Words for phobia, philia, mania.

Ashish G. (India)
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  1. acrophobia
    a morbid fear of great heights
  2. agoraphobia
    a morbid fear of open spaces
  3. algophobia
    a morbid fear of pain
  4. Anglomania
    an excessive enthusiasm for all things English
  5. Anglophobia
    dislike (or fear) of Britain and British customs
  6. balletomania
    extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets
  7. bibliomania
    preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
  8. bibliophile
    someone who loves and usually collects books
  9. claustrophobia
    a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
  10. dipsomania
    an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
  11. dipsomaniac
    a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
  12. hemophiliac
    someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
  13. hydrophobia
    a morbid fear of water
  14. kleptomaniac
    someone with an irrational urge to steal
  15. kleptomaniac
    someone with an irrational urge to steal
  16. lepidophobia
    a morbid fear of snakes
  17. mania
    an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
  18. megalomania
    a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur
  19. megalomania
    a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur
  20. monomania
    an unhealthy obsession or preoccupation with one thing
  21. phobia
    an anxiety disorder characterized by irrational fear
  22. photophobia
    pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light
  23. pyromania
    an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
  24. pyrophobia
    a morbid fear of fire
  25. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  26. mulct
    money extracted as a penalty
Created on Tue Jun 26 07:52:42 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Jun 26 08:01:25 EDT 2012)

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