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They are grand tongue twisters that make perfect sense. Two of my favorite words for the longest time have been inconsequential and quintessentially. I am psychologically satiated to the hilt every time I utter them and utter them a lot I do. But there are other words that are very rarely used and even more rarely heard of. Let\u2019s check some of them out below. If you love the language and lap up trivia like there\u2019s no tomorrow, this is a train ride you should definitely not miss.","definitions":"But even otherwise, the English language is a huge storehouse of long words that I find rather satisfying to pronounce. They are grand tongue twisters that make perfect sense. Two of my favorite words for the longest time have been inconsequential and quintessentially. I am psychologically satiated to the hilt every time I utter them and utter them a lot I do. But there are other words that are very rarely used and even more rarely heard of. Let\u2019s check some of them out below. If you love the language and lap up trivia like there\u2019s no tomorrow, this is a train ride you should definitely not miss."},{"word":"Cacodemomania","definitions":"Pathological belief of one being inhabited by an evil spirit"},{"word":"Caesaropapism","definitions":"Secular ruler having control of the church"},{"word":"Catapedamania","definitions":"Obsession with jumping from high places"},{"word":"Cephalonomancy","definitions":"A kind of divination formerly practiced to detect guilt in a convict by boiling the skull of an ass and checking for any cracking of the skull or movement of the lower jaw"},{"word":"Ceruminiferous","definitions":"Carrying or yielding earwax"},{"word":"Chaetophorous","definitions":"Setigerous or bristle-bearing"},{"word":"Cheiloproclitic","definitions":"One who is attracted to lips"},{"word":"Cholangiocholecystocholedochectomy","definitions":"Process of surgically removing the hepatic duct and gallbladder"},{"word":"Chronosynchronicity","definitions":"Presenting a person\u2019s life in all the stages through a single piece of art"},{"word":"Cycloganoidei","definitions":"Ganoid fish with cycloid scales"},{"word":"Dactylopterous","definitions":"A state where the inferior rays of the pectoral fins are entirely or partially detached from the body"},{"word":"Defecaloesiophobia","definitions":"Fear of painful defecation"},{"word":"Dendrochronology","definitions":"Study of tree rings"},{"word":"Deorsumversion","definitions":"Turning downwards"},{"word":"Dermatoglyphics","definitions":"Study of fingerprints and skin patterns"},{"word":"Dermatopathophobia","definitions":"Fear of dermal ailments"},{"word":"Didaskaleinophobia","definitions":"Fear of going to school"},{"word":"Dishabiliophobia","definitions":"Fear of undressing in front of another person"},{"word":"Dolichocephalic","definitions":"Long-headed"},{"word":"Dysmorphophobia","definitions":"Having the fear of physical deformities"},{"word":"Ecclesiasticus","definitions":"An Apocryphal book"},{"word":"Edriophthalmous","definitions":"Concerning the Edriophthalma"},{"word":"Electrodynamometer","definitions":"An instrument for measuring electric current"},{"word":"Electroencephalograph","definitions":"An instrument for measuring the brain\u2019s electrical impulses"},{"word":"Eleutherophobia","definitions":"Fear of freedom"},{"word":"Ephemeromorph","definitions":"Form of life that is neither animal nor plant"},{"word":"Epiphenomenalism","definitions":"Doctrine that mental processes are epiphenomena of brain activity"},{"word":"Epistaxiophobia","definitions":"Fear of epistaxises or bleeding noses"},{"word":"Ethnomethodology","definitions":"The study of sociological codes and conventions that underlie everyday social communication and interactions"},{"word":"Extemporaneousness","definitions":"Lack of foresight"},{"word":"Febrifacient","definitions":"That which renders 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army"},{"word":"Gephydrophobia","definitions":"Fear of crossing bridges"},{"word":"Germanophilia","definitions":"Love or fondness for Germany or for the Germans"},{"word":"Gluconeogenesis","definitions":"Production of glucose from non-carbohydrates"},{"word":"Graminivorous","definitions":"Feeding on grass or cereals"},{"word":"Grammaticaster","definitions":"A piddling grammarian"},{"word":"Gynotikolobomassophile","definitions":"One nibbling a woman\u2019s earlobes"},{"word":"Haematodynamometer","definitions":"An instrument to measure arterial or venous blood pressure"},{"word":"Haematogenesis","definitions":"Production of blood"},{"word":"Haussmannize","definitions":"To rebuild"},{"word":"Helioseismology","definitions":"Study of wave oscillations in the