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Phobias and Manias

need to take out ile, -philes, -philia, -ology ablutomania (bathing) aborticide (fetus) acanthology (spine, sea urchins) acaricide (acarid) acarology (mites, ticks) acarophobia, scabiophobia (itching) acerophobia (sourness) achluophobia (night, darkness) acrophile (mountains) acrophobia, altophobia (heights) actinology (chemical action of light) adenology (glands) aelurophile (cats) aelurophilia (cats) aerobiology (airborne microorganisms) aerology (upper air) aeromancy (weather conditions) aerophobia (flying) agoraphobia (open spaces) agriology (history, customs of primitive people) agrobiology (plant life, plant nutrition) agrology (soil) agromania (live alone) agrostology (grasses) aichurophobia (points) ailuromania (cats) ailurophile (cats) ailurophilia (cats) ailurophobia (cats) akousticophobia (sound) alcoholphile (alcoholic beverages) alcoholphilia (alcoholic beverages) alectoromancy, alectryomancy (rooster) alektorophobia (chickens) alethiology (truth and error) aleuromancy (flour) algicide (algae) algology (algae) algophobia, odynophobia (pain) alphitomancy (barley meal) amathophobia (dust) amaxophobia, ochophobia (vehicles) amicicide (friend)

amnesiac (amnesia sufferer) amychophobia (being scratched) ancraophobia (wind) androcracy (men) andrology (man) androphilia (males) androphobia (men) androphonomania (homicidal) anemology (winds) anemophobia (drafts) anesthesiology angelocracy (angels) angelology (angels) angiology (blood vessels, lymphatics) Anglomania (imitate English manners and customs) Anglomanic Anglophile (England or English culture) Anglophilia (England or Enlish culture) anthomania (flowers) anthophobia (flowers) anthracomancy (burning coal) anthropology anthropomancy (internal parts of dead men) anthropophobia (human beings) antlophobia (flood) apeirophobia (infinity) apiology (bees) apiphobia (bees) arachnophobia (spiders) archaeology arcticology (Polar Regions) arctophile (teddy bears) areology (Mars) aristocracy aristocrat arithmancy, arithmomancy (numbers) arithmocracy (numerical majority) arithmomancy (numbers) arithmomania (numbers, counting) arithmomaniac (compulsive counting) armomancy (shoulders of animals) asthenophobia (weakness) astraphobia (lightning) astrogeology astrology astromancy (stars) astrophile (stars)

ataxiophobia (disorder) atelophobia (imperfection) atephobia (ruin) audiology (hearing disorders) audiophile (high-fidelity sound reproduction) auroraphobia (auroral lights) autecology (ecology of individual plant) autocide (crashing car or vehicle) autocracy (one ruler) autocrat (single ruler) automania (solitude) automysophobia (being dirty) autonumerology (licence plate numbers) autophile (self) autophilia (self) avicide (bird) axinomancy (axhead) axiology (values- ethics, aesthetics, religion) bacilliphobia (microbes) bactericide (bacteria) bacteriology (bacteria) bacteriophobia (bacteria) balletomania (ballet) ballistophobia (missiles) balneology (baths, bathing) barophobia (gravity) basiphobia (walking) bathophobia (depth) batrachophobia (reptiles) belomancy (arrows) belonophobia (needles) bibliomancy (books) bibliomania (books) bibliomaniac (mad for books) bibliophile (books) bibliophobia (books) biocenology (biotic community) biocide (chemical) bioclimatology (climate in relation to health) bioecology (environment in relation to health) biology (animals, plants) biometeorology (weather in relation to health) biopsychology (psychology in relation to health) biosociology (sociology in relation to health) biospeleology (organisms that live in caves) blennophobia (slime) brontophobia (thunder)

