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The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
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Aerophobia -- the fear of flying. 8. Claustrophobia -- the fear of confined spaces. 9. Agoraphobia -- the fear of being unable to escape an open place. 10. Brontophobia -- the fear of thunder and ...
Subsequently, the word was used in Frank Scully's puzzle book Bedside Manna, after which time, members of the N.P.L. campaigned to include the word in major dictionaries. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] This 45-letter word, referred to as "p45", [ 11 ] first appeared in the 1939 supplement to the Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary, Second Edition .
From technical to whimsical, prepare for your vocabulary to be stretched with 20 of the longest words in English. Plus, find out what they mean. Related: 55 Examples of Onomatopoeia
But beyond their sheer size and incredible speed, hippos also have sharp, 20-inch-long teeth. Their massive jaws can open up to 180 degrees, and they can bite down with a force three times greater ...
It's the fear of long words (what sick idiot made this up) and has 36 letters. TJPowerspeed75 ( talk ) 17:46, 2 October 2024 (UTC) [ reply ] Because someone literally just made it up as a joke and it's not a real word in any actual dictionary.