Latin Adverbs and Prepositions
| alternatim | alternately |
| ana | in equal quantities |
| bis | twice; in two places |
| circa | about; around |
| circiter | about; around |
| coram | in the presence of; before |
| divisim | separately |
| ergo | therefore; hence |
| gradatim | step by step |
| gratis | without charge; for free |
| gregatim | in flocks |
| guttatim | drop by drop |
| ibidem | in the same place |
| idem | the same word as mentioned before |
| imprimis | in the first place |
| infra | below; later in a text |
| interim | meanwhile |
| item | likewise; also |
| iterum | again; afresh; anew |
| jure | by law |
| literatim | letter for letter |
| pace | contrary to the opinion of; in respectful disagreement with |
| partim | in part |
| passim | everywhere; dispersedly |
| per | through; according to; by means or agency of |
| primo | in the first place |
| pro | in favour of; for |
| proximo | of next month |
| punctatim | point for point |
| qua | in the capacity of |
| quasi | as if; seemingly; in a manner |
| quatenus | in the capacity of; in so far as |
| quoad | with respect to; as regards |
| quondam | former; sometime; formerly |
| scilicet | to wit; namely |
| secundum | according to |
| secus | otherwise |
| semper | always |
| seriatim | in succession; one after another |
| sic | thus |
| similiter | in a similar manner |
| sine | without |
| singillatim | singly |
| solus | alone |
| sparsim | here and there |
| statim | immediately; at once |
| stillatim | drop by drop |
| subito | at once; immediately |
| supra | above; earlier in a text |
| syllabatim | syllable by syllable |
| tanti | worthwhile |
| tempore | in the time of |
| ubique | everywhere |
| ultimo | of last month |
| variorum | including the notes of earlier scholars or editors |
| verbatim | word for word |
| versus | against; in contrast to |
| vice | in place of; rather than |
| videlicet | to wit; namely |
| vulgo | commonly; popularly |
Killing and Killers
| aborticide | killing of a fetus; abortion |
| acaricide | killer of mites and ticks |
| algicide | killer of algae |
| amicicide | murder of a friend |
| aphicide | killer of aphids |
| aphidicide | killer of aphids |
| avicide | killing of birds |
| bacillicide | killer of bacteria |
| bactericide | killer of bacteria |
| biocide | killing living material |
| bovicide | slaughter of cattle; one who kills cattle |
| ceticide | killing of whales and other cetaceans |
| cimicide | substance used to kill bed-bugs |
| deicide | destruction or killing of a god |
| ecocide | destruction of the environment |
| episcopicide | killing of bishops |
| famicide | one who destroys another's reputation; slanderer |
| felicide | killing of a cat |
| femicide | killing of a woman |
| feticide | killing of a fetus |
| filicide | killing of one's own child |
| floricide | killing or killer of flowers |
| foeticide | killing a fetus |
| formicide | substance that kills ants |
| fratricide | killing of one's brother |
| fungicide | killing of fungus |
| genocide | killing of a race or ethnic group |
| germicide | substance that kills germs |
| giganticide | killing of a giant |
| gynaecide | killing of women |
| herbicide | killing of plants |
| hereticide | killing of heretics |
| homicide | killing of a human being |
| infanticide | killing of an infant |
| insecticide | killing of insects |
| larvicide | killing of larvae |
| liberticide | destruction of liberty |
| lupicide | killing of a wolf |
| mariticide | killing or killer of one's husband |
| matricide | killing of one's mother |
| menticide | reduction of mind by psychological pressure |
| microbicide | killing or killer of microbes |
| miticide | agent which kills mites |
| molluscicide | killing of mollusks |
| muscicide | substance for killing flies |
| neonaticide | killing or killer of a newborn infant |
| ovicide | killing insect eggs |
| ovicide | sheep-killing |
| parasiticide | killing of parasites |
| parasuicide | harmful act appearing to be an attempt at suicide |
| parenticide | killing or killer of one's parents |
| parricide | killing of parents or a parent-like close relative |
| patricide | killing of one's father |
| perdricide | killer of partridges |
| pesticide | killing of pests |
| prolicide | killing of offspring; killing of the human race |
| pulicide | flea-killer |
| raticide | substance or person who kills rats |
| regicide | killing of a monarch |
| rodenticide | killing of rodents |
| senicide | killing of old men |
| serpenticide | killing or killer of a snake |
| siblicide | killing or killer of a sibling |
| silvicide | substance that kills trees |
| sororicide | killing of one's own sister |
| speciocide | destruction of an entire species |
| spermicide | killing of sperm |
| sporicide | killing of spores |
| suicide | killing of oneself |
| taeniacide | killing of tapeworms |
| tauricide | killing or killer of a bull |
| trypanocide | killing of trypanosomes |
| tyrannicide | killing or killer of a tyrant |
| urbicide | destruction of a city |
| ursicide | killing or killer of a bear |
| utricide | one who stabs an inflated skin vessel instead of killing someone |
| uxoricide | killing of one's own wife |
| vaticide | killing or killer of a prophet |
| verbicide | destroying the meaning of a word |
| vermicide | killing of worms |
| vespacide | substance or person who kills wasps |
| viricide | killing of viruses; killing of men or of husbands |
| virucide | killing of viruses |
| vulpicide | killing of a fox |
| weedicide | something that kills weeds |
Philosophical Isms
| absolutism | doctrine of government by a single absolute ruler; autocracy |
| absurdism | doctrine that we live in an irrational universe |
| academicism | doctrine that nothing can be known |
| accidentalism | theory that events do not have causes |
| acosmism | disbelief in existence of eternal universe distinct from God |
| adamitism | nakedness for religious reasons |
| adevism | denial of gods of mythology and legend |
| adiaphorism | doctrine of theological indifference or latitudinarianism |
| adoptionism | belief that Christ was the adopted and not natural son of God |
| aestheticism | doctrine that beauty is central to other moral principles |
| agapism | ethics of love |
| agathism | belief in ultimate triumph of good despite evil means |
| agnosticism | doctrine that we can know nothing beyond material phenomena |
| anarchism | doctrine that all governments should be abolished |
| animism | attribution of soul to inanimate objects |
| annihilationism | doctrine that the wicked are utterly destroyed after death |
| anthropomorphism | attribution of human qualities to non-human things |
| anthropotheism | belief that gods are only deified men |
| antidisestablishmentarianism | doctrine opposed to removing Church of England's official religion status |
| antilapsarianism | denial of doctrine of the fall of humanity |
| antinomianism | doctrine of the rejection of moral law |
| antipedobaptism | denial of validity of infant baptism |
| apocalypticism | doctrine of the imminent end of the world |
| asceticism | doctrine that self-denial of the body permits spiritual enlightenment |
| aspheterism | denial of the right to private property |
| atheism | belief that there is no God |
| atomism | belief that the universe consists of small indivisible particles |
| autosoterism | belief that one can obtain salvation through oneself |
| autotheism | belief that one is God incarnate or that one is Christ |
| bitheism | belief in two gods |
| bonism | the doctrine that the world is good but not perfect |
| bullionism | belief in the importance of metallic currency in economics |
| capitalism | doctrine that private ownership and free markets should govern economies |
| casualism | the belief that chance governs all things |
| catabaptism | belief in the wrongness of infant baptism |
| catastrophism | belief in rapid geological and biological change |
| collectivism | doctrine of communal control of means of production |
| collegialism | theory that church is independent from the state |
| communism | theory of classless society in which individuals cannot own property |
| conceptualism | theory that universal truths exist as mental concepts |
| conservatism | belief in maintaining political and social traditions |
| constructivism | belief that knowledge and reality do not have an objective value |
| cosmism | belief that the cosmos is a self-existing whole |
| cosmotheism | the belief that identifies God with the cosmos |
| deism | belief in God but rejection of religion |
| determinism | doctrine that events are predetermined by preceding events or laws |
| diphysitism | belief in the dual nature of Christ |
| ditheism | belief in two equal gods, one good and one evil |
| ditheletism | doctrine that Christ had two wills |
| dualism | doctrine that the universe is controlled by one good and one evil force |