bryology (mosses) Buddhology (Buddha, Buddhahood) bulimiac (bulimia sufferer) bureaucracy bureaucrat cacodemonomania (demonic possession) cainophobia (new things) cancerophobia (cancer) capnomancy (smoke) carcinophobia (cancer) cardiology (heart) cardiophobia (heart conditions) carnophobia (meat) carpology (fruits, seeds) cartomancy (playing cards) catopromancy, catoptromancy (crystal ball, mirrors) cephalomancy (head) ceraunomancy (thunder) ceromancy (melted wax dropped into water) ceticide (whale) cetology (whales, dolphins) chaetophobia (hair) cheimatophobia (cold) cheiromancy, chiromancy (palm, hand) cheromania (gaiety) chionophobia (snow) cholerophobia (cholera) choreology (dance notation) choreomania (dancing) choromania (dancing sickness) chrematomania (money) Christology (Jesus Christ) chromatocracy (single race) chromatophobia, chromophobia, psychrophobia (color) chrometophobia (money) chronobiology (biology and time) chronology (time) chronomancy (determine time for action) cinephile (movies) claustrophilia (to be closed in) claustrophobia (enclosed spaces) claustrophobiac (claustrophobia sufferer) cleidomancy, clidomancy (keys) cleptomania (stealing) cleromancy (casting of lots) climatology (climate) clinical pathology

clinical psychology clinophobia (going to bed) cnidophobia (stings) cognitive psychology coitophobia (sexual intercourse) conchology (shells, mollusks) coprolalomania (foul speech) coprophilia (feces) coprophobia (feces) coscinomancy (sieve and shears) cosmocracy (whole world) cosmology (universe) craniology (human skull) cremnophobia (precipices) criminology (criminals) crithomancy (scatter grain over sacrificed animals) cryobiology (low-temperature biology) cryology (snow and ice) cryophobia (ice, frost) cryptology (secret communications) crystallophobia (crystals, glass) cubomancy (thrown rice) culturology (culture) cyclonology (cyclones) cymophobia (sea swell) cynomania (dogs) cynophobia (dogs) cypridophobia (venereal disease) cytology (cells of organisms) cytopathology (pathology of cells) dactyliomancy (finger rings) deicide (god) democracy democrat demonology (demons) demonomancy (demons) demonophobia (demons) demophile (crowds) demophilia (crowds) demophobia, ochlophobia (crowds) dendrochronology (tree rings) dendrology (trees, shrubs) dendrophobia (trees) deontology (ethics) dermatology (skin) desmidiology (desmids) dialectology (dialects)

dikephobia (justice) dipsomania (alcoholic beverages) dipsomaniac (alcoholic drink craving) dipsophobia (drinking) discophile (phonograph records) Dixiecrat domatophobia, oikophobia (home) doraphobia (fur) doulocracy, dulocracy (slaves) dromomania (traveling) dromophobia (crossing streets) dysmorphophobia (deformity) ecclesiaphobia (churches) ecclesiology (churches) eccrinology (secretions) ecocide (destruction of large area) ecology egomania (oneself) Egyptology eisoptrophobia (mirrors) electrobiology (electricity in living beings) electrophobia (electricity) elephanticide eleutheromania (freedom) eleutherophobia (freedom) embryology (embryos) emetophobia (vomiting) empyromancy (fire and smoke) endocrinology (endocrine glands) enetephobia (pins) enigmatology (enigmas) enterology (intestines) entheomania (religion) entomology (insects) entomomania (insects) entomophobia (insects) enzymology (enzymes) eosophobia (dawn) epidemiology (epidemics) epistemology (knowledge) epistemophilia (knowledge) eremiomania (stillness) eremitophobia, eremophobia (solitude) eremophobia (stillness) ereuthophobia (blushing) ergatocracy (workers) ergomania (work)

