fear of dustamaut - A fur lined hood on the back of a women’s parka, usually used for
4carrying an infant.amaxophobia - A fear of riding in automobilesambeer - The spittle produced when chewing tobaccoambiguphobia - A fear of being misunderstoodambulomancy - Divination by walkingambulophobia - The fear of walkingamentia - temporary insanity or a dazed tranceamomaxiaphobia - A fear of making love in an automobileampherotokous - Having both male and female offspringamphigory - A poem that seems profound but is really complete nonsenseamphigory - A seemingly profound poem which is actually nonsenseamrita - A drink which bestows immortality in Hindu mythologyamychophobia - A fear of being scratchedanabatic - Related to wind currents, especially rising windsanablepophobia - A fear of looking at high placesanacardic - Pertaining to a cashew nutanadipsia - excessive thirstanagapesis - The feeling when one no longer loves someone they once didanasarkas - A condition in which a person is so swollen that they appearto have no musclesanaxiphillia - The act of falling in love with the wrong personanconeal - Related to the elbowandrocracy - A government consisting of menandrolepsia - A kidnapping by a foreign government for political gainandrophobia - A fear of menanemophobia - The fear of windangelocracy - Rulership by angelsanginophobia - A fear of choking or suffocatinganile - Resembling a doddering old-woman, although usually used to implyloss of mental abilityanililagnia - An attraction to older womenanklyosis - The stiffness of immobility of a jointankylophobia - A fear of joint immobilityanoegenetic - Not producing new work or original knowledgeanonymuncle - A petty anonymous writeranopisthographic - Having writing only upon one sideanserine - Like a gooseantapology - A response to an apology, usually attacking the justification
5included in the apologyantedeluvian - Very old or ancient, or pertaining to the era before Noah’sfloodanteric - Pertaining to revenge against a former lover or a lover who betraysanthomancy - Divination using flowersanthophobia - A fear of flowersanthracomancy - Divination using burning coalsanthrophobia - The fear of peopleanthropoglot - Any animal, such as a parrot, which is capable of copyinghuman speechanthropolatry - Worship of a human as thought they were a godanthropomancy - Magic or divination using people, or foretelling the future using the entrails of a sacrificed personanthropopathy - Ascribing human feelings or traits to God or to the godsanthropophobia - See anthrophobiaanthroposcopy - The art of determining personality or character fromphysical featuresanthropotheism - The belief that gods began as humans and are humanin natureantinomian - Rejecting the authority of moral or religious lawantiscian - A person who lives on the other of the world from youantisocordist - One who speaks against laziness and stupidityantlophobia - A fear of floods or floodingantonomasia - The practice of using trademarked names as generic termsanuptaphobia - The fear of staying unmarriedanxiolytic - Serving to reduce tension or stressapanthropia - A fear of peopleapeirophobia - A fear of infinityaphephobia - The fear of touching or being touchedapikoros - A Jewish person who does not follow Jewish lawapiophobia - A fear of beesapocalocyntosis - The act of being turned into a pumpkinapocatastasis - The belief that all people will be saved by Godapodyopsis - The act of mentally undressing someoneaporia - The feeling you have when your problems cannot be solvedapotheosis - The elevation of a mortal to deityapricate - To spend time basking in the sunshineaproneer - A merchant or shopkeeper
6aprosexia - The inability to concentrateaptronym - An appropriate name for someone or somethingaquabib - An individual who only drinks wateraquaphobia - The fear of waterarachibutyrophagia - The act of eating peanut butterarachibutyrophillia - The love of peanut butterarachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butterarachnivorous - Eating spidersarachnophobia - The fear of spidersarctophilist - A collector of teddy bearsarietate - To strike with a battering ram or to butt like a ramaristology - The science of diningaristophren - A person possesing a superior intellectarithmophobia - A fear of numbersarmomancy - Divination involving the shoulder blades of animalsarrhenophobia - A fear of male offspringarrhenotokous - Having only male offspringarsle - To move backwards or to retreat rapidlyascian - A person who has no shadowaspergillum - A device for sprinkling holy water, usually a perforatedsphereaspersorium - A basin for holy waterassanka - The number ten to the sixty-third powerastereognosis - The loss of the ability to recognize shapes by touchasthenic - Being lean and frailasthenophobia - The fear of weaknessastragalomancy - Divination using diceastrapophobia - The fear of thunder and lightningastrophobia - The fear of starsataxiophobia - A fear of disorderatelophobia - A fear of defects or imperfectionsatephobia - A fear of riversatychiphobia - A fear of failureaubade - A love song which is sung at dawnaugury - Divination using bird’s flightaulophobia - A fear of flutesaureate - Pertaining to the fancy or flowery words used by poetsaurophobia - A fear of gold
