| ACROPHOBE | • acrophobe n. A person who suffers from acrophobia, a fear of heights. • ACROPHOBE n. someone with an abnormal fear of heights. |
| AEROPHOBE | • aerophobe n. A person who is afraid of flying. • AEROPHOBE n. a person with a fear of flying. |
| BIOPHORES | • biophores n. Plural of biophore. • BIOPHORE n. a hypothetical unit of living matter, also BIOPHOR. |
| ECOPHOBIA | • ecophobia n. Fear of one’s home. • ecophobia n. A feeling of powerlessness to prevent cataclysmic environmental change, apocalypse, etc. • ECOPHOBIA n. fear of one's home surroundings. |
| GYNOPHOBE | • gynophobe n. One who fears or hates women. • GYNOPHOBE n. a person who hates or fears women. |
| HALOPHOBE | • halophobe n. (Biology) Any halophobic organism. • HALOPHOBE n. a plant that cannot survive in salty soil. |
| HOMOPHOBE | • homophobe n. A person who is prejudiced against homosexuals and homosexuality. • homophobe n. A person who is prejudiced against the LGBTQ+ community. • homophobe n. A person who fears sameness. |
| HYPOBOLES | • hypoboles n. Plural of hypobole. • HYPOBOLE n. the anticipation and refutal of objections to an argument. |
| NEOPHOBES | • neophobes n. Plural of neophobe. • NEOPHOBE n. one who hates novelty. |
| NEOPHOBIA | • neophobia n. The fear or hatred of novelty, new things, innovation, or unfamiliar places or situations. • NEOPHOBIA n. fear of novelty. |
| NEOPHOBIC | • neophobic n. (Psychology) A person or animal that fears or dislikes new or novel experiences or food. • neophobic adj. Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new. • NEOPHOBIC adj. hating novelty. |
| PHOTOTUBE | • phototube n. A gas-filled electron tube that has a photosensitive cathode. • PHOTOTUBE n. an electron tube with a photoemissive cathode. |
| XENOPHOBE | • xenophobe n. One who hates or fears strangers or foreigners. • XENOPHOBE n. one who hates foreigners. |
| XENOPHOBY | • xenophoby n. Dated form of xenophobia. • XENOPHOBY n. fear of foreigners, also XENOPHOBIA. |
| ZOOPHOBES | • zoophobes n. Plural of zoophobe. • ZOOPHOBE n. one who fears or hates animals. |