| egalitarianism | belief that humans ought to be equal in rights and privileges |
| egoism | doctrine that the pursuit of self-interest is the highest good |
| egotheism | identification of oneself with God |
| eidolism | belief in ghosts |
| emotivism | theory that moral statements are inherently biased |
| empiricism | doctrine that the experience of the senses is the only source of knowledge |
| entryism | doctrine of joining a group to change its policies |
| epiphenomenalism | doctrine that mental processes are epiphenomena of brain activity |
| eternalism | the belief that matter has existed eternally |
| eudaemonism | ethical belief that happiness equals morality |
| euhemerism | explanation of mythology as growing out of history |
| existentialism | doctrine of individual human responsibility in an unfathomable universe |
| experientialism | doctrine that knowledge comes from experience |
| fallibilism | the doctrine that empirical knowledge is uncertain |
| fatalism | doctrine that events are fixed and humans are powerless |
| fideism | doctrine that knowledge depends on faith over reason |
| finalism | belief that an end has or can be reached |
| fortuitism | belief in evolution by chance variation |
| functionalism | doctrine emphasising utility and function |
| geocentrism | belief that Earth is the centre of the universe |
| gnosticism | belief that freedom derives solely from knowledge |
| gradualism | belief that things proceed by degrees |
| gymnobiblism | belief that the Bible can be presented to unlearned without commentary |
| hedonism | belief that pleasure is the highest good |
| henism | doctrine that there is only one kind of existence |
| henotheism | belief in one tribal god, but not as the only god |
| historicism | belief that all phenomena are historically determined |
| holism | doctrine that parts of any thing must be understood in relation to the whole |
| holobaptism | belief in baptism with total immersion in water |
| humanism | belief that human interests and mind are paramount |
| humanitarianism | doctrine that the highest moral obligation is to improve human welfare |
| hylicism | materialism |
| hylomorphism | belief that matter is cause of the universe |
| hylopathism | belief in ability of matter to affect the spiritual world |
| hylotheism | belief that the universe is purely material |
| hylozoism | doctrine that all matter is endowed with life |
| idealism | belief that our experiences of the world consist of ideas |
| identism | doctrine that objective and subjective, or matter and mind, are identical |
| ignorantism | doctrine that ignorance is a favourable thing |
| illuminism | belief in an inward spiritual light |
| illusionism | belief that the external world is philosophy |
| imagism | doctrine of use of precise images with unrestricted subject |
| immanentism | belief in an immanent or permanent god |
| immaterialism | the doctrine that there is no material substance |
| immoralism | rejection of morality |
| indifferentism | the belief that all religions are equally valid |
| individualism | belief that individual interests and rights are paramount |
| instrumentalism | doctrine that ideas are instruments of action |
| intellectualism | belief that all knowledge is derived from reason |
| interactionism | belief that mind and body act on each other |
| introspectionism | doctrine that knowledge of mind must derive from introspection |
| intuitionism | belief that the perception of truth is by intuition |
| irreligionism | system of belief that is hostile to religions |
| kathenotheism | polytheism in which each god is considered single and supreme |
| kenotism | doctrine that Christ rid himself of divinity in becoming human |
| laicism | doctrine of opposition to clergy and priests |
| latitudinarianism | doctrine of broad liberality in religious belief and conduct |
| laxism | belief that an unlikely opinion may be safely followed |
| legalism | belief that salvation depends on strict adherence to the law |
| liberalism | doctrine of social change and tolerance |
| libertarianism | doctrine that personal liberty is the highest value |
| malism | the belief that the world is evil |
| materialism | belief that matter is the only extant substance |
| mechanism | belief that life is explainable by mechanical forces |
| meliorism | the belief the world tends to become better |
| mentalism | belief that the world can be explained as aspect of the mind |
| messianism | belief in a single messiah or saviour |
| millenarianism | belief that an ideal society will be produced in the near future |
| modalism | belief in unity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit |
| monadism | theory that there exist ultimate units of being |
| monergism | theory that the Holy Spirit alone can act |
| monism | belief that all things can be placed in one category |
| monophysitism | belief that Christ was primarily divine but in human form |
| monopsychism | belief that individuals have a single eternal soul |
| monotheism | belief in only one God |
| monotheletism | belief that Christ had only one will |
| mortalism | belief that the soul is mortal |
| mutualism | belief in mutual dependence of society and the individual |
| nativism | belief that the mind possesses inborn thoughts |
| naturalism | belief that the world can be explained in terms of natural forces |
| necessarianism | theory that actions are determined by prior history; fatalism |
| neonomianism | theory that the gospel abrogates earlier moral codes |
| neovitalism | theory that total material explanation is impossible |
| nihilism | denial of all reality; extreme scepticism |
| nominalism | doctrine that naming of things defines reality |
| nomism | view that moral conduct consists in observance of laws |
| noumenalism | belief in existence of noumena |
| nullibilism | denial that the soul exists in space |
| numenism | belief in local deities or spirits |
| objectivism | doctrine that all reality is objective |
| omnism | belief in all religions |
| optimism | doctrine that we live in the best of all possible worlds |
| organicism | conception of life or society as an organism |
| paedobaptism | doctrine of infant baptism |
| panaesthetism | theory that consciousness may inhere generally in matter |
| pancosmism | theory that the material universe is all that exists |
| panegoism | solipsism |
| panentheism | belief that world is part but not all of God’s being |
| panpsychism | theory that all nature has a psychic side |
| pansexualism | theory that all thought derived from sexual instinct |
| panspermatism | belief in origin of life from extraterrestrial germs |
| pantheism | belief that the universe is God; belief in many gods |
| panzoism | belief that humans and animals share vital life energy |
| parallelism | belief that matter and mind don’t interact but relate |
| pejorism | severe pessimism |
| perfectibilism | doctrine that humans capable of becoming perfect |
| perfectionism | doctrine that moral perfection constitutes the highest value |
| personalism | doctrine that humans possess spiritual freedom |
| pessimism | doctrine that the universe is essentially evil |
| phenomenalism | belief that phenomena are the only realities |
| physicalism | belief that all phenomena reducible to verifiable assertions |
| physitheism | attribution of physical form and attributes to deities |
| pluralism | belief that reality consists of several kinds or entities |
| polytheism | belief in multiple deities |
| positivism | doctrine that that which is not observable is not knowable |
| pragmatism | doctrine emphasizing practical value of philosophy |
| predestinarianism | belief that what ever is to happen is already fixed |
| prescriptivism | belief that moral edicts are merely orders with no truth value |
| primitivism | doctrine that a simple and natural life is morally best |
| privatism | attitude of avoiding involvement in outside interests |
| probabiliorism | belief that when in doubt one must choose most likely answer |
| probabilism | belief that knowledge is always probable but never absolute |
| psilanthropism | denial of Christ's divinity |
| psychism | belief in universal soul |
| psychomorphism | doctrine that inanimate objects have human mentality |
| psychopannychism | belief souls sleep from death to resurrection |
| psychotheism | doctrine that God is a purely spiritual entity |
| pyrrhonism | total or radical skepticism |
| quietism | doctrine of enlightenment through mental tranquility |
| racism | belief that race is the primary determinant of human capacities |
| rationalism | belief that reason is the fundamental source of knowledge |
| realism | doctrine that objects of cognition are real |
| reductionism | belief that complex phenomena are reducible to simple ones |
| regalism | doctrine of the monarch's supremacy in church affairs |
| representationalism | doctrine that ideas rather than external objects are basis of knowledge |