7austromancy - Divination using the windautodeist - One who believes they are a godautodidact - A person who has taught themselvesautodysomophobia - A fear of one’s own body odourautohagiographer - A person who speaks or writes in a smug way abouttheir life and accomplishmentsautolatry - The worship of one’s selfautology - The study of oneselfautomysophobia - A fear of being dirtyautotheist - One who worships themselvesautotonsorialist - A person who cuts their own hairautovoxiphillia - Love of one’s own voiceaval - Pertaining to grand parentsavenage - Oats paid to a landlord when the tenant could not pay the rentavenage - Oats that were paid to landlords in lieu of rent by the pooravering - When a poor person removes all of their clothing to increasesympathy while beggingaverruncator - A long stick with shears for cutting high branchesavetrol - An illegitimate childaviatophobia - A fear of flyingayurnamat - The philosophy that there is no point in worrying aboutevents that cannot be changed
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Bbacillophobia - A fear of germsbadot - An idler or something or someone who is sillybaffound - To stun or perplexbailiwick - The region in which a sheriff has legal powersbaisemain - A kiss on the handbaize - The green cloth used on billiard tables and other gaming tablesbalatron - A babbling buffoonbalbutiate - To stutter or to stammerbaldric - A belt worn over the shoulder and chest used to hold a swordballicatter - The ice that forms around shores and docks from the coldocean sprayballistophobia - A fear of being shot, or of guns and misslesbalnearii - People who steal clothing for public bathsbalnearil - The people who stole clothing from a public bath in ancientRomebarathrum - A person who eats like they were a bottomless pitbarathrum - A pit into which condemned people are placed to die.barleychild - A baby born less than six months after marriagebarophobia - A fear of gravitybarophobia - Fear of gravitybasiphobia - The fear of walkingbasistasiphobia - The fear of standing and walkingbasophobia - See basiphobiabasorexia - An overwhelming desire to neck or kissbataphobia - A fear of heights or high placesbathophobia - A fear of depthbathysiderodromophobia - Fear of subwaysbatophobia - A fear of tall buildings9
10batrachoid - Like a frogbatrachophagous - One who eats frogsbatrachophobia - A fear of frogs or toadsbattology - Tiresome and repetitive talkingbawcock - A nice gentlemanbdelloid - Resembling a leechbdellophobia - A fear of leechesbeaze - To dry in the sunbegrumpled - To be very unhappy or displeasedbeldam - A foul old womanbelgard - A sweet and loving lookbelomancy - Fortunetelling through the use of arrowsbelonephobia - A fear of pins and needlesbialag - A person in front of a second person riding the same horsebibliomancy - Divination using books or Bible passagesbibliophobia - A fear of booksbibliopolist - One who deals in rare booksbibliothecary - A person who collects and maintains booksbicorne - 1. The hat with two points worn by Napoleanbicorne - 2. In French lore, a two horned monster that eats hen-peckehusbandsbifilar - Sewing with two threads at oncebiometeorology - The study of how the weather affects peoplebissextile - 1. Related to the extra day in a leap yearbissextile - 2. Describing a leap yearbitheism - Believing in two godsblandiloquent - Speaking in a flattering or ingratiating wayblatherskite - An obnoxious braggartblatteroon - A person who will not stop talkingblattoid - Like a cockroachblellum - an idle boring chattererblennogenous - Something which produces mucusblennophobia - A fear of slimeblennorrhea - An unusually large discharge of mucus, or a continuousdischarge of mucusblepharon - A person with huge eyebrowsblepharospasm - A form of constant winkingbletcherous - Pertaining to something poorly designed or disgusting in
