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Hypochondriac |
A person whose emotional disorder is reflected in non-organic or imaginary bodily ailments |
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Martinet |
A strict disciplinarian |
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Lecher |
A lewd and sexually aggressive male |
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Sycophant |
A toady to people of wealth and power |
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Atheist |
A disbeliever in God |
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Dilettante |
A dabbler in the arts |
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Virago |
A shrewish, loud-mouthed female |
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Iconoclast |
A scoffer at tradition |
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Monomaniac |
A person with a one-track mind |
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Chauvinist |
A blatant superpatriot |
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Patricide |
Father-killing |
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Uxoricide |
Wife-killing |
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Matron |
Mature woman |
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Sycophantic |
Toadying to people of influence |
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Virtuoso |
Skilled musician |
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Chauvinism |
Exaggerated patriotism |
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Termagant Harridan Virago |
Turbulent female |
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Patronymic |
Name derived from father's name |
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Patriarch |
Powerful father figure in a ruling position |
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Matriarch |
Powerful mother figure in a ruling position |
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Maternal |
Motherly |
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Maternity |
Motherhood |
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Matrimony |
Martiage |
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Alma mater |
One's school or colleges |
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Sychophancy |
Attitude of catering to wealth or prestige |
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Genocide |
Killing of a race or nation |
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Dilettantism |
Dabbling in the fine arts |
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Tyro |
A beginner in a field |
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Virtuosi |
Plural of virtuoso (Italian Form) |
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Chauvinistic |
Having an attitude of excessive patriotism |
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Patrimony |
Inheritance from father |
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Diaphanous |
Sheer Transparent |
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Matricide |
Mother-killing |
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Fratricide |
Brother-killing |
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Sororicide |
Sister-killing |
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Homicide |
Killing of a human being |
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Regicide |
Killing of one's ruler |
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Infanticide |
Killing of a baby |
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Mariticide |
Killing of one's husband |
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Parricide |
Killing of either parent or of both parents |
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Fraternize |
To socialize |
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Uxorious |
Excessively indulgent to, and doting on, one's wife |
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Regalia |
Full dress, with ribbons, insignia, badges of office, etc. |
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Monomaniacal |
Obsessed in one area or with one overriding interest |
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Pyromaniacal |
Having a compulsion to set fires |
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Kleptomaniacal |
Having a psychological compulsion to steal |
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Incendiary |
Person who sets fires for revenge |
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Arson |
Felony of putting the torch to property for economic profit |
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Satyromania Satyriasis |
Obsessive need for sexual gratification by a male |
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Claustrophobic |
Morbidly dreading enclosed or cramped places |
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Acrophobic |
Morbidly dreading heights |
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Agoraphobic |
Morbidly dreading wide-open spaces |
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Megalomaniacal |
Having delusions of grandeur or power |
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Nymphomaniacal |
Referring to a female who obsessively needs sexual gratification |
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Dipsomania |
Alcoholism |
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Kleptomaniacal |
Stealing for thrills or out of psychological compulsion |
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Fraternal |
Brotherly |
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Uxorial |
Characteristic of, or befitting, a wife |
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Marital |
Referring to, characteristic of, or involved in, the matrimonial relationship |
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Regal |
Kingly Royal Splendid etc |
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Extramarital |
Outside the marriage |
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Premarital |
Before marriage |
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Monomania |
Single fixed obsession |
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Pyromania |
Irresistible compulsion to set fires |
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Nymphomania |
Unceasing desire, on the part of a woman, for sexual intercourse |
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Kleptomania |
Obsessive desire to steal |
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Megalomania |
Delusions of grandeur |
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Dipsomania |
Alcoholism |
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Satyromania Satyriasis |
Compulsion for sexual intercourse by a male |
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Acrophobia |
Dread of heights |
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Agoraphobia |
Dread of open spaces |
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Claustrophobia |
Dread of cramped quarters |
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Theology |
Study of religion |
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Pantheism |
Belief that God is the sum total of natural forces |
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Atheism |
Belief that there is no God |
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Agnosticism |
Belief that God's existence is unknowable |
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Monotheism |
Belief in one God |
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Polytheism |
Belief in many gods |
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Hypochondria |
Morbid anxiety about one's health |
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Hypertension |
High blood pressure |
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Incendiarism |
Malicious fire-setting |
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Arson |
The felony of setting fire for economic gain |
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Iconoclasm |
Sneering contempt for convention or tradition |
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Prognosis |
A forecast of development (of a disease, etc. ) |
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Diagnostic |
Designed to discover causes or conditions |
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Hypotension |
Abnormally low blood pressure |
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Prognosticate |
To forecast (probable future developments) by examining present conditions |
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Diagnose |
To determine the nature of a disease, condition, or state by examination |
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Prognostication |
The act of forecasting (probable future developments) by examining present conditions |
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Diagnostician |
Doctor who is an expert at recognising the nature of a disease or condition |
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Hypertensive |
Possessed of, or referring to, high blood pressure |
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Hypotensive |
Possessed of, or referring to, abnormally low blood pressure |
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Theologian |
One who studies religion |