ergophobia (work) erotomania (sexual desire) erotomaniac (erotomania sufferer) erotophobia (physical love) eschatology (theological judgment) Eskimology ethnoarchaeology (archaeology of a society) ethnobiology (biology of a society) ethnology (races and ethnic groups) ethnomania (ethnic or racial autonomy) ethnomusicology (music of a culture) ethnopsychology (psychology of a culture) ethology (animal behavior) etiology (assignment of a cause) etymology (history of words) Eurocrat exobiology (evolution) eyrythrophobia (blushing) felicide (cat) femicide (woman) feticide (fetus) fetology (fetus) filaricide (worm) filicide (son or daughter) florimania (plants) fluviology (watercourses, rivers) foeticide (fetus) formicicide (ant) Francophile (France or French culture) Francophilia (France or French culture) fraticide (brother) frigophobia (being cold) fungicide (fungus) fungology (fungi) futurology (future, forecasting trends) galeophilia (cats) galvanology (galvanism) gametocide (gamete or gametocyte) gamomania (marriage) gamophobia (marriage) garbology (refuse) gastrology (stomach) gastromancy (stomach sounds, crystal ball, full glass of water) gatophobia (cats) gemology (gemstones) genesiology (reproduction) genocide (national, racial, political, or cultural group)

genophobia (sex) genuphobia (kneeling, knees) geology geomancy (geographic features, handful of thrown earth analyzation, analyzation of dots randomly placed on paper) geomorphology (origin of geological features) gephyromania (bridges) gephyrophobia (crossing a bridge) geratology (approaching extinction) Germanophile (Germany or German culture) germicide (germ) gerontocracy (elder ruler) gerontocrat (elder ruler) gerontology (old age) gerontophile (elderly) gerontophilia (elderly) geumatophobia (taste) giganticide (giant) gigantology (giants) glaciology (glaciers) glazomania (list making) glossology (linguistics) grammatology (systems of writing) graphology (handwriting) graphophobia (writing) graptomancy (handwriting) gymnomania (nakedness) gymnophobia (nudity) gynecide (woman) gynecocracy (women) gynecocrat (woman ruler) gynecology (womens health) gynecomania (uncontrollable sexual desire in males) gynophobia (women) gyromancy (walking in a circle) hadephobia (hell) haematophobia (blood) hagiocracy (holy people) halology (chemistry of salts) halomancy (salt) hamartiology (sin) haphephobia (being touched) haphephobia, thixophobia (touching) haptophobia (touch) harpaxophobia (robbers) hedonology (pleasure) hedonomania (pleasure)

hedonophobia (pleasure) heliomania (sun) heliophobia (sun) helminthology (worms) helminthophobia (worms) hematology (blood) heortology (religious feasts, seasons) herbicide (plant) herbology (herbs) heresiology (heresies) herptology (reptiles) hierocracy (priest or clergy) hieroglyphology (hieroglyphics) hieromancy (sacred objects, sacrificial remains) hierophobia (sacred things) hippology (horses) hippomania (horses) hippophile (horses) hippophobia (horses) histology (tissues) hodophobia (travel) homichlophobia (fog) homicide homicidomania (murder) hormephobia (shock) horology (measuring time, making timepieces) hydrobiology (biology in water) hydrology (water) hydromancy (water observation) hydromania (water) hydrophobia (water) hyetology (rainfall) hygrology (humidity) hygrophobia (moisture, dampness) hymnology (hymns) hypegiaphobia (responsibility) hypermania (high intensity) hypnology (sleep, hypnotism) hypnomania (sleep) hypnophobia (sleep) hypochondriac (excessive worry about health) hypomania (low intensity) hypsophobia (high places) ichnology (fossil footprints) ichnomancy (footprints) ichthyology (fish) ichthyomancy (internal parts of fish)