sun"},{"word":"Hellenologophobia","definitions":"Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific nomenclature"},{"word":"Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia","definitions":"Fear of the number six hundred sixty-six"},{"word":"Honorificabilitudinitatibus","definitions":"One bearing honorableness"},{"word":"Honorificabilitudinity","definitions":"Honorableness"},{"word":"Hydrometeorology","definitions":"Study of atmospheric moisture"},{"word":"Hypercatalectic","definitions":"Having an extra syllable at the end of a verse"},{"word":"Iatromathematics","definitions":"Archaic practice of medicine in conjunction with astrology"},{"word":"Ichthyophagous","definitions":"Fish-eating"},{"word":"Ichthyophthalmite","definitions":"A hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium relating to zeolites"},{"word":"Immarcescible","definitions":"Not perishable"},{"word":"Immunopathology","definitions":"Study of immunity to disease"},{"word":"Incircumscriptible","definitions":"Incapable of being restricted"},{"word":"Incomprehensibleness","definitions":"Impossible to know or fathom"},{"word":"Interramification","definitions":"Intertwining of branches"},{"word":"Interstratification","definitions":"Alternative 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religious belief or conduct"},{"word":"Lautenclavicymbel","definitions":"Lute harpsichord with gut strings instead of metal"},{"word":"Lautverschiebung","definitions":"The regular alterations undergone by the primitive Indo-European stops or mute consonants in the Teutonic languages since third century BC"},{"word":"Lepidopterology","definitions":"Study about butterflies and moths"},{"word":"Leucocytogenesis","definitions":"Formation of leukocytes"},{"word":"Lexicographical","definitions":"Pertaining to the art of making a dictionary or lexicon"},{"word":"Libanophorous","definitions":"Producing incense"},{"word":"Logizomechanophobia","definitions":"Fear of computers"},{"word":"Machiavellianism","definitions":"The doctrines of Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli as written in his book Il Principe (\u201cThe Prince\u201d) wherein political expediency is exalted above morality and the use of cunning and deceit in statecraft to maintain authority or to effectuate policy is commended"},{"word":"Macrocephalous","definitions":"Having a large head"},{"word":"Margaritomancy","definitions":"Divination using pearls"},{"word":"Maschalephidrosis","definitions":"Excessive sweating of the armpits"},{"word":"Mechanotherapist","definitions":"A practitioner who medically treats by employing mechanical practices, such as massaging"},{"word":"Medomalacuphobia","definitions":"Fear of losing an erection"},{"word":"Metathesiophobia","definitions":"Fear of changes"},{"word":"Microminiaturization","definitions":"Construction of something on a scale which is smaller than miniature"},{"word":"Micropalaeontology","definitions":"Study of microscopic fossils"},{"word":"Monopathophobia","definitions":"Fear of definite disease"},{"word":"Necessitarianism","definitions":"Philosophical theory according to which actions are always consequent to antecedent causes"},{"word":"Nemathelminthes","definitions":"Roundworms"},{"word":"Neopharmaphobia","definitions":"Fear of new drugs"},{"word":"Nephelodometer","definitions":"An instrument for estimating the distances or speed of clouds"},{"word":"Neurophysiological","definitions":"Pertaining to the branch of physiology that deals with the functions of the nervous system"},{"word":"Nigroglobulate","definitions":"The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto"},{"word":"Noctambulation","definitions":"Sleepwalking"},{"word":"Nucamentaceous","definitions":"Resembling a nut either structurally or their property of indehiscence; bearing one-seeded nut-like fruits"},{"word":"Nucleomituphobia","definitions":"Fear of nuclear weapons"},{"word":"Nyctohylophobia","definitions":"Fear of dark wooded areas at night"},{"word":"Obeliscolychny","definitions":"Lighthouse"},{"word":"Obsequiousness","definitions":"Abject submissiveness"},{"word":"Omphalopsychite","definitions":"One who meditates by stares fixedly at his navel"},{"word":"Oneirogmophobia","definitions":"Fear of wet dreams"},{"word":"Ophthalmophobia","definitions":"Fear of being stared at"},{"word":"Ophthalmoscope","definitions":"Instrument for viewing the interior of the eye"},{"word":"Opisthobranchiata","definitions":"Marine gastropod mollusks with no operculum and gills present posterior to the heart"},{"word":"Orphanotrophism","definitions":"Care and support of orphans"},{"word":"Ostraconophobia","definitions":"Fear of shellfish"},{"word":"Otorhinolaryngology","definitions":"It is a study of ear, nose, and