11designblodder - To flow with a gurgling sound from a small apertureblowsabella - A red faced wenchboanthropy - The delusion that one is an oxbodach - In British lore, a small creature who lives in the chimney andcomes out at night to abduct naughty childrenbogglish - Being uncertain or nervousbogyphobia - A fear of goblinsbombilate - To loudly hum or buzz continuouslybonnyclabber - Milk which has become thick due to being sourborborygmus - The rumbling sound of gas passing through the intestinebordlode - A service tenants are required to perform as part of the rentalagreementbotanomancy - Divination using plantsbotanophobia - A fear of plantsboucan - A naturally occuring bed of burning coalsbouquinist - A dealer of worthless used booksbourdon - The bass drone of a bagpipe or of the low pitched notes on apipe organboustrophedon - A form of writing which alternates left to right / rightto left, also used to describe some forms of typesetting.bowdlerize - To purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impurematerialbrachiation - The act of swinging through the trees, such as performed bymonkeysbrachistichrone - The path between two points along which a particletravels for the shortest timebrachycephalic - Having a head that is broadbrannigan - 1. A spree of excessive drinkingbrannigan - 2. Any prolonged excessive indulgence, in activities or hobbiesbreem - Pertaining to a female pig who wants to matebreve - The small curve above a vowel which symbolizes a short soundbreviloquent - Speaking briefly about a subjectbrevirostrate - Having a short nosebrimborion - Something which is useless or nonsensicalbromatology - A discourse on foodbromidrosiphobia - A fear of body odour or sweatbronteum - A device used in theater or movies to create thunder
12brontide - The low rumbling of distant thunderbrontomancy - Divination by or magic involving thunderbrontophobia - The fear of thunderbrump - To collect branches which have fallen off of treesbruxomania - The compulsive grinding of one’s teethbubulcitate - To heard cattle or to wail like a cowbuccula - A double chinbucculent - Having a wide or large mouthbuchette - A piece of firewoodbuchettier - A person who chops and carries firewoodbuffarilla - An extremely ugly young womanbufoniform - Like a toadburghbote - Donations made to repair a castle, or to build a castleburke - A slang term for a murder which leaves the body intact, afterWilliam Burke who ran a business murdering people and selling the bodiesto medical schools.burladero - The wooden barrier in a bullring used for protectionbutyraceous - Resembling butterbyrthynsak - 1. The theft of a calf or a sheepbyrthynsak - 2. Stealing as much as one can carry
Ccacestogenous - Caused by a poor home lifecacestogenous - Caused by an unfavourable home lifecachinnation - Loud or hysterical laughtercacodaemonomania - Posessed by the devilcacoepy - The incorrect pronunciation of a wordcacoethes - A bad habit or insatiable urgecacogen - An antisocial personcacohydrophobia - The fear of sewer watercacophonophilist - One who loves harsh soundscacospectamania - The obsession of staring at something which is repulsivecaesious - A pale blue-grey colorcagamosis - An unhappy marriagecagophilist - A collector of keyscainophobia - A fear of anything newcainotophobia - See cainophobiacaitiff - A despicable or cowardly personcalamistration - The act of curling haircallet - A drab untidy womancalligyniaphobia - The fear of beautiful womencalliopean - Piercingly loud or shrill, often used to describe a voicecallipygian - Having a beautiful rear endcallipygous - Having a beautiful rear endcallithumpian - The sounds of a big parade, usually accompanied by hornsand noise makerscallow - Not having the experience and sophistication expected of an adult,or of one in a responsible positioncalypso - A fashion in which women tie a knot in their shirt and exposes13
14her waistcamelopard - A mythical beast with a camel father and a leopard as amother.cameralistics - The science of managing public financescampanology - The study of bells or of bell ringingcancatervate - To heap up into a pilecanoodle - To kiss and cuddle in an affectionate mannercantabank - A second rate singercantle - A piece or a fragment of a larger objectcaparison - Originally the ornamental decorations on a horse, now used torefer to any fancy clothingcapernoited - Slightly intoxicated or tipsycaphar - Money paid by merchants for protection, originally while travelling in the Middle Eastcapilotade - A quickly put together story or excusecapnomancy - Divination by smokecarapace - The shell of an animal such as a turtle or armadillocarcinomatophobia - See carcinophobiacarcinomorphic - Resembling a crabcarcinophobia - A fear of cancercarfumish - To dissipate a foul smellcarker - A mischievieous child or bratcarnophobia - A fear of meatcarphologia - See floccillationcartomancy - Magic using cards or prophecy using cardscartomaniac - A collector of mapscaryatid - A female sculpture which is used as a pillarcastaneous - Chestnut colouredcasuist - A sophist who insists on debating the smallest detailscatagelophobia - A fear of ridiculecataglottism - The act of sticking out one’s tongue while kissingcatapedamania - The obsession with jumping from high placescatapedaphobia - A fear of jumping from a high (or low) placecathartic - Something which is used to clean one’s bowelscathisophobia - A fear of sittingcatholicon - A remedy for all ailments, or a miracle cure-allcatholicum - A medicine which can cure everythingcatoptomancy - Divination using a mirror or several mirrors