| republicanism | belief that a republic is the best form of government |
| resistentialism | humorous theory that inanimate objects display malice towards humans |
| romanticism | belief in sentimental feeling in artistic expression |
| sacerdotalism | belief that priests are necessary mediators between God and mankind |
| sacramentarianism | belief that sacraments have unusual properties |
| scientism | belief that the methods of science are universally applicable |
| self-determinism | doctrine that the actions of a self are determined by itself |
| sensationalism | belief that ideas originate solely in sensation |
| sexism | belief in systematic inequalities between the sexes |
| siderism | belief that the stars influence human affairs |
| skepticism | doctrine that true knowledge is always uncertain |
| socialism | doctrine of centralized state control of wealth and property |
| solarism | excessive use of solar myths in explaining mythology |
| solifidianism | doctrine that faith alone will ensure salvation |
| solipsism | theory that self-existence is the only certainty |
| somatism | materialism |
| spatialism | doctrine that matter has only spatial, temporal and causal properties |
| spiritualism | belief that nothing is real except the soul or spirit |
| stercoranism | belief that the consecrated Eucharist is digested and evacuated |
| stoicism | belief in indifference to pleasure or pain |
| subjectivism | doctrine that all knowledge is subjective |
| substantialism | belief that there is a real existence underlying phenomena |
| syndicalism | doctrine of direct worker control of capital |
| synergism | belief that human will and divine spirit cooperate in salvation |
| terminism | doctrine that there is a time limit for repentance |
| thanatism | belief that the soul dies with the body |
| theism | belief in the existence of God without special revelation |
| theocentrism | belief that God is central fact of existence |
| theopantism | belief that God is the only reality |
| theopsychism | belief that the soul is of a divine nature |
| thnetopsychism | belief that the soul dies with the body, to be reborn on day of judgement |
| titanism | spirit of revolt or defiance against social conventions |
| tolerationism | doctrine of toleration of religious differences |
| totemism | belief that a group has a special kinship with an object or animal |
| transcendentalism | theory that emphasizes that which transcends perception |
| transmigrationism | belief that soul passes into other body at death |
| trialism | doctrine that humans have three separate essences (body, soul, spirit) |
| tritheism | belief that the members of the Trinity are separate gods |
| triumphalism | belief in the superiority of one particular religious creed |
| tuism | theory that individuals have a second or other self |
| tutiorism | doctrine that one should take the safer moral course |
| tychism | theory that accepts role of pure chance |
| ubiquitarianism | belief that Christ is everywhere |
| undulationism | theory that light consists of waves |
| universalism | belief in universal salvation |
| utilitarianism | belief that utility of actions determines moral value |
| vitalism | the doctrine that there is a vital force behind life |
| voluntarism | belief that the will dominates the intellect |
| zoism | doctrine that life originates from a single vital principle |
| zoomorphism | conception of a god or man in animal form |
| zootheism | attribution of divine qualities to animals |
Forthright's Forsoothery
| abaft | toward or at the stern of a ship; further aft |
| afore | before |
| agone | ago |
| alack | expression of sorrow or regret |
| alee | on or toward the lee |
| alow | below |
| amain | to a high degree; exceedingly; at full speed |
| an | if |
| anent | about; concerning |
| anon | at once; immediately |
| aright | right; correctly |
| aroint | begone |
| athwart | across; in opposition to; sideways; transversely |
| aught | anything at all; something |
| avaunt | away; hence |
| aye | yes |
| beforetime | formerly |
| belike | most likely; probably |
| betimes | in short time; speedily |
| betwixt | between |
| certes | in truth; certainly |
| clepe | to name; to call |
| eft | again; afterwards |
| eftsoons | soon after |
| egad | mild oath |
| eke | in addition; also; likewise |
| endlong | lengthwise |
| enow | enough |
| ere | before |
| erelong | before long; soon |
| erewhile | until now |
| eyne | eyes |
| fain | happy; inclined; pleased |
| fie | expression of disgust or disapproval |
| forby | past; near |
| fore | at an earlier time or period |
| forsooth | in truth; indeed |
| forthwith | immediately |
| froward | turned away; self-willed; unreasonable; perverse; adverse |
| gadzooks | mild oath |
| gar | mild oath |
| gardyloo | warning cry |
| gramercy | expression of gratitude or surprise |
| hark | to pay close attention; to listen |
| heretofore | until now |
| heyday | expression of elation or wonder |
| hight | named; called; to command or call |
| hist | expression used to attract attention |
| hither | to this place |
| howbeit | although |
| ifsoever | if ever |
| ilke | kind or nature |
| inly | inwardly; thoroughly |
| iwis | surely; certainly |
| lackaday | expression of regret or deprecation |
| lief | soon; gladly |
| marry | expression of surprised agreement |
| maugre | in spite of |
| mayhap | perhaps |
| meet | fitting; proper |
| meseems | it seems to me |
| methinks | I believe; I think |
| nary | not a one; not at all |
| natheless | nevertheless; notwithstanding |
| needs | of necessity; necessarily |
| nigh | nearly; almost |
| nowise | not at all |
| od | mild oath |
| or | before |
| parcel | partly |
| pardie | mild oath; certainly or truly |
| parfay | by my faith; verily |
| peradventure | perhaps; possibly; by adventure; by chance |
| prithee | expression of wish or request |
| puissant | powerful; mighty |
| quotha | expression of surprise or contempt |
| rede | to counsel or advise |
| ruth | pity; remorse; sorrow |
| semovedly | separately |
| siege | seat or throne |
| sith | since |
| somedeal | somewhat |
| somewhither | to some place; somewhere |
| sooth | truth; reality; in truth |
| soothfast | truthful; honest; faithful |
| soothly | in truth; truly |
| speed | prosperity; success |
| strait | strict; rigorous; constricted |
| sweven | vision seen in sleep; a dream |
| swink | to toil; to labour |
| swith | instantly; quickly |
| swoopstake | in an indiscriminate manner |
| teen | injury; grief |
| thereinto | into that or it |
| thereon | thereupon |
| therewith | thereupon; forthwith |
| therewithal | besides |
| thither | to that place |
| thole | to endure; to suffer |
| thro | through |
| tother | the other |
| twain | two |
| twixt | between |
| usward | toward us |
| verily | truly; certainly; confidently |
| wanion | ill luck; misfortune |
| weed | garment or outfit worn during mourning |
| wellaway | expression of sorrow or lamentation; alas |
| whenas | when |
| whencesoever | from whatsoever place or source |
| whereagainst | against which |
| whereinsoever | in whatsoever respect or place |
| whereinto | into which; into what |
| whereof | of what |
| whereon | on what |
| whereout | out of which |
| wherethrough | through which; through the agency of |
| whereuntil | to what |
| wherewith | with what |
| whichsoever | every one that |
| whilom | formerly; once; former |
| whither | to what place |
| whithersoever | to any place whatsoever |
| whitherward | toward what or which place |
| whosoever | every one who |
| wist | to know |
| withal | besides; therewith; nevertheless; with |
| wood | mad; insane; wild |
| yare | marked by quickness and agility; nimble; prepared; easily handled |
| yede | to go |
| yoicks | expression of surprise or excitement |
| yon | yonder; that over there; those over there |
| yonside | on the farther side of |
| zounds | mild oath |
Forms of Worship
| aischrolatry | worship of filth, dirt, or smut |
| allotheism | belief in or worship of strange gods |
| angelolatry | worship of or belief in angels |
| anthropolatry | worship of human beings |
| arborolatry | worship of trees |
| archaeolatry | worship of archaic things or old customs |
| astrolatry | worship of stars |
| autolatry | self-worship |
| bardolatry | excessive devotion to or worship of Shakespeare |
| bibliolatry | worship of the Bible or other books |
| Christolatry | worship of Christ |
| cosmolatry | worship of the world |
| cynolatry | worship of dogs |
| demonolatry | worship of or devotion to demons |
| dendrolatry | worship of trees |
| ecclesiolatry | excessive devotion to church tradition and form |
| epeolatry | worship of words |
| episcopolatry | worship of bishops |
| gamidolatry | worship of marriage |
| gastrolatry | gluttony; excessive love of food |
| geolatry | earth-worship |
| grammatolatry | worship of letters and words |
| gyniolatry | deep respect or devotion for women |