throat"},{"word":"Palaeoanthropology","definitions":"The study of early humans"},{"word":"Paleophytologist","definitions":"One versed in the recovery and identification of plant fossils from geological contexts"},{"word":"Paraskavedekatriaphobia","definitions":"Fear of Friday the 13th"},{"word":"Penecontemporaneous","definitions":"Of geological processes occurring immediately after deposition"},{"word":"Philoprogenitiveness","definitions":"The love of offspring"},{"word":"Pleuroperipneumony","definitions":"Inflammation of the pleura and lungs"},{"word":"Pneumatophilosophy","definitions":"Philosophy of spirits or the spirit world"},{"word":"Podobromhidrosis","definitions":"Smelly feet"},{"word":"Pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism","definitions":"Falsely supporting the idea of disestablishment"},{"word":"Pteromerhanophobia","definitions":"Fear of flying"},{"word":"Quadragesimarian","definitions":"One who observes Lent"},{"word":"Quadrigeminous","definitions":"Four-fold"},{"word":"Quadrigenarious","definitions":"Four hundred"},{"word":"Quasquicentennial","definitions":"One hundred twenty-fifth anniversary"},{"word":"Quatrefeuille","definitions":"An ornamental foliation having four foils"},{"word":"Quindecemvirate","definitions":"The body or office of the fifteen sacerdotal college men bestowed with the primary duty of protecting the Sibylline books"},{"word":"Quinquagenarian","definitions":"Person between the ages of 50 and 59"},{"word":"Quinquedentated","definitions":"Five-toothed"},{"word":"Quoddamodotative","definitions":"Existing in a certain manner"},{"word":"Quomodocunquize","definitions":"Making money in any possible way"},{"word":"Radappertization","definitions":"Treatment of food with ionizing radiation to kill bacteria"},{"word":"Radiometeorograph","definitions":"An instrument for measuring atmospheric conditions at high altitude"},{"word":"Rambunctiousness","definitions":"The state of being boisterous and disorderly"},{"word":"Ranidaphobia","definitions":"Fear of frogs"},{"word":"Representationalism","definitions":"Doctrine that ideas rather than external objects are basis of knowledge"},{"word":"Retrovaccination","definitions":"The inoculation of a cow with human vaccination in which smallpox virus from human vesicles is used as seed virus in producing smallpox vaccine in cattle"},{"word":"Rhabdophobia","definitions":"Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized"},{"word":"Rhinotillexomania","definitions":"Compulsive nose picking"},{"word":"Rodomontadist","definitions":"A person who boasts"},{"word":"Roentgenometrics","definitions":"A chiropractic technique involving the study of X-rays by biomechanical analysis and measurement"},{"word":"Sacramentarianism","definitions":"Belief that sacraments have unusual properties"},{"word":"Scrophulariaceous","definitions":"Pertaining to the figwort family of plants (Scrophulariaceae)"},{"word":"Secundogeniture","definitions":"The right of inheritance belonging to the second-oldest child"},{"word":"Sesquicentennially","definitions":"Every 150 years"},{"word":"Siderodromophobia","definitions":"Fear of trains, railroads or train travel"},{"word":"Spasmenagaliaphobia","definitions":"Fear of shattered glass"},{"word":"Spectroheliokinematograph","definitions":"Camera for taking pictures of the sun"},{"word":"Spermatophobia","definitions":"The fear of germs"},{"word":"Sphygmomanometer","definitions":"An instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure"},{"word":"Steganophthalmata","definitions":"A division of jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species"},{"word":"Tetrakishexahedron","definitions":"A solid in the isometric system, bounded by 24 congruent isosceles-triangular faces, four corresponding to each face of the cube"},{"word":"Thanatognomonic","definitions":"Indicating death"},{"word":"Theologicophobia","definitions":"Fear of theology"},{"word":"Theophilanthropism","definitions":"Having love for divinity as well as mankind"},{"word":"Thermoluminescence","definitions":"A form of luminescence that is exhibited by certain crystalline materials that may have absorbed energy previously"},{"word":"Transmogrification","definitions":"Transformation to a different form or shape, especially strange or grotesque"},{"word":"Triboluminescence","definitions":"Frictional emission of light"},{"word":"Trichopathophobia","definitions":"Fear of hair"},{"word":"Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine","definitions":"A type of explosive"},{"word":"Triskaidekaphobia","definitions":"Phobia of the number 13"},{"word":"Ubiquitarianism","definitions":"Belief in the omnipresence of God"},{"word":"Ultimogeniture","definitions":"The right of inheritance belonging to the last