15catoptromancy - Divination based on how a face appears when viewed ina mirror underwatercatoptrophobia - A fear of mirrorscauseuse - A sofa built for two peoplecebocephalic - Having a monkey’s head or brainceilidh - 1. A private conversation or visitceilidh - 2. An evening of musical entertainmentcelation - The act of hiding a pregnancycelibataire - A bachelorcenacle - The large room in which the last supper took placecenatory - Pertaining to dinner or supperceneromancy - Divination using ashescenogamy - Communal marriagecephalalgic - Any form of headache remedycephaleonomancy - Telling the future by examining the boiled head of anasscephalomancy - Divination by boiling a head, usually that of a donkeyceraunomancy - Divination by or magic using thunderboltscercopithecan - Pertaining to monkeyscerebropathophobia - A fear of going insane because of a diseasecerulean - A light blue or sky blue colourcervine - Pertaining to deercervisial - Relating to beerchaetophobia - A fear of hairchafferer - A vendor who enjoys talking while making a salechalcenterous - Having bowels of brasschamade - A signal inviting discussion or negotiationschankings - Pieces of food which are rejected from what is chewed. (spatout)charette - an intensive effort to complete something before the ugg - A NativeAmerican lake name meaning ”you fish on your side, I fish on my side an noone fishes in the middle”charientism - An artfully veiled insultchaston - The part of a ring which holds a gem or diamondchavish - The sound of many birds chirping together, or many people chatting at oncecheiloproclitic - Being attracted to a person’s lips
16cheimaphobia - A fear of coldness or being coldcheimatophobia - See cheimaphobiachelonian - Like a turtlecherophobia - A fear of merrimentchessom - Soil which is free of sand and stoneschichevache - In French myth, a giant cow that eats virtuous womenchiliad - A period of one thousand yearschiliasm - The doctrine that Christ will return and reign for a thousandyearschilihedron - A solid with 1000 equal sideschionophobia - A fear of snowchirocracy - The state of being ruled by force (literally by a strong hand)chirognomy - See chiromancychirogymnast - A device used to exercise only the fingers, especially forpianistschiromancy - Foretelling the future by studying a person’s handchirotonsor - An alternate title for a barberchirotony - A vote which is taken by a show of handscholangiocholecystocholedochectomy - The surgical removal of the hepatic duct, common duct, and gall bladdercholler - A sagging double chinchoregus - The financial backer in ancient Greece, usually of a playchorizontist - One who believes that the Illiad and the Odyssey were written by different authorschorophobia - A fear of dancingchorophobia - Fear of dancingchrematistic - Pertaining to business or the pursuit of wealthchrematophobia - A fear of moneychrematophobia - The fear of wealthchrestomathic - Devoted to academic pursuits or to learning in generalchrisom - A child who dies before being baptisedchromatophobia - See chromophobiachromophobia - A fear of colourschromotocracy - A government dominated by one racechronomancy - Divining the best time for certain eventschronophobia - The fear of timechryselephantine - Made of or decorated with gold and ivorychrysocracy - Rulership by the wealthy (literally a government by gold)
17chrysology - The study of production and value of precious metalschrysophobia - A fear of goldchthonic - Pertaining to the underworld or Hellcibophobia - A fear of foodcicisbeo - The man with whom a women is having an affaircingulomania - A desire to hold someone in your armscircumlocution - An overly complicated means of expressionclapperclaw - To berate or scold, or the person doing the scoldingclapperdudgeon - A beggar whose parents were beggarsclawscrunt - An old tree used as a scratching post, usually by cattlecleidomancy - Divination using a keycleisiophobia - A fear of enclosed spacesclepsammia - An ”hourglass” which measures a period of time other thanan hourcleptobiosis - The act of plundering foodcleptophobia - The fear of thieves or of becoming a thiefclerisy - The wise and intelligent upper classcleromancy - Divination involving diceclimacophobia - The fear of falling downstairsclinomania - An excessive desire to remain in bedclinophobia - A fear of going to bedclithrophobia - A fear of enclosed spacescloffin - To sit idly by a firecnidophobia - A fear of insect stingscnidosiphobia - A fear of itchingcockalorum - A person who thinks they are bigger than they arecoenesthesis - An awareness of one’s body and overall healthcognomen - A surname or family namecoimetrophobia - See koimetrophobiacollation - A light informal mealcollieshangie - An uproar or a quarrelcolophon - The inscription or notes in the back of a book that give detailsof the publisher or authorcolporteur - A book peddler, particularly religious bookscolposinquanonia - Estimating a woman’s beauty based on her chestcomestion - A devouring by firecomiconomenclaturist - One who collects funny namescomprachico - A person who buys and sells children after deforming them