| hagiolatry | worship or reverence for saints |
| heliolatry | sun worship |
| hierolatry | worship of saints or sacred things |
| hygeiolatry | excessive devotion to health |
| ichthyolatry | the worship of fish |
| iconolatry | image-worship |
| ideolatry | worship of ideas |
| idiolatry | self-worship; egotism |
| idolatry | worship of idols |
| ignicolist | fire-worshipper |
| litholatry | stone-worship |
| lordolatry | worship of nobility |
| Mariolatry | worship of the virgin mother |
| martyrolatry | excessive devotion to martyrs |
| mechanolatry | worship of machines |
| monolatry | worship of one god without excluding belief in others |
| necrolatry | worship of the dead |
| neolatry | worship of novelty |
| onolatry | worship of asses or donkeys |
| ophiolatry | worship of snakes |
| ophism | snake-worship |
| pandemonism | worship of spirits dwelling in all forms of nature |
| parthenolatry | worship of the Virgin Mary |
| patriolatry | excessive devotion or worship of one's native country |
| physiolatry | nature-worship |
| planetolatry | worship of the planets |
| plutolatry | worship of wealth |
| poetolatry | worship of poets |
| pseudolatry | false worship |
| pyrolatry | fire-worship |
| selenolatry | worship of the moon |
| statolatry | worship of the state |
| staurolatry | worship of the cross or crucifix |
| symbolatry | undue worship of symbols |
| thaumatolatry | worship of miracles or wonders |
| theriolatry | animal-worship |
| zoolatry | excessive devotion to animals or pets |
Forms of Government
| acracy | government by none; anarchy | |||||
| adhocracy | government in an unstructured fashion; an unstructured organization | |||||
| albocracy | government by white people | |||||
| anarchy | government by none | |||||
| androcracy | government by men | |||||
| anemocracy | government by the wind or by whim | |||||
| angelocracy | government by angels | |||||
| antarchy | opposition to government; anarchy | |||||
| argentocracy | government by money | |||||
| aristarchy | government by the best | |||||
| aristocracy | government by the nobility | |||||
| arithmocracy | government by simple majority | |||||
| autarchy | government by an absolute ruler | |||||
| autocracy | government by one individual | |||||
| barbarocracy | government by barbarians | |||||
| beerocracy | government by brewers or brewing interests | |||||
| bestiocracy | rule by beasts | |||||
| biarchy | government by two people; diarchy | |||||
| binarchy | government by two people; diarchy | |||||
| bureaucracy | government by civil servants | |||||
| cannonarchy | government by superior firepower or by cannons | |||||
| capelocracy | government by shopkeepers | |||||
| chiliarchy | government by one thousand people | |||||
| chirocracy | government by physical force | |||||
| chromatocracy | government by rulers of a particular skin colour | |||||
| chrysoaristocracy | government by the wealthy; plutocracy | |||||
| chrysocracy | government by the wealthy; plutocracy | |||||
| corpocracy | government by corporate bureaucrats | |||||
| cosmarchy | rulership over the entire world, esp. by the devil | |||||
| cottonocracy | government by those involved in the cotton trade | |||||
| cryptarchy | secret rulership | |||||
| decadarchy | government by ten individuals; decarchy | |||||
| decarchy | government by ten individuals | |||||
| demarchy | government by the people; popular government | |||||
| democracy | government by the people | |||||
| demonarchy | government by a demon | |||||
| demonocracy | government by demons or evil forces | |||||
| despotocracy | government by despots or tyrants | |||||
| diabolocracy | government by the Devil | |||||
| diarchy | government by two people | |||||
| dinarchy | government by two people; diarchy | |||||
| dodecarchy | government by twelve people | |||||
| doulocracy | government by slaves | |||||
| duarchy | government by two people; diarchy | |||||
| dulocracy | government by slaves; doulocracy | |||||
| dyarchy | government by two people; diarchy | |||||
| ecclesiarchy | government by clerics or ecclesiastical authorities | |||||
| endarchy | centralised government | |||||
| ergatocracy | government by the workers or the working class | |||||
| ethnarchy | government over an ethnic group | |||||
| ethnocracy | government by an ethnic group or race | |||||
| exarchy | government by bishops | |||||
| foolocracy | government by fools | |||||
| gerontocracy | government by the aged | |||||
| gunarchy | government by women; gynarchy | |||||
| gymnasiarchy | government over a school or academy | |||||
| gynaecocracy | government by women; gynarchy | |||||
| gynarchy | government by women | |||||
| gynocracy | government by women; gynarchy | |||||
| hagiarchy | government by saints or holy persons | |||||
| hagiocracy | government by holy men | |||||
| hamarchy | government by a cooperative body of parts | |||||
| hecatarchy | government by one hundred people; hecatontarchy | |||||
| hecatontarchy | government by one hundred people | |||||
| hendecarchy | government by eleven people | |||||
| heptarchy | government by seven people | |||||
| heroarchy | government by heroes | |||||
| hetaerocracy | government by paramours | |||||
| heterarchy | government by a foreign ruler | |||||
| hierarchy | government by a ranked body; government by priests | |||||
| hierocracy | government by priests or religious ministers | |||||
| hipparchy | rule or control of horses | |||||
| hoplarchy | government by the military | |||||
| hyperanarchy | condition of extreme anarchy | |||||
| hyperarchy | excessive government | |||||
| iatrarchy | government by physicians | |||||
| idiocracy | personal rule; self-rule | |||||
| infantocracy | government by an infant | |||||
| isocracy | equal political power | |||||
| jesuitocracy | government by Jesuits | |||||
| juntocracy | government by a junta | |||||
| kakistocracy | government by the worst | |||||
| kleptocracy | government by thieves | |||||
| kritarchy | government by judges | |||||
| landocracy | government by the propertied class; timocracy | |||||
| logocracy | government of words | |||||
| matriarchy | government by women or mothers | |||||
| meritocracy | government by the meritorious | |||||
| merocracy | government by a part of the citizenry | |||||
| mesocracy | government by the middle classes | |||||
| metrocracy | government by mothers or women; matriarchy | |||||
| millionocracy | government by millionaires | |||||
| millocracy | government by mill owners | |||||
| mobocracy | government by mobs or crowds | |||||
| monarchy | government by one individual | |||||
| moneyocracy | government by the monied classes | |||||
| monocracy | government by one individual | |||||
| myriarchy | government by ten thousand individuals | |||||
| narcokleptocracy | government by those who profit from trade in illegal drugs | |||||
| navarchy | rulership over the seas | |||||
| neocracy | government by new or inexperienced rulers | |||||
| nomocracy | government based on legal system; rule of law | |||||
| ochlocracy | government by mobs | |||||
| octarchy | government by eight people | |||||
| oligarchy | government by the few | |||||
| paedarchy | government by children | |||||
| paedocracy | government by children; paedarchy | |||||
| panarchy | universal rule or dominion | |||||
| pantarchy | government by all the people; world government | |||||
| pantisocracy | government by all equally | |||||
| paparchy | government by the pope | |||||
| papyrocracy | government by newspapers or literature | |||||
| parsonarchy | government by parsons | |||||
| partocracy | government by a single unopposed political party | |||||
| patriarchy | government by men or fathers | |||||
| pedantocracy | government by pedants or strict rule-bound scholars | |||||
| pentarchy | government by five individuals | |||||
| phallocracy | government by men | |||||
| philosophocracy | government by philosophers | |||||
| phylarchy | government by a specific class or tribe | |||||
| physiocracy | government according to natural laws or principles | |||||
| pigmentocracy | government by those of one skin colour | |||||
| plantocracy | government by plantation owners | |||||
| plousiocracy | government by the wealthy; plutocracy | |||||
| plutarchy | government by the wealthy; plutocracy | |||||
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy | |||||
| polarchy | government by many people; polyarchy | |||||
| policeocracy | government by police | |||||
| pollarchy | government by the multitude or a mob; ochlocracy | |||||
| polyarchy | government by many people | |||||
| polycracy | government by many rulers; polyarchy | |||||
| popocracy | government by populists | |||||
| pornocracy | government by harlots | |||||
| prophetocracy | government by a prophet | |||||
| psephocracy | government resulting from election by ballot | |||||
| ptochocracy | government by beggars or paupers; wholesale pauperization | |||||
