A
abacinate
To blind by putting a hot copper basin near someone’s eyes
abderian
Given to incessant or idiotic laughter
abecedarian
A person who is learning the alphabet
abligurition
Excessive spending on food and drink
accubation
The practice of eating or drinking while lying down
adelphepothia
An incestuous desire for one’s sister
adelphirexia
An incestuous desire for one’s nephew
adelphithymia
An incestuous desire for one’s niece
adoxography
Skilled writing on an unimportant subject
aeolist
A pompous windy bore who pretends to have inspiration
agelast
A person who never laughs
agerasia
The state of looking younger than one actually is
agraffe
The wire that holds the cork in a champagne bottle
algerining
Prowling around with the intent to commit burglary
alphamegamia
The marriage between a young woman and an older man
anopisthography
The practice of writing on one side of the paper
apodyopsis
The act of mentally undressing someone
autohagiographer
One who speaks or writes in a smug fashion about their own life and accomplishments
autolatry
The worship of one’s self
autotonsorialist
One who cuts their own hair
B
basorexia
An overwhelming desire to neck or kiss
bathykolpian
Deep-bosomed
batrachophagous
One who eats frogs
blandiloquent
Speaking in a flattering or ingratiating manner
bletcherous
Pertaining to something poorly or disgustingly designed
bombilate
To loudly hum or buzz continuously
borborygmus
The rumbling sound of gas passing through the intestine
brevirostrate
Having a short nose
bromidrosis
Strongly smelling perspiration
|brontide
The low rumbling of distant thunder
C
cachinnation
Loud or hysterical laughter
cacoethes
A bad habit or insatiable urge
cagamosis
An unhappy marriage
callipygean
Having well-shaped buttocks
cancatervate
To heap up into a pile
capernoited
Slightly intoxicated or tipsy
cataglottism
Kissing using the tongue, French kissing
causeuse
A sofa built for two people
charientism
An artfully veiled insult
cheiloproclitic
Being attracted to a person’s lips
chirotonsor
An alternate title for a barber
cleptobiosis
The act of plundering food
clithridiate
Key-hole-shaped
colposinquanonia
Estimating a woman’s beauty based on her chest
concilliabule
A secret meeting of people who are hatching a plot
cruciverbalist
One who loves doing crossword puzzles
D
dactylion
The tip of the middle finger
dactylonomy
Counting using one’s fingers
decubitis
The act or attitude of lying down
defenestrate
To throw out of a window
dehisce
To burst open, as the pod of a plant
dentiloquent
Pertaining to one who talks through their teeth
dephlogisticate
To make something fireproof
digamy
A second marriage after the death or divorce of a previous spouse
dippoldism
The act of beating or whipping school children
dompteuse
A woman who trains animals
E
eccedentesiast
One who fakes a smile, as on television
emunction
The act of removing obstructions from or cleaning bodily passages
estrapade
A horses’s attempt to remove its rider
exsibilation
The collective hisses of a disapproving audience
F
farctate
The state of being stuffed with food (overeating)
filipendulous
Suspended by a single thread
floccinaucinihilipilification
The categorising of something that is useless or trivial
fuscoferuginous
Having a dark rusty colour
G
gambrinous
Being full of beer
gargalesis
Heavy tickling
gargalesthesia
The sensation caused by tickling
ginglyform
Hinge-shaped
gongoozler
An idle spectator
gossypiboma
A surgical sponge accidently left inside a patient’s body
gowpen
A double handful
grapholagnia
The urge to stare at obscene pictures
gymnophoria
The sensation that someone is mentally undressing you
H
hadeharia
The practice of constantly using the word “Hell” in speaking
hamartithia
Being likely to make a mistake
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
Pertaining to extremely long words
honorificabilitudinitatibus
With honour
I
inaniloquent
Speaking foolishly or saying silly things
interfenestration
The space between two windows
J
jentacular
Pertaining to breakfast
jumentous
Smelling like horse urine
K
knismesis
Light tickling
krukolibidinous
The act of staring at someone’s crotch
kyphorrhinos
Having a nose with a bump in it
L
lalochezia
The use of foul or abusive language to relieve stress or ease pain
lethologica
The inability to recall a precise word for something
liripip
The long tail of a hood in medieval or academic costume
lygerastia
The condition of one who is only amorous when the lights are out
M
maledicent
One who is addicted to abusive speech
mallemaroking
The carousing of seamen on board Greenland whaling ships
mammothrept
A child who is raised and spoiled by their grandmother
maritodespotism
Tyrranical rulership of a woman by her husband
matronolagnia
An attraction to older women, especially ones who have children
misocapnist
One who hates the smell of tobacco smoke
misodoctakleidist
Someone who hates practicing the piano
mulligrubs
A state of depression or low spirits
mumpsimus
One who sticks obstinately and wrongly to their old ways
mytacism
The incorrect or excessive use of the letter M
N
nelipot
Someone who walks without shoes
nepheligenous
Producing clouds of tobacco smoke
nidorosity
Belching with the taste of undigested meat
nudiustertian
Pertaining to the day before yesterday
O
oculoplania
Letting one’s eyes wander while assessing someone’s charms
onychophagy
The habit of biting one’s fingernails
P
pandiculation
Stretching and yawning before going to bed or after waking up
petrichor
The smell of rain on dry ground
philosophunculist
One who pretends to know more than they do to impress others
pogonotomy
The act of cutting a beard
polyphloisboian
Making a lot of noise or loud racket
preantepenultimate
Fourth from last
prosopography
The description of a person’s appearance
psithurism
The sound of wind in trees or rustling leaves
pyknic
Short and fat
Q
qualtagh
The first person you see after leaving your house
quidnunc
One who always wants to know what is going on
quomodocunquize
To make money by any means possible
R
recumbentibus
A knockout blow, either verbal or physical
runcation
The act of weeding
S
sabrage
The act of opening a bottle with a sabre
saprostomous
Having bad breath
scacchic
Pertaining to the game of chess, or to chess pieces
sciapodous
Having huge feet
scolecophagous
One who eats worms
sgiomlaireached
The habit of dropping in at mealtimes
skoptsy
The act of self castration
slubberdegullion
A filthy, slobbering person
sphallolalia
Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere
steatopygic
Having a fat behind
strikhedonia
The pleasure of being able to say to hell with it
T
tachyphagia
Fast eating
tarantism
An urge to overcome melancholy by dancing
tetrapyloctomy
The act of splitting a hair four ways
thelemic
Permitting people to do as they like
tibialoconcupiscent
Having a lascivious interest in watching a woman put on stockings
U
ulotrichous
Having very wooly hair
ultracrepidarian
Of one who speaks or offers opinions on matters beyond their knowledge
usufructuary
A person who has use or enjoyment of something, especially property
V
ventripotent
Big-bellied, gluttonous
vesthibitionism
The flirtatious display of undergarments by a woman
vigesimation
The act of killing every twentieth person
viraginity
Masculine qualities in a woman
W
wanweird
An unhappy fate
witzelsucht
A feeble attempt at humour
X
xenobombulate
To malinger
xerophagy
A diet of bread and water
ximelolagnia
The urge to stare at women who are sitting with crossed legs
xylopolist
One who sells wood products
Y
yclept
By the name of; called
Z
zenzizenzizenzic
A number raised to the eighth power
