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DescriptionOne Word
Renouncing the throne by the King Abdication
The persistent, abnormal and unwarranted fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning Ablutophobia
Fear of height Acrophobia
Formed, or done for a particular purpose only Ad hoc
A substance that can stick or cause sticking Adhesive
A graduate or former student of a school or college Alumnus
Fear of riding a car Amaxophobia
Animals living both on land and in water Amphibian
A person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy Anarchist
A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person Anecdote
A book written by an unknown author Anonymous
A person behind time Antiquated
A place where bees are kept Apiary
A person who settles a dispute Arbiter
simple way of living that avoids physical pleasure and comforts Ascetic
Fear of failure Atychiphobia
Government by a single person Autocracy
An animal used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work Beast of Burden
A nation engaged in war Belligerent
The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God Blasphemy
Flesh eating animal Carnivorous
A person who is above hundred years of age Centenarian
Fear of going to bed Clinophobia
A Country ruled by two country Condominium
Diseases which spread by contact Contagious
A person or thing living or existing at the same time as another Contemporary
The husband of a wife who has been unfaithful to him Cuckold
A keeper or custodian of a museum or pitch Curator
Care taker of a public building Custodian
Fear of making decisions Decidophobia
Fear of dentist Dentophobia
A man of odd unconventional and slightly strange habits Eccentric
Having characteristics of a woman Effeminate
That which is difficult to interpret or understand Enigmatic
A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease Epidemic
A verse letter Epistle
a mass departure of people Exodus
An animal story with a moral Fable
A false idea or belief Fallacy
Congratulate somebody in formal manner Felicitate
The action of forging a copy or imitation of a document, signature, or work of art Forgery
Deliberate killing of a large group of people of a particular nation or ethnic group Genocide
Fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse Genophobia
List of explanation of words Glossary
A person or thing used as a subject for experiment or test Guinea Pig
A lengthy and aggressive speech Harangue
Fear of being robbed Harpaxophobia
A man who dances to the tunes of his wife Henpecked
An animal that feeds on plants Herbivore
Having both male and female organs Hermaphrodite
The killing of one person by another Homicide
A violent and noisy young troublemaker Hooligan
Fear of water Hydrophobia
A religious song Hymn
Difficult or impossible to read Illegible
Interval between two events Interlude
List of goods with its price Invoice
Impossible to harm or damage Invulnerable
Language difficult for others to understand Jargon
Fear of cockroaches Katsaridaphobia
A small shelter for a dog or cat Kennel
Fear of speaking Lalophobia
That which is lawful Legal
Man of lax moral Licentious
Person with good knowledge of literature Literati
Fear of words Logophobia
Not highly intellectual or cultured Lowbrow
A quiet, gentle song sung to put a child to sleep Lullaby
Fear of darkness Lygophobia
A great work of art Magnum Opus
First speech Maiden
The first speech given by a person Maiden speech
A book or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed Manuscript
A form of amateur dramatic entertainment Masque
Killer of one’s own mother Matricide
Of or relating to the Middle Ages Medieval
Of or relating to trade or commerce Mercantile
Instruments which makes smaller objects larger Microscope
A very small painting Miniature
A particular way or method of doing something Modus Operandi
A form of government with a monarch (king or queen) at the head Monarchy
A person or thing that has the same name as another Namesake
Favouring own kith and kin Nepotism
Fear of death Nicrophobia
Loop of rope Noose
A person authorized to perform certain legal formalities, esp. to draw up or certify documents Notary
Fear of crowd Ochlophobia
Scientific study of birds Ornithology
Fear of property Orthophobia
Pleasant to taste (of food or drink) Palatable
A remedy for all difficulties or diseases Panacea
An outcast, one who is not accepted by the society Pariah
The sole right to make, use, or sell something such as a new invention Patent
Fear of disease Pathophobia
A medical practitioner specializing in children and their diseases Pediatrician
Equal in rank Peer
Fear of poverty Peniaphobia
Fear of becoming bald Phalacrophobia
One who does something first Pioneer
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own Plagiarism
Custom of having more than one husbands Polyandry
Custom of having many wives Polygamy
Occurring or appearing after the death of the originator Posthumous
A remark added at the end of a letter Postscript
A concise summary of a book, article, or other text Precis
A young person with exceptional qualities or abilities Prodigy
A side view of someone's head Profile
Fear of radiation Radiophobia
The quantitative relation between two amounts Ratio
Property in the form of land and houses Real Estate
An object surviving from an earlier time reminding us of the past Relic
An official demand or request Requisition
A woman's small handbag Reticule
A morally right and fully deserved punishment Retribution
Not willing to believe that something is true Sceptical
Go back and forth Shuttle
A party that has signed an agreement Signatory
Insignificant or unimportant people or things Small Fry
A object that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event Souvenir
A spirit of honest fair play Sportsmanship
Indifference to pleasure or pain Stoicism
A legal case under judicial consideration Sub Judice
A great liking for sweet-tasting foods Sweet Tooth
Fear of speed Tachophobia
Connected with the sense of touch Tactile
A place where animal skin is made into leather Tannery
An instrument for magnified viewing of objects at a distance Telescope
A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God Theocracy
A Phrase that is difficult to articulate properly Tongue Twister
Art of cutting tree and bushes into ornamental shape Topiary
Group of three novels Trilogy
A cruel and oppressive ruler who has complete power over a country Tyrant
The Act of killing one's wife Uxoricide
Change one's mind too quickly Vacillation
Fault that may be forgiven Venial
Done willingly without being forced Voluntary
An unused area of land that has become barren Wasteland
Fear of people from other countries Xenophobia
A young middle-class professional with high income and has a luxurious lifestyle Yuppie
Fear of God Zeusophobia