| punditocracy | government by political pundits | |||||
| quangocracy | rule of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations | |||||
| rotocracy | government by those who control rotten boroughs | |||||
| septarchy | government by seven rulers; heptarchy | |||||
| shopocracy | government by shopkeepers | |||||
| slavocracy | government by slave-owners | |||||
| snobocracy | government by snobs | |||||
| sociocracy | government by society as a whole | |||||
| squarsonocracy | government by landholding clergymen | |||||
| squatterarchy | government by squatters; squattocracy | |||||
| squattocracy | government by squatters | |||||
| squirearchy | government by squires | |||||
| squirocracy | government by squires; squirearchy | |||||
| statocracy | government by the state alone, without ecclesiastical influence | |||||
| stratarchy | rulership over an army | |||||
| stratocracy | military rule or despotism | |||||
| strumpetocracy | government by strumpets | |||||
| synarchy | joint sovereignty | |||||
| technocracy | government by technical experts | |||||
| tetradarchy | government by four people; tetrarchy | |||||
| tetrarchy | government by four people | |||||
| thalassiarchy | sovereignty of the seas; thalassocracy | |||||
| thalassocracy | sovereignty of the seas | |||||
| thearchy | rule by a god or gods; body of divine rulers | |||||
| theatrocracy | goverment by gathered assemblies of citizens | |||||
| theocracy | government by priests or by religious law | |||||
| timarchy | government by the propertied class; timocracy | |||||
| timocracy | government by the propertied class | |||||
| triarchy | government by three people | |||||
| tritarchy | government by three people; triarchy | |||||
| tritheocracy | government by three gods | |||||
| whiggarchy | government by Whigs | |||||
| xenocracy | government by a body of foreigners |
Shapes and Resemblance
| acetabuliform | shaped like a shallow cup or saucer |
| acicular | needle-shaped |
| acinaciform | scimitar-shaped |
| aciniform | shaped like a berry |
| aculeiform | shaped like a thorn |
| adeniform | shaped like a gland |
| aduncate | shaped like a hook or crook |
| aeriform | of the form or shape of gas; gaseous |
| aliform | wing-shaped |
| allantoid | shaped like a sausage |
| amygdaloid | almond-shaped; of, like or pertaining to tonsils |
| ancistroid | hook-shaped |
| ancoral | of, shaped like or resembling an anchor |
| anguiform | shaped like a snake |
| anguilliform | shaped like an eel |
| ankyroid | hook-shaped |
| annodated | shaped like the letter S |
| ansate | having a handle or hand-like shape |
| apsidal | shaped like an apse |
| aquiform | watery; liquid |
| araneiform | shaped like a spider |
| arborescent | branched; branching; tree-shaped |
| arboriform | shaped like a tree |
| arcate | bow-shaped |
| arciform | shaped like a bow |
| arcuate | arched; bow-shaped |
| arietinous | shaped like a ram's head |
| aspergilliform | shaped like a brush |
| aspidate | shield-shaped |
| auriform | shaped like an ear |
| aveniform | shaped like oats |
| axiniform | shaped like an axe-head |
| bacciform | shaped like a berry |
| baculiform | rod-shaped |
| balanoid | acorn-shaped |
| belemnoid | shaped like a dart |
| beloid | shaped like an arrow |
| belonoid | shaped like a needle |
| boniform | having the form of good |
| boviform | cow-shaped |
| branchiform | gill-shaped |
| buccinal | shaped or sounding like a trumpet |
| bufoniform | shaped like a toad |
| bulliform | shaped like a blister or boil |
| bursiform | shaped like a pouch or purse |
| calathiform | cup-shaped |
| calcariform | spur-shaped |
| calceiform | shaped like a slipper |
| calciform | pebble-shaped |
| campaniform | bell-shaped |
| campanulate | shaped like a bell |
| cancriform | shaped like a crab |
| cannular | hollow or tube-shaped |
| capriform | goatlike |
| cardioid | heart-shaped |
| carinated | shaped like the prow or keel of a ship |
| cariniform | keel-shaped |
| cassideous | helmet-shaped |
| caudiform | tail-like; tail-shaped |
| cauliform | shaped like or resembling a stem |
| ceratoid | shaped like a horn; horny |
| cheliform | shaped like a pincer |
| choanoid | shaped like a funnel |
| cingular | shaped like a girdle or ring |
| circinate | ring-shaped; rolled inwards; spiralling |
| clathrate | shaped like a net or lattice |
| clavate | club-shaped |
| claviform | in the shape of a club |
| clithridiate | shaped like a keyhole |
| clypeate | shaped like a buckler |
| cochlear | anything spiral-shaped; twisted spirally |
| coliform | resembling or shaped like a sieve |
| colliform | shaped like or resembling a neck |
| colubriform | shaped like a snake |
| conchiform | shaped like a shell |
| conglobate | shaped like a small ball or globe |
| coracoid | shaped like a crow's beak |
| cordate | heart-shaped |
| cordiform | heart-shaped |
| corniculate | horn-shaped; horned |
| corniform | shaped like a horn |
| coronoid | shaped like a beak |
| corviform | shaped like a crow |
| cotyliform | disc-shaped with a raised rim |
| crateriform | cup-shaped |
| cribriform | shaped like a sieve |
| cricoid | ring-shaped |
| cruciform | cross-shaped |
| cteniform | comb-shaped |
| cubiform | shaped like a cube |
| cucullate | hooded; hood-shaped |
| cucumiform | cucumber-shaped |
| culiciform | like or resembling a mosquito |
| cultriform | knife-shaped |
| cumuliform | shaped like a heap |
| cuneate | wedge-shaped |
| cuneiform | shaped like a wedge |
| cupulate | of, like or pertaining to a cup; cup-shaped |
| cyathiform | shaped like a cup |
| cymbiform | shaped like a boat |
| deiform | appearing like or shaped like a god |
| deltoid | shaped like a delta or triangle |
| dendriform | shaped like a tree |
| dendritiform | branched |
| dentiform | shaped like a tooth |
| digitiform | shaped like a finger |
| disciform | round or oval in shape |
| dolabriform | resembling a hatchet or cleaver |
| dolioform | shaped like a barrel |
| draconiform | shaped like a dragon |
| drepaniform | shaped like a sickle |
| echinuliform | resembling small spines |
| embryoniform | shaped like an embryo |
| ensiform | resembling or possessing characteristics of a sword |
| eruciform | like or resembling a caterpillar |
| fabiform | shaped like a bean |
| falciform | shaped like a sickle |
| faviform | shaped like a honeycomb |
| feliform | having a catlike form or shape |
| fibriform | shaped like a fibre |
| fibrilliform | shaped like a small fibre |
| ficiform | shaped like a fig |
| filiciform | shaped like a fern or frond |
| filiform | shaped like a thread |
| fistuliform | shaped like a pipe |
| flabelliform | shaped like a fan |
| flagelliform | shaped like a whip |
| floriform | shaped like a flower |
| foliform | shaped like a leaf |
| forcipiform | shaped like forceps |
| foveiform | shaped like a depression or pit |
| fringilliform | resembling a finch |
| fucoid | shaped like seaweed |
| fulciform | shaped like or resembling a prop |
| fundiform | shaped like a sling |
| fungiform | shaped like a fungus |
| furcular | shaped like a fork |
| fusiform | shaped like a spindle |
| galeated | shaped like a helmet |
| galeiform | shaped like a helmet |
| gasiform | of the form or shape of gas |
| geminiform | paired; double |
| gladiate | shaped like a sword |
| glandiform | gland-shaped; acorn-shaped |
| glenoid | slightly cupped; socket-shaped |
| gliriform | resembling a rodent |
| guttiform | shaped like a drop |
| hamiform | shaped like a hook |
| harengiform | shaped like a herring |
| hastate | spear-shaped |
| hederiform | shaped like ivy |
| helicoid | screw-shaped; like a coil |
| helminthoid | worm-shaped |
| herpetiform | resembling or shaped like a reptile |
| hippocrepian | horseshoe-shaped |
| hippocrepiform | shaped like a horseshoe |
| homaloidal | of the nature of a plane; flat; plane-shaped |
| hominiform | shaped like a human |
| hordeiform | shaped like a barleycorn |
| hyoid | having a "U" shape |
| hypsiloid | shaped like the Greek letter upsilon |
| ichthyomorphic | shaped like a fish |
| igniform | having the shape or form of fire |
| infundibuliform | having the form or shape of a funnel or cone |
| janiform | having two faces |
| lacertiform | shaped like a lizard |
| lachrymiform | shaped like a tear |
| laciniform | shaped like a fringe |
| lageniform | shaped like a flask |
| lambdoid | shaped like the letter lambda (^) or “L” |
| lamelliform | shaped like a plate or layer |
| lanceolate | shaped like a lance-head |
| lanciform | shaped like a lance |
| lapilliform | shaped like a small stone |
| lentiform | shaped like a lens |
| leporiform | resembling or shaped like a hare |
| libriform | shaped like a book |
| ligniform | of the form or shape of wood |
| ligulate | resembling or shaped like a strap |
| limaciform | slug-like |
| linguiform | shaped like a tongue |
| lobular | shaped like a lobe |
| luciform | like light |