ichthyomania (fish) ichthyophobia (fish) iconology (icons) iconophile (icons) ideocracy (theory or abstract) ideology (ideas) ideophobia (ideas) immunology (immunity) infanticide (baby) insecticide (insect) insectology (insects) insomniac (insomnia sufferer) iophobia (rust) isocracy (equal political power) isocrat Italophile (Italy or Italian culture) kakistocracy (worst men) kakorraphiaphobia (failure) karyology (cell nuclei) katagelophobia (ridicule) kathisomania (sitting) kenophobia (void) keraunomancy (thunder) keraunophobia (thunder) keraunothnetophobia (fall of man-made satellites) kinesiology (bodily movement) kinesophobia, kinetophobia (motion) kleptocracy (thief or thieves) kleptocrat kleptomania (stealing) kleptomaniac kleptophobia (stealing) koniphobia (dust) kopophobia, ponophobia (fatigue) Kremlinology kyphophobia (stooping) labeorphile (beer bottle labels) lalopathology (speech) lalophobia (speech) laparotomaphilia (surgery) larvicide (larva) laryngology (larynx) lecanomancy (water examined in a basin) lepidopterology (butterflies, moths) leprophobia (leprosy) letheomania (narcotics) lexicology (word forms, history, meaning)

liberticide (liberty) lichenology (lichens) limnology (fresh water-lakes, ponds) limnophobia (lakes) linonophobia (string) lithology (stones, rocks) lithomancy (rocks or stones) litigiomania (legal disputes) logology (words) logomancy (words) logomania (talking) logomaniac (mad for words) logophile (words) logophobia (words) lupicide (wolf) lyssophobia (insanity) macropicide (kangaroo) magnetology (magnets) maieusiophobia (pregnancy) malacology (mollusks) malariology (malaria) maniaphobia (insanity) Mariology (Virgin Mary) mariticide (spouse, especially husband) martyrology (martyrs) mastigophobia (flogging) matricide (mother) mechanophobia (machinery) mediocracy (mediocre person or group) megalomania (delusions of great wealth, power, self-importance, and goodness) megalomaniac (mad for oneself) melancholiac (melancholia) melissophobia (bees) melomania (music, melody) melomaniac (mad for music) menticide (mind) merinthophobia (being bound) meritocracy (skill or intellectual achievement) meritocrat metallophobia (metals) meteorology (atmosphere, weather, climate) meteorophobia (meteors) metopomancy (forehead, face) metrology (weights, measures) metromania (writing) metromaniac (mad for writing poetry)

microbicide (germ) microbiology (microorganisms) microphobia (bacteria) mildewcide (mildew) missiology (religious missions) miticide (mite) mobocracy (mob) mobocrat (mob ruler) molybdomancy (motion of molten lead) monocracy (one ruler) monocrat (single ruler) monomania (one idea, single interest) monophobia, autophobia (being alone) morphology (form) muscology (mosses) museology (museum work) musicology (music) musicophobia (music) musophobia (mice) mycology (fungus) myology (muscles) myomancy (mice) myrmecology (ants) mysophilia (dirt, filth) mysophobia (dirt) mysophobia (inflection) mythology (myths) mythomania (lying, exaggeration) myxophobia (slime) narcomania (deaden pain by drugs) narcomaniac (mad for narcotics) nasology (noses) necromancy (dead) necromania (the dead) necrophila (corpses) necrophile (corpses) necrophiliac (mad for corpses) necrophobia (death, corpses) nelophobia (glass) nematology (nematodes) neocracy (amateurs) neonatology (recently born infants) neophiliac (mad for new things, novelty) neophobia (new things) nephology (clouds) nephophobia (clouds) nephrology (kidneys)

nesomania (islands) neurology (nerves) noctimania (night) nomancy (letters) nomatophobia (names) nomology (law, laws) nondemocracy noology (understanding) nosemaphobia (illness) nosophilia (desire to be sick) nosophobia (disease) nostomania (homesickness) numerology (numbers) nyctophilia (night) nyctophobia (darkness) nymphomania nymphomaniac (excessive sexual desire, female) oceanology (oceanography) ochlocracy (multitude or mob) ochlocrat ochlomania (crowds) odontology (teeth) odontophobia (teeth) oenomancy, oinomancy (wine) oenophile (wines) oenophilia (wines) oikomania (home) oinomania (wine) olfactophobia (smell) ombrology (rain) ombrophobia (rain) ommatophobia (eyes) oncology (tumors) oneiromancy (dreams) oneirophobia (dreams) oniomania (buy things) onomasiology (names) onomatomania (words or names) onomatophobia (certain names) ontology (being; metaphysics) onychomancy (fingernails) oology (birds eggs) ophidiomania (reptiles) ophidiophobia (snakes) ophiology (snakes) ophiophobia (snakes) ophthalmology (eye)