18comprivigni - The relation of a child to its step-siblingsconchologist - A collector of shellsconchomancy - Divination using shellsconcilliabule - A secret meeting of people who are hatching a plotconcinnous - Pertaining to something elegant and interestingconcionative - Pertaining to public speakingcondign - Appropriate or deserved, especially in reference to a punishmentconflate - To meld or merge togetherconskite - To cause a foul smell, particularly when afraidconsuetudinary - A guide to local customs and traditions, or a religiousmanualconventicle - A secret or unlawful religious assemblycoprophagan - A beetle that lives in dungcoprophagous - One who eats excrementcoprophobia - A fear of excrementcoprostasiphobia - A fear of constipationcoriaceous - 1. Leatherlike, particularly pertaining to skincoriaceous - 2. To be tough and leathery, (such as over tanned skin)corrade - To gather from various sourcescorsned - A medieval trial in which the accused had to swallow consecratedbreadcosherer - Someone who eats at the expense of others, especially relativescoshering - 1. The act of feastingcoshering - 2. The privilege of landlords (or relatives) to invite themselvesto live with their tenantscosmolatry - The worship of naturecosmopoietic - An adjective referring to world creatingcosmothetic - A philosophy which assumes the existence of an externalworld without proofcostermonger - A seller of fruits, vegetables, and other food, especiallyfrom a street cartcotquean - A man who does what is traditionally women’s workcoulrophobia - The fear of clownscouther - To comfort by giving refreshments and warmthcrambazzle - A worn out old mancrantara - A burnt piece of wood dipped in blood and taken from clan toclan as a signalcrapulent - 1. Illness caused by overeating
19crapulent - 2. Eating and drink too muchcremnophobia - A fear of cliffs or precipicescremnophobia - A fear of precipicescreophagous - Pertaining to something or someone which eats meatcrepitation - The crackling and popping sound accompanying a wood firecrepuscle - The fading light at the end of the day, also known as twilightcretaceous - Chalky or grayish whitecribble - To push something through a sievecrissum - A general term for the anus of a birdcrithomancy - Divination by spreading flour or dough over a sacrificedanimalcriticasters - Third rate mean spirited criticscromnyomancy - Magic or divination using an onioncroodle - Too coo like a dovecroosle - A low whimper, such as produced by infantscrose - To whine empathetically with someone who is in paincrosier - The ceremonial staff of bishops or abbotscrotaline - Resembling a rattlesnakecruciverbalist - Someone who loves doing crossword puzzlescrumenically - Related to moneycrurophilous - Pertaining to one who likes legscryophobia - A fear of ice or frostcryptaesthesia - Any form of extrasensory perceptioncryptarchy - A government which is run secretlycucurbitaceous - resembling a cucumber or a squashculacino - The mark left on the table by a moist glassculch - Rubbage and refuse of every formculliage - The right of a lord to spend the first night with his subjects newbridecullion - A rude, mean-spirited personcultrivorous - Pertaining to actual or illusory knife swallowingcummock - A staff with a crooked end on itcunctipotent - Being all powerfull, or omnipotentcuniculous - Filled with rabbitscurculionidous - Pertaining to weevilscurglaff - The shock felt when entering cold watercurpin - A bird’s back endcutre - Describing something which is either in poor taste, ugly, or just
20foreigncyesolagnia - Being attracted to pregnant womencymbocephalic - Having a head shaped like a boatcymophobia - The fear of wavescynanthropy - The delusion that one is a dogcynocephalous - Having the face or head of a dogcynophobia - A fear of dogscyprianophobia - The fear of prostitutescypridophobia - The fear of prostitutescypripareuniaphile - A person who loves prostitutescytology - The study of cells or the interaction of cellsczarevna - The proper title for the daughter of a czar
Ddactylioglyph - The mark or engraving in a ringdactyliography - 1. The art of engraving ringsdactyliography - 2. Writing or painting with one’s fingersdactyliology - The study of finger ringsdactylion - The tip of the middle fingerdactylonomy - Counting using one’s fingersdaedalian - Ingenious and cunningly designeddarraign - To prepare for combat, or decide by combatdavering - Walking or moving in a dazed mannerdeasil - To move in a clockwise directiondecidophobia - A fear of making decisionsdecollate - To remove someone’s head, or to decapitate someonedecubitis - One’s position or posture while sle
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