| lumbriciform | shaped like a worm; worm-like |
| lunate | crescent-shaped |
| lunulate | shaped like a small crescent |
| lupiform | shaped like a wolf |
| lyrate | lyre-shaped |
| malleiform | shaped like a hammer |
| mammiform | shaped like a breast |
| mammiliform | shaped like a nipple |
| mammose | shaped like a breast |
| mandibuliform | shaped like a mandible or jaw-bone |
| maniform | having the shape of a hand |
| manubrial | shaped like a handle |
| medusiform | resembling a jellyfish |
| menisciform | shaped like a crescent |
| mitrate | shaped like a mitre or bonnet |
| mitriform | mitre-shaped |
| molariform | shaped like a molar |
| moniliform | shaped like a string of beads |
| montiform | shaped like a mountain |
| morbilliform | like or resembling measles |
| moriform | shaped like a mulberry |
| mucroniform | like, having or resembling a sharp point |
| muriform | resembling a mouse or rat |
| muscariform | shaped like a brush |
| napiform | shaped like a turnip |
| nariform | shaped like the nostrils |
| nasutiform | shaped like a nose |
| natiform | shaped like buttocks |
| navicular | boat-shaped |
| naviform | boat-shaped |
| nephroid | kidney-shaped |
| neuralgiform | like or shaped like a nerve |
| nubiform | cloudlike |
| nuciform | shaped like a nut |
| nummiform | shaped like a coin |
| oculiform | shaped like an eye |
| olivary | olive-shaped |
| oliviform | shaped like an olive |
| omegoid | shaped like a horseshoe or omega |
| ooidal | egg-shaped |
| ophiomorphic | shaped like a snake |
| oriform | shaped like a mouth |
| ostreiform | shaped like an oyster |
| oviform | like a sheep |
| oviform | shaped like an oval or egg |
| ovopyriform | having a shape between a pear and an egg |
| palaceous | spade-shaped |
| paliform | shaped like a stake |
| palmate | hand-shaped |
| pampiniform | like a tendril |
| panduriform | fiddle-shaped |
| papilliform | nipple-shaped |
| paraboliform | shaped like a parabola |
| patelliform | shaped like a saucer or kneecap |
| pateriform | saucer-shaped |
| pectiniform | shaped like a comb |
| pediform | shaped like a foot |
| pelecoid | shaped like a hatchet; a hatchet-shaped geometrical figure |
| peltastiform | shield-shaped |
| pelviform | basin-shaped |
| pencilliform | paintbrush-shaped |
| penniform | feather-shaped |
| phacoid | lens-shaped |
| phialiform | saucer-shaped |
| phylliform | shaped like a leaf |
| piciform | of the form or shape of a woodpecker |
| piciform | of the nature of or resembling pitch |
| pileated | cap-shaped; crested; capped |
| pileiform | shaped like an umbrella |
| piliform | shaped like hair |
| pineal | shaped like a pine-cone |
| pinnate | shaped like a feather |
| pisciform | shaped like a fish |
| pisiform | shaped like a pea |
| placentiform | cake-shaped |
| plataleiform | spoonbilled; of the shape of a spoonbill |
| plexiform | shaped like a network |
| poculiform | cup-shaped |
| podiform | shaped like a pod |
| pomiform | shaped like an apple |
| poriform | having the form of a pore |
| probosciform | shaped like a long nose |
| pugioniform | dagger-shaped |
| pulvilliform | shaped like a cushion |
| punctiform | shaped like a point |
| pyrgoidal | tower-shaped |
| pyriform | shaped like a pear |
| radiciform | like a root |
| raduliform | like a rasp or file |
| ramiform | branching; shaped like branches |
| raniform | frog-like |
| remiform | oar-shaped |
| reniform | shaped like a kidney |
| restiform | shaped like a cord |
| retiform | shaped like a net |
| rhamphoid | hooked beak shaped |
| rhipidate | fan-shaped |
| rhomboid | shaped like a parallelogram |
| riziform | shaped like a grain of rice |
| rostelliform | shaped like a small beak |
| ruiniform | having the form or appearance of ruins |
| sacciform | shaped like a sac |
| sacculiform | shaped like a small sac |
| sagittal | shaped like an arrow |
| sagittiform | shaped like an arrowhead |
| salpiform | shaped like a barrel |
| scalariform | shaped like a ladder |
| scalpeliform | shaped like a scalpel |
| scalpriform | shaped like a chisel |
| scaphoid | boat-shaped |
| scapiform | shaped like a stalk |
| sciuroid | shaped like a squirrel’s tail |
| scrotiform | shaped like a pouch |
| scutellate | shaped like a platter |
| scutiform | shaped like a shield |
| scyphiform | shaped like a cup |
| securiform | shaped like an axe |
| selliform | shaped like a saddle |
| semilunate | shaped like a half-moon |
| septiform | shaped like a partition |
| serratiform | saw-shaped; serriform |
| serriform | saw-shaped |
| setiform | shaped like a bristle |
| sigmate | shaped like an S or a sigma |
| sigmoid | S-shaped |
| siphoniform | shaped like a siphon |
| soleiform | slipper-shaped |
| soliform | sun-like; resembling the sun |
| spadiceous | shaped like a palm branch |
| spatulate | shaped like a spatula |
| sphenoid | wedge-shaped |
| spicaceous | shaped like a spike |
| spiniform | like a thorn or spine |
| spiraliform | shaped like a spiral |
| squaliform | shaped like a shark |
| squamiform | shaped like a scale |
| stalactiform | shaped like a stalactite or icicle |
| stapediform | shaped like a stirrup |
| stellate | star-shaped; starry |
| stelliform | shaped like a star |
| stipiform | shaped like a stalk |
| stirious | shaped like an icicle |
| stratiform | layered; forming a layer |
| strigiform | shaped like an owl |
| strombuliform | shaped like a spinning top; spirally twisted |
| struthiform | ostrich-like |
| styliform | shaped like a bristle |
| subulate | awl-shaped |
| sudiform | shaped like a stake |
| sulciform | having the shape of a groove |
| taenioid | of a ribbon-like shape |
| tauriform | having the form of a bull |
| tauromorphous | bull-shaped |
| tectiform | shaped like a roof |
| theiform | of the form of tea |
| toroid | shaped like a doughnut or anchor-ring |
| trinacriform | three-pronged |
| trochiform | shaped like a spinning-top |
| tuberiform | shaped like a lump or protuberance |
| tubiform | shaped like a tube |
| turbinate | shaped like a top or inverted cone |
| turriform | shaped like a tower |
| tympaniform | drum-like; shaped like a drum |
| umbiliciform | shaped like a navel |
| umbraculiform | shaped like an umbrella |
| unciform | shaped like a hook |
| unguiform | shaped like a claw |
| urceiform | shaped like a pitcher |
| urceolate | shaped like a pitcher |
| ursiform | having the shape or appearance of a bear |
| utriculiform | shaped like a small cavity or sac |
| utriform | shaped like a leather bottle or flask |
| uvelloid | resembling a small cluster of grapes |
| variform | of various forms |
| vasculiform | shaped like a small vase or flowerpot |
| vasiform | shaped like a duct or vase |
| vergiform | shaped like a rod |
| vermiform | shaped like a worm |
| verruciform | shaped like a wart; wartlike |
| versiform | changing in form |
| villiform | of the form or shape of velvet |
| viperiform | shaped like a snake or viper |
| vitriform | of the form or shape of glass |
| vulviform | shaped like an oval or a vulva |
| xiphoid | sword-shaped |
| ypsiliform | shaped like an upsilon |
| zosteriform | shaped like a girdle |
Fighting and Combat
| alectryomachy | cock-fighting |
| batrachomyomachy | battle between frogs and mice; a burlesque poem attributed to Homer |
| cynartomachy | bear-baiting using dogs |
| duomachy | duel or fight between two people |
| gigantomachy | war of giants against the gods |
| hieromachy | fight or quarrel between priests |
| hoplomachy | fighting while heavily armoured |
| iconomachy | opposition to the worship of images or icons |
| logomachy | contention about words or in words |
| monomachy | single combat; a duel |
| naumachy | mock sea-battle |
| pneumatomachy | denial of the divinity of the Holy Ghost |
| poetomachia | contest or quarrel among poets |
| psychomachy | conflict between the body and the soul |
| pygmachy | boxing; fighting with clubs |
| pyromachy | use of fire in combat |
| skiamachy | sham fight; shadow boxing |
| symmachy | fighting jointly against a common enemy |
| tauromachy | bullfighting |
| theomachy | war amongst or against the gods |
| titanomachy | war of the Titans against the gods |
Feeding and Eating
| allotriophagy | craving for strange foods |
| androphagy | cannibalism |
| anthropophaginian | cannibal |
| anthropophagous | eating humans |
| aphagia | inability to eat or swallow |
| apivorous | eating bees |
| arachnivorous | feeding on spiders |
| autocoprophagy | eating one's own feces |
| autophagy | feeding on body's own tissues |
| baccivorous | eating berries |
| batrachivorous | frog-eating |
| bibliophagist | one who devours books, literally or figuratively |
| calcivorous | feeding on or living in limestone |
| cardophagus | donkey; something that eats thistles |
| carnivorous | eating flesh |
| carpophagous | fruit-eating |
| cepivorous | onion-eating |
| chthonophagia | eating dirt |
| comburivorous | consuming by fire |
| coprophagous | eating feces |