orchidology (orchids) organology (organs) orismology (terminology) ornithology (birds) ornithomania (birds) ornithophobia (birds) osmophobia (odors) osphresiophilia (smells) osphresiophobia (body odors) osteology (skeleton) otolaryngology (ear, nose, larynx) otology (ear) ouranophobia (heaven) ovicide (egg cell) paediphobia (children) paleology (antiquities) paleontology (fossil animals) palynology (pollen, spores) pantisocracy (all equal, all rule) pantophobia (everything) papyrology (papyrus manuscripts) paramania (complaints) paranoiac (paranoia sufferer) parapsychology (beyond psychology) parasiticide (parasite) parasitology (parasites) parasitophobia (parasites) parenticide (parent) parousiamania (Christ) parricide (close relative, parent) parthenophobia (young girls) pathology (disease) pathophilia (desire to be sick) pathophobia (disease) patricide (father) patroiophobia (heredity) patrology (teachings of early church fathers) peccatophobia (sinning) pediculicide (lice) pediculophobia (lice) pedology (soil science) pedophile (young children) pedophilia (young children) peniaphobia (poverty) penology (punishment) pessomancy (pebbles) pesticide

petrology (rocks) phagomania (food, eating) phagophobia (eating) phaneromania (growth on ones body) pharmacology (pharmacy) pharmacomania (medicines) pharmacophobia (drugs) pharyngology (pharynx) phasmophobia (ghosts) phengophobia (daylight) phenology (climate and time) phenomenology (phenomena) philatelomaniac (mad for stamp collecting) philology (learning and literature) phobophobia (fears) phonology (speech sounds) phonomania (sound) phonophobia (noise) photomania (light) photophobia (strong light) phrenology (mental faculties) phronemophobia (thinking) phthisiophobia (tuberculosis) phycology (algae) phyllophobia (leaves) physiocrat (political economist) physiology (natural objects, science) phytobiology (biology of plants) phytocide (plant) phytology (plants, botany) piscatology (fishing) pistology (faith) planetology (planets) plutocracy (wealthy) plutocrat (wealthy ruler) plutomania (craving for wealth, delusions of wealth) pneumatology (spiritual beings) pnigerophobia (smothering, choking) pogonophile (beards) pogonophobia (beards) poinephobia (punishment) polygamophile (polygamy) pomology (fruits and growing fruits) ponerology (evil) poriomania (walk away from home) pornocracy (harlots) posology (drug administration)

potamology (rivers) potamophobia (rivers) potophobia (alcoholic drink) praxeology (human conduct) primatology (primates) proctology (rectum, anus) prolicide (own child) psephology (elections) psychobiology psychology psychomancy (souls, spirits) psychopathology psychophobia (mind) psychophysiology pteridology (ferns) pteronophobia (feathers) ptochocracy (poor) ptochology (pauperism, unemployment) pyrology (fire, heat) pyromancy (fire) pyromania (fire) pyrophobia (fire) raticide (rat) reactology (psychological reactions) reflexology (reflexes and behavior) regicide (king) rhabdomancy (rod, wand) rhabdophobia (being beaten) rhapsodomancy (verses) rheology (flow of matter) rheumatology (rheumatism) rhinology (nose) rodenticide (rodent) roentgenology (medical x-rays) Russomaniac (morbid fear of Russians) Russophile (Russia or Russian culture) Russophilia (Russia or Russian culture) samhainophobia (Halloween) sarcology (flesh anatomy) Satanophobia (Satan) satyromania (uncontrollable sexual desire in males) satyromaniac (excessive sexual desire, male) scapulimancy, scapulomancy (cracking of mammals scapula by heat) scatology (feces) scatomancy (excrement) scholionophobia (school) sciomancy (spirits of the dead)

