| adiaphoron | (noun) (Stoic philosophy) a matter having no moral merit or demerit. | - |
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| (noun) a religious ceremonial or ritual observance that is held to be an affair of the individual conscience because it is neither forbidden nor enjoined by the scriptures. | - |
| agoraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) | - |
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| agoraphobic | (adjective) suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places | - |
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| agraphon | (noun) (usually plural) a saying of Jesus not in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings. | - |
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| anaphor | (noun) a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent | - |
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| anaphora | (noun) using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier | - |
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| (noun) repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | Synonyms: epanaphora |
| anaphoric | (adjective) relating to anaphora | - |
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| aphonia | (noun) a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice | Synonyms: voicelessness |
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| aphonic | (adjective) being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech | Synonyms: voiceless |
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| aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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| aphorism | (noun) a short pithy instructive saying | Synonyms: apophthegm, apothegm |
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| aphorist | (noun) someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms | - |
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| aphoristic | (adjective) containing aphorisms or maxims | Synonyms: axiomatic |
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| (adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: apothegmatic, epigrammatic |
| aphorize | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorise |
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| aphotic | (adjective) lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight | - |
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| aquaphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of drowning | - |
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| aquaphobic | (adjective) abnormally afraid of water | Synonyms: hydrophobic |
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| astraphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of thunder and lightning | - |
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| cataphoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis |
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| cataphoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: electrophoretic |
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| diaphone | (noun) a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones | - |
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| diaphoresis | (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating |
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| diaphoretic | (adjective) inducing perspiration | Synonyms: sudorific |
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| (noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
| edaphosaurus | (noun) heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic | - |
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| epanaphora | (noun) repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | Synonyms: anaphora |
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| graphologist | (noun) a specialist in inferring character from handwriting | Synonyms: handwriting expert |
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| graphology | (noun) the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition) | - |
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| graphospasm | (noun) muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil | Synonyms: writer's cramp |
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| hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia | (noun) fear of magic properties of the number 666 | - |
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| megaphone | (noun) a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice | - |
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| metaphor | (noun) a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | - |
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| metaphoric | (adjective) expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another | Synonyms: metaphorical |
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| metaphorical | (adjective) expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another | Synonyms: metaphoric |
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| metaphorically | (adverb) in a metaphorical manner | - |
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| quadraphonic | (adjective) of or relating to quadraphony | Synonyms: quadrasonic, quadriphonic, quadrisonic |
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| quadraphony | (noun) a stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels | Synonyms: quadraphonic system, quadriphonic system |
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| scaphocephaly | (noun) congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation | - |
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| scaphoid | (adjective) shaped like a boat | Synonyms: navicular |
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| scaphopod | (noun) burrowing marine mollusk | - |
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| semaphore | (noun) an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms | - |
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| (verb) convey by semaphore, of information | - |
| (verb) send signals by or as if by semaphore | - |
| sousaphone | (noun) the lowest brass wind instrument | Synonyms: bass horn, tuba |
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| taphouse | (noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, saloon |
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| triskaidekaphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of the number 13 | - |
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| triskaidekaphobic | (adjective) suffering from triskaidekaphobia (abnormal fear of the number 13) | - |
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| vibraphone | (noun) a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound | Synonyms: vibes, vibraharp |
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| vibraphonist | (noun) a musician who plays the vibraphone | Synonyms: vibist |
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