| creatophagous | carnivorous; flesh-eating |
| creophagous | flesh-eating; carnivorous |
| detritivore | animal that eats decomposing organic matter |
| dysphagia | pathological difficulty in swallowing |
| endophagy | cannibalism within a tribe; eating away from within |
| entomophagous | eating insects |
| equivorous | consuming horseflesh |
| exophagy | cannibalism outside one's own group |
| foliophagous | eating leaves; eating folios of books |
| formivorous | eating ants |
| fructivorous | feeding on fruit |
| frugivorous | eating fruit |
| fucivorous | eating seaweed |
| galactophagist | milk drinker |
| gamophagia | destruction of one gamete by another |
| geophagy | practice of feeding on soil; dirt-eating |
| glossophagine | eating using the tongue |
| graminivorous | feeding on grass or cereals |
| granivorous | feeding on seeds |
| gumnivorous | feeding on tree saps |
| herbivorous | eating only plant matter |
| hippophagy | feeding on horses |
| homnivorous | eating humans |
| hylophagous | eating wood |
| hyperphagia | eating too much |
| ichthyophagous | fish-eating |
| insectivorous | eating insects |
| kreatophagia | eating of raw meat |
| larvivorous | feeding on larvae |
| lignivorous | feeding on wood |
| limivorous | eating mud |
| lithophagous | stone-swallowing; rock-boring; eating rock |
| lotophagous | feeding on lotuses; indolent; lazy; dreamy |
| mallophagous | eating wool or fleece |
| meconophagist | consumer of opium or heroin |
| meliphagous | feeding upon honey |
| mellivorous | honey-eating |
| merdivorous | dung-eating |
| microphagous | feeding on small creatures or plants |
| monophagous | feeding on only one type of food |
| mucivorous | feeding on plant juices |
| mycophagous | eating fungus |
| myristicivorous | feeding upon nutmegs |
| myrmecophagous | feeding on ants |
| necrophagous | feeding on the dead |
| nectarivorous | feeding on nectar |
| nucivorous | nut-eating |
| omnivorous | eating anything; eating both plant and animal matter |
| omophagy | eating of raw flesh as a ritual observance |
| onychophagist | nail-biter |
| ophiophagous | eating snakes |
| oryzivorous | rice-eating |
| ossivorous | feeding on bones |
| ostreophagous | oyster-eating |
| ovivorous | eating eggs |
| ovivorous | eating sheep |
| paedophage | eater of children |
| pagophagia | eating trays of ice to help offset iron deficiency |
| panivorous | bread-eating |
| pantophagy | omnivorousness |
| phthirophagous | lice-eating |
| phyllophagous | leaf-eating |
| phytivorous | feeding on plants |
| phytophagous | feeding on vegetable matter |
| piscivorous | fish-eating |
| placentophagy | eating of the placenta |
| plantivorous | plant-eating |
| plasmophagous | consuming plasma |
| poephagous | eating grass or herbs; herbivorous |
| poltophagy | prolonged chewing of food |
| polyphagous | eating many types of food |
| psomophagy | swallowing food without thorough chewing |
| radicivorous | eating roots |
| ranivorous | eating frogs |
| rhizophagous | root-eating |
| rhypophagy | eating filth |
| sanguivorous | blood-drinking |
| saprophagous | feeding on decaying material |
| sarcophagous | feeding on flesh; carnivorous |
| saurophagous | eating lizards |
| scatophagous | dung-eating |
| seminivorous | seed-eating |
| stercovorous | feeding on dung or excrement |
| thalerophagous | feeding on fresh vegetable matter |
| theophagy | sacramental consumption of a god |
| toxicophagous | eating poison |
| toxiphagous | poison-eating |
| univorous | living on only one host or source of food |
| vegetivorous | eating vegetables |
| vermivorous | eating worms |
| xerophagy | eating of dry food; fast of dry food in the week preceding Easter |
| xylophagous | wood-eating |
| zoophagy | eating animals |
Colour Terms
| aeneous | shining bronze colour |
| albicant | whitish; becoming white |
| albugineous | like the white of an eye or an egg; white-coloured |
| amaranthine | immortal; undying; deep purple-red colour |
| argent | the heraldic colour silver or white |
| atrous | jet black |
| aubergine | eggplant; a dark purple colour |
| aurulent | gold-coloured |
| azuline | blue |
| azure | light or sky blue; the heraldic colour blue |
| badious | chestnut-coloured |
| beige | light creamy white-brown |
| brunneous | dark brown |
| burnet | dark brown; dark woollen cloth |
| caesious | bluish or greyish green |
| cardinal | deep scarlet red colour |
| castaneous | chestnut-coloured |
| castory | brown colour; brown dye derived from beaver pelts |
| celadon | pale green; pale green glazed pottery |
| celeste | sky blue |
| cerulean | sky-blue; dark blue; sea-green |
| cesious | bluish-grey |
| chartreuse | yellow-green colour |
| chlorochrous | green-coloured |
| chrysochlorous | greenish-gold |
| cinerious | ashen; ash-grey |
| cinnabar | red crystalline mercuric sulfide pigment; deep red or scarlet colour |
| citreous | lemon-coloured; lemony |
| citrine | dark greenish-yellow |
| claret | dark red-purple colour; a dark-red wine |
| coccineous | bright red |
| columbine | of or like a dove; dove-coloured |
| coquelicot | brilliant red; poppy red |
| corbeau | blackish green |
| cramoisy | crimson |
| cretaceous | of or resembling chalk; of a whitish colour |
| croceate | saffron-coloured |
| cyaneous | sky blue |
| eau-de-nil | pale green colour |
| eburnean | of or like ivory; ivory-coloured |
| erythraean | reddish colour |
| ferruginous | of the colour of rust; impregnated with iron |
| filemot | dead-leaf colour; dull brown |
| flammeous | flame-coloured |
| flavescent | yellowish or turning yellow |
| fuliginous | sooty; dusky; soot-coloured; of or pertaining to soot |
| fulvous | dull yellow; tawny |
| fuscous | brown; tawny; dingy |
| gamboge | reddish-yellow colour |
| glaucous | sea-green; greyish-blue |
| goldenrod | dark golden yellow |
| greige | of a grey-beige colour |
| gridelin | violet-grey |
| griseous | pearl-grey or blue-grey; grizzled |
| haematic | blood-coloured |
| heliotrope | purplish hue; purplish-flowered plant; ancient sundial; signalling mirror |
| hoary | pale silver-grey colour; grey with age |
| hyacinthine | of a blue or purple colour |
| ianthine | violet-coloured |
| ibis | large stork-like bird; a pale apricot colour |
| icterine | yellowish or marked with yellow |
| icteritious | jaundiced; yellow |
| incarnadine | carnation-coloured; blood-red |
| indigo | deep blue-violet colour; a blue-violet dye |
| infuscate | clouded or tinged with brown; obscured; cloudy brown colour |
| isabelline | greyish yellow |
| jacinthe | orange colour |
| jessamy | yellow like a jasmine |
| kermes | brilliant red colour; a red dye derived from insects |
| khaki | light brown or tan |
| lateritious | brick-red |
| leucochroic | white or pale-coloured |
| liard | grey; dapple-grey |
| lovat | grey-green; blue-green |
| lurid | red-yellow; yellow-brown |
| luteolous | yellowish |
| luteous | golden-yellow |
| lutescent | yellowish |
| madder | red dye made from brazil wood; a reddish or red-orange colour |
| magenta | reddish purple |
| maroon | brownish crimson |
| mauve | light bluish purple |
| mazarine | rich blue or reddish-blue colour |
| melanic | black; very dark |
| melichrous | having a honey-like colour |
| meline | canary-yellow |
| miniaceous | colour of reddish lead |
| minium | vermilion; red lead |
| modena | crimson |
| morel | dark-coloured horse; blackish colour |
| nacarat | bright orange-red |
| nankeen | buff-coloured; durable buff-coloured cotton |
| nigricant | of a blackish colour |
| nigrine | black |
| niveous | snowy; white |
| ochre | yellowish or yellow-brown colour |
| ochroleucous | yellowish white |
| olivaceous | olive-coloured |
| or | heraldic colour gold or yellow |
| pavonated | peacock-blue |
| periwinkle | a bluish or azure colour; a plant with bluish flowers |
| perse | dark blue or bluish-grey; cloth of such a colour |
| phoeniceous | bright scarlet-red colour |
| piceous | like pitch; inflammable; reddish black |
| plumbeous | leaden; lead-coloured |
| ponceau | poppy red |
| porphyrous | purple |
| porraceous | leek-green |
| prasinous | leek-green colour |
| primrose | pale yellow |
| puccoon | blood-root; dark red colour |
| puce | brownish-purple; purplish-pink |
| puniceous | bright or purplish red |
| purpure | heraldic colour purple |
| purpureal | purple |
| pyrrhous | reddish; ruddy |
| rhodopsin | visual purple |
| rubiginous | rusty-coloured |
| rubious | ruby red; rusty |
| rufous | reddish or brownish-red |
| russet | reddish brown |
| sable | black; dark; of a black colour in heraldry |
| saffron | orange-yellow |
| sage | grey-green colour |
| sanguineous | bloody; of, like or pertaining to blood; blood-red |
| sapphire | deep pure blue |
| sarcoline | flesh-coloured |
| sepia | fine brown |
| sinopia | preparatory drawing for a fresco; reddish-brown colour |
| slate | dull dark blue-grey |
| smalt | deep blue |
| smaragdine | emerald green |