sciophobia (shadows) scopophilia, scoptophilia (looking at nude bodies or nude pictures) scopophobia (being looked at) scribomania (writing) scripophile sedimentology (sedimentary rocks) seismology (earthquakes) selenology (moon) selenomancy (moon) semasiology (word meanings) semiology (signs, symbols) senicide (old man) serology (blood serum) sexology (sex) siderodromomania (railroad travel) siderodromophobia (train travel) sideromancy (stars) siderophobia (stars) simoniac (practicer of simony) sindonology (Shroud of Turin) Sinology (Chinese) Sinophile (China or Chinese culture) sitology (nutrition, dietetics) sitomania (food) sitophobia (food) skin disease: dermatosiophobia (skin disease) skin: dermatophobia (skin) slavocracy (slave owners) slavocrat snakeology (snakes) sociobiology (biology and behavior) sociocracy (interests of all are served equally) sociocrat sociology soiling: rypophobia (soiling) somatology (bodies) somatopsychology (body and psychology) sophomania (wisdom) sororicide (sister) spatulamancy (shoulder blade of an animal) spectrology (ghosts, phantoms, apparitions) speech pathology speleology (caves) speleophobia (bats) spermaticide, spermicide (sperm) spermatophobia (semen) spermophobia (germs)

spheksophobia (wasps) spodomancy (ashes) stasiphobia (standing) stasophobia (standing) stereology (2- / 3-dimensional figures) stichomancy (poetry, book passages) stignomancy (writing on tree bark, carving on tree bark) stomatology (mouth) stratocracy (military) stygiophobia (hell) suicide suicidology (suicide) supercrat (powerful bureaucrat) surgical operations: ergasiophobia (surgery) symbology (symbols) symptomatology (symptons) synecology (plant, animal communities) syphilis: syphilophobia (syphilis) systematology (systems) tachophobia (speed) taphophilia (funerals, graves, cemeteries) taphophobia (being buried alive) taphophobia (graves) tauricide (bull) technocracy (experts and technicians) technocrat technology teleology (final causes) teratology (tall tales) teratophobia (monsters) terdekaphobia (number 13) thaasophobia (being idle) thalassocracy (command of the seas) thalassocrat (sea ruler) thalassomania (sea) thalassophobia (sea) thanatology (death and its causes) thanatomania (death) thanatophobia (death, corpses) thaumatology (miracles) theatromaniac (mad for theatre-going) theocracy (church officials who believe they have divine authority) theocrat (deified ruler) theology theomania (God) theophobia (God) thermophobia (heat)

timbromania (postage stamps) timocracy (love of honor and military glory, requisite ownership of property, wealthy) tocophobia (childbirth) tomomania (surgery) tonology (tones, speech) topology (place) topophobia (places) toxicology (poisons) toxiphobia (poison) traumatology (wounds) traumatophobia (wounds, injury) tremophobia (trembling) tribology (friction, wear) trichology (hair) trichomania (hair) trichotilomania (pull ones hair) triskaidekaphobia (number 13) trypanophobia (inoculations, injections) tulipomania (tulips) Turcophile, Turkophile (Turkey or Turkish culture) typhlology (blindness) tyrannicide (tyrant) ufology (UFOs) urbanology (cities, towns) urology (urine) uromancy (urine) uteromania (strong sexual desire in a female) uxoricide (wife) vaticide (prophet) venereology (veneral disease) vermicide (worm) vespacide (wasp) vexillology (flags) videophile (television, video recording) virology (viruses) volcanology (volcanoes) vulpecide, vulpicide (fox) xenomania (foreigners) xenophile (foreign people, cultures, and customs) xenophilia (foreign people, cultures, and customs) xylomancy (wood) zelophobia (jealousy) zoology (animals) zoomania (animals) zoophilia (animals) zoophobia (animals)

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