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Hypochondriac

A person whose emotional disorder is reflected in non-organic or imaginary bodily ailments

Martinet

A strict disciplinarian

Lecher

A lewd and sexually aggressive male

Sycophant

A toady to people of wealth and power

Atheist

A disbeliever in God

Dilettante

A dabbler in the arts

Virago

A shrewish, loud-mouthed female

Iconoclast

A scoffer at tradition

Monomaniac

A person with a one-track mind

Chauvinist

A blatant superpatriot

Patricide

Father-killing

Uxoricide

Wife-killing

Matron

Mature woman

Sycophantic

Toadying to people of influence

Virtuoso

Skilled musician

Chauvinism

Exaggerated patriotism

Termagant


Harridan


Virago

Turbulent female

Patronymic

Name derived from father's name

Patriarch

Powerful father figure in a ruling position

Matriarch

Powerful mother figure in a ruling position

Maternal

Motherly

Maternity

Motherhood

Matrimony

Martiage

Alma mater

One's school or colleges

Sychophancy

Attitude of catering to wealth or prestige

Genocide

Killing of a race or nation

Dilettantism

Dabbling in the fine arts

Tyro

A beginner in a field

Virtuosi

Plural of virtuoso (Italian Form)

Chauvinistic

Having an attitude of excessive patriotism

Patrimony

Inheritance from father

Diaphanous

Sheer


Transparent

Matricide

Mother-killing

Fratricide

Brother-killing

Sororicide

Sister-killing

Homicide

Killing of a human being

Regicide

Killing of one's ruler

Infanticide

Killing of a baby

Mariticide

Killing of one's husband

Parricide

Killing of either parent or of both parents

Fraternize

To socialize

Uxorious

Excessively indulgent to, and doting on, one's wife

Regalia

Full dress, with ribbons, insignia, badges of office, etc.

Monomaniacal

Obsessed in one area or with one overriding interest

Pyromaniacal

Having a compulsion to set fires

Kleptomaniacal

Having a psychological compulsion to steal

Incendiary

Person who sets fires for revenge

Arson

Felony of putting the torch to property for economic profit

Satyromania


Satyriasis

Obsessive need for sexual gratification by a male

Claustrophobic

Morbidly dreading enclosed or cramped places

Acrophobic

Morbidly dreading heights

Agoraphobic

Morbidly dreading wide-open spaces

Megalomaniacal

Having delusions of grandeur or power

Nymphomaniacal

Referring to a female who obsessively needs sexual gratification

Dipsomania

Alcoholism

Kleptomaniacal

Stealing for thrills or out of psychological compulsion

Fraternal

Brotherly

Uxorial

Characteristic of, or befitting, a wife

Marital

Referring to, characteristic of, or involved in, the matrimonial relationship

Regal

Kingly


Royal


Splendid etc

Extramarital

Outside the marriage

Premarital

Before marriage

Monomania

Single fixed obsession

Pyromania

Irresistible compulsion to set fires

Nymphomania

Unceasing desire, on the part of a woman, for sexual intercourse

Kleptomania

Obsessive desire to steal

Megalomania

Delusions of grandeur

Dipsomania

Alcoholism

Satyromania


Satyriasis

Compulsion for sexual intercourse by a male

Acrophobia

Dread of heights

Agoraphobia

Dread of open spaces

Claustrophobia

Dread of cramped quarters

Theology

Study of religion

Pantheism

Belief that God is the sum total of natural forces

Atheism

Belief that there is no God

Agnosticism

Belief that God's existence is unknowable

Monotheism

Belief in one God

Polytheism

Belief in many gods

Hypochondria

Morbid anxiety about one's health

Hypertension

High blood pressure

Incendiarism

Malicious fire-setting

Arson

The felony of setting fire for economic gain

Iconoclasm

Sneering contempt for convention or tradition

Prognosis

A forecast of development (of a disease, etc. )

Diagnostic

Designed to discover causes or conditions

Hypotension

Abnormally low blood pressure

Prognosticate

To forecast (probable future developments) by examining present conditions

Diagnose

To determine the nature of a disease, condition, or state by examination

Prognostication

The act of forecasting (probable future developments) by examining present conditions

Diagnostician

Doctor who is an expert at recognising the nature of a disease or condition

Hypertensive

Possessed of, or referring to, high blood pressure

Hypotensive

Possessed of, or referring to, abnormally low blood pressure

Theologian

One who studies religion