| solferino | purplish red |
| sorrel | reddish-brown; light chestnut |
| spadiceous | chestnut-coloured |
| stammel | coarse woollen fabric, usually dyed red; bright red colour |
| stramineous | strawy; light; worthless; straw-coloured |
| suede | light beige |
| sulphureous | bright yellow |
| tan | tawny brown |
| taupe | brownish-grey |
| tawny | brownish-yellow |
| teal | greenish-blue |
| terracotta | reddish-brown |
| testaceous | of or having a hard shell; brick-red |
| tilleul | pale yellowish-green |
| titian | red-gold or reddish-brown |
| topaz | dark yellow |
| turquoise | blue-green |
| ultramarine | deep blue |
| umber | brownish red |
| vermeil | bright red or vermilion colour; gilded silver |
| vermilion | bright red |
| vinaceous | wine-coloured |
| vinous | deep red; burgundy |
| violaceous | violet-coloured |
| violet | bluish purple |
| virescent | becoming green or greenish; of a greenish colour |
| virid | green |
| viridian | chrome green |
| vitellary | bright yellow |
| wallflower | yellowish-red |
| watchet | pale blue |
| wheaten | the golden colour of ripe wheat |
| whey | off-white |
| willowish | of the colour of willow leaves |
| xanthic | yellow; yellowish |
| zinnober | chrome green |
Causation and Formation
| abiogenesis | spontaneous generation of living matter |
| aerogenesis | forming or generating gas or air |
| aesthesiogenic | producing or causing a sensation |
| agamogenesis | reproduction by non-sexual means |
| allergenic | producing allergies |
| angiogenesis | production of blood vessels |
| anogenic | formed from below or beneath |
| anthropogenesis | origin of human beings |
| autogenesis | spontaneous generation |
| bibliogenesis | production of books |
| biogenesis | theory that all life is derived from living matter alone |
| blastogenesis | reproduction by budding |
| caenogenesis | process of growth in individual not common in its species |
| carcinogenesis | causing cancer |
| cariogenic | causing dental cavities |
| carpogenous | producing or bearing fruit |
| catogenic | formed from above |
| cauligenous | originating on the stem of a plant |
| chondrogenesis | production of cartilage |
| cladogenesis | origin and evolution as if branching from common ancestor |
| comedogenic | causing blackheads; causing acne |
| coralligenous | producing coral |
| cosmogenic | produced by interaction of cosmic rays with earth's surface |
| criminogenic | causing crime |
| cryptogenic | of unknown origin |
| crystallogenesis | production of crystals |
| cyanogenesis | production of cyanide |
| cytogenesis | formation of cells |
| diagenesis | production of rock out of sediment |
| diplogenesis | doubling of ordinarily single organ or part |
| dynamogenesis | production of increased nerve activity |
| dysgenesis | sterility in hybrid creatures |
| ectogenesis | variation in response to outside conditions |
| electrogenesis | production of electricity |
| embryogenesis | production of an embryo |
| endogenous | having no external cause |
| epeirogenesis | building continents by moving of earth's crust |
| epigenesis | theory of embryonic development |
| erogenesis | induction of sexual desire; production of arousal |
| erotogenic | producing erotic desire or sexual gratification |
| ethnogenesis | origin of an ethnic group |
| ethnogeny | study of origins of races or ethnic groups |
| exogenous | having an external origin |
| frontogenesis | creation of a weather front by meeting of air currents |
| gametogenesis | formation of gametes |
| gamogenesis | sexual reproduction |
| gelogenic | tending to produce laughter |
| geogenous | growing on the ground |
| geogeny | science of the formation of the earth's crust |
| geomorphogeny | study of the origins of land forms |
| gluconeogenesis | production of glucose from non-carbohydrates |
| glycogenesis | production of glycogen |
| haematogenesis | production of blood |
| hallucinogenic | causing hallucinations |
| heterogenesis | spontaneous or alternate generation |
| histogenesis | the formation or differentiation of tissues |
| hydrogenic | caused or formed by water |
| hylogenesis | the origin of matter |
| hypnogeny | production of the hypnotic state |
| hypoallergenic | causing few allergies |
| hysterogenic | causing hysteria |
| iatrogenic | induced inadvertently by medical treatment |
| icterogenic | causing jaundice |
| ideogenetic | producing images or ideas |
| ideogenous | being of mental origin |
| ideogeny | study of origins of ideas |
| ignigenous | produced by fire |
| immunogenic | producing an immune response |
| isogeny | sameness or similarity of origin |
| keratogenic | causing growth of horn, skin or hair |
| kinetogenic | causing movement |
| lachrymogenic | causing tears or weeping |
| lactogenic | producing milk |
| lithogenous | rock-building |
| lysigenic | caused by the breaking down of cells |
| mammogenic | promoting growth of the milk glands |
| marigenous | produced by or in the sea |
| merogenesis | segmentation |
| metallogenic | metal occurring as an ore as opposed to in rocks |
| metallogeny | study of the origin and distribution of metal deposits |
| mitogenic | causing cell division |
| monogenesis | origin of offspring from identical parent |
| morphogenesis | origin or development of a body part or organ |
| mutagenesis | origin or induction of mutation |
| myogenic | having a muscular origin |
| mythogenesis | origin of myths |
| necrogenic | deriving from dead animals |
| neogenesis | producing regeneration of tissue |
| nepheligenous | discharging smoke in clouds |
| neurogenesis | production or generation of nerves |
| noegenesis | production of knowledge |
| nomogeny | origin of life according to natural law |
| nonpathogenic | not causing disease |
| noogenesis | evolution of the mind |
| nubigenous | cloud-born |
| odontogeny | origin and development of teeth |
| oestrogenic | producing female sex hormones |
| oncogenesis | producing cancerous tumours |
| ontogenesis | origin and development of a single individual organism |
| oogenesis | production of eggs or ova |
| organogenesis | origin or development of living organs |
| orogenesis | mountain-building |
| orthogenesis | directional evolution of organisms |
| osteogenesis | production or formation of bone |
| paedogenesis | reproduction by an infant or larval organism |
| palingenesis | new birth; reincarnation; second creation |
| paragenesis | formation of minerals as a joined mass |
| parthenogenesis | reproduction by a virgin or by means of an unfertilized egg |
| pathogenesis | causation or production of disease |
| petrogenesis | formation or development of rocks |
| phenogenesis | origin of racial groups |
| phlogogenetic | causing inflamation |
| phylogenesis | origin and history of a species' evolution |
| phytogenesis | origin and development of plants |
| phytogenic | derived from plants |
| planetogeny | theory of the origin of planets |
| polygenesis | theory that humans derived from many separate origins |
| polygenous | of multiple origin or composition |
| precipitinogenic | causing precipitation |
| protogenic | formed at the beginning |
| psychogenesis | origin and development of the mind |
| pyogenic | pus-forming |
| pyrogenous | produced by or producing heat or fever |
| pythogenic | produced by filth; causing dirt or decay |
| rachitogenic | causing rickets |
| radiogenic | produced by radioactive disintegration |
| rhinogenous | deriving from the nose |
| rhizogenic | producing or growing roots |
| saprogenous | growing on decaying material; causing putrefaction |
| schizogenesis | reproduction by division |
| skeletogenous | producing a skeleton |
| sociogenesis | origin of human societies |
| soligenous | produced by the sun |
| somatogenic | caused from within the body or by the cells of the body |
| spermatogenesis | producing sperm |
| spermiogenesis | producing sperm |
| spodogenous | caused by waste matter |
| sporogenesis | reproduction by means of spores |
| steatogenous | producing fat |
| syngenesis | sexual reproduction |
| taphrogenesis | vertical movement of the earth’s crust |
| teratogenic | producing monsters or abnormal growth |
| terrigenous | produced on land; produced by the land |
| tetanigenous | causing tetanus |
| thaumatogeny | doctrine of the miraculous origin of life |
| thermogenesis | production of heat |
| thymogenic | due to emotion |
| toxicogenic | producing or produced by poisons |
| trichogenous | producing hair |
| tumorigenic | producing tumours |
| typhogenic | causing fever |
| unigenous | of the same origin, kind or sort |
| urogenous | producing or produced in urine |
| venigenous | containing veins of metal or quartz |
| viridigenous | producing greenness |
| vitelligenous | producing yolk |
| xenogenous | due to an outside cause |
| xylogenous | growing on wood |
| zoogenic | produced from animals |
| zymogenic | causing fermentation |
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