son"},{"word":"Ultramicroscope","definitions":"Instrument for viewing objects that are difficult to see by the naked eye"},{"word":"Umbraculiform","definitions":"Umbrella-shaped"},{"word":"Uncircumstandtial","definitions":"Not circumstantial; trivial"},{"word":"Uncompartmentalized","definitions":"Not separated into different categories or compartments"},{"word":"Unconsentaneous","definitions":"Disagreement"},{"word":"Uniformitarianism","definitions":"The theory or assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now, have operated since its inception and apply everywhere in the universe and that all geological phenomena may be explained as the result of these existing forces"},{"word":"Unsoutcheoned","definitions":"Destitute of an escutcheon"},{"word":"Utilitarianism","definitions":"Adopting a code of conduct that determines ethical values"},{"word":"Valetudinarianism","definitions":"The condition or state of mind of a sickly or weak person who is incessantly worried about personal health"},{"word":"Vasoconstriction","definitions":"Narrowing of the blood vessels owing to the contraction of their muscular walls"},{"word":"Venturesomeness","definitions":"Daring and adventurous"},{"word":"Venustraphobia","definitions":"Being scared of beautiful women"},{"word":"Verminophobia","definitions":"Being afraid of germs"},{"word":"Vernacularization","definitions":"The act, process, or state of picking elements from a foreign language and modifying and accepting it as a part of a native dialect of a specific population"},{"word":"Vitricophobic","definitions":"One who fears his step-father"},{"word":"Voicespondence","definitions":"Correspondence by means of formerly recorded conversations"},{"word":"Volumenometer","definitions":"Instrument that determines volume of a solid"},{"word":"Walloonphobia","definitions":"Fear of Walloons (French-speaking Belgian community)"},{"word":"Wawaskeesh","definitions":"An American elk"},{"word":"Weatherometer","definitions":"Instrument for measuring weather-resisting properties of paint"},{"word":"Weatherstripping","definitions":"Material to seal the openings such as doors, trunks, windows to exclude the cold, wind, and rain"},{"word":"Weltanschauungen","definitions":"One\u2019s individual or a group\u2019s outlook towards life"},{"word":"welterweight","definitions":"A combat sports weight class division"},{"word":"Whereinsoever","definitions":"In whatever matter, respect, place, or action"},{"word":"Whippersnappers","definitions":"People considered insignificant and pretentious"},{"word":"Whippoorwill","definitions":"Night-jar from America"},{"word":"Whithersoever","definitions":"Wherever"},{"word":"Xanthocyanopsy","definitions":"Kind of color-blindness in which one can see only blue and yellow colors"},{"word":"Xanthomelanous","definitions":"Pertaining to races with black hair and yellow or olive complexion"},{"word":"Xanthophobia","definitions":"Fearful towards yellow color"},{"word":"Xanthospermous","definitions":"Containing yellow seeds"},{"word":"Xenodocheionology","definitions":"Liking for hotels and inns"},{"word":"Xenoglossophobia","definitions":"Fear of foreign languages"},{"word":"Xerophthalmia","definitions":"Dry eye syndrome"},{"word":"Xeroradiography","definitions":"Kind of X-ray wherein the picture is taken on a paper and not on a film"},{"word":"Xiphophyllous","definitions":"Sword-shaped leaved"},{"word":"Xylopyrographist","definitions":"A poker painter"},{"word":"Yachtsmanship","definitions":"Adeptness in sailing a yacht"},{"word":"Yarborough","definitions":"Hand of cards where no card is above nine"},{"word":"Yarnwindle","definitions":"Tool used for winding the yarn"},{"word":"Yellowhammer","definitions":"A passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae"},{"word":"Yellowshanks","definitions":"American shorebirds of the sandpiper family"},{"word":"Yellowthroats","definitions":"A New World warblers in the genus Geothlypis"},{"word":"Yeomanette","definitions":"Old term for a woman serving in the American naval reserve during World War II"},{"word":"Yezdegerdian","definitions":"Pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch of Persia, overthrown by the Muslims"},{"word":"Yogibogeybox","definitions":"Things used by a spiritualist"},{"word":"Yttriferous","definitions":"One that contains yttrium"},{"word":"Zalambdodont","definitions":"Having molar teeth with V-shaped ridges"},{"word":"Zarathustrianism","definitions":"Zoroastrianism"},{"word":"Zemmiphobia","definitions":"Being afraid of the great mole rat"},{"word":"Zeugmatography","definitions":"A term previously proposed for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)"},{"word":"Zeugobranchiata","definitions":"A division of marine mollusks with gills on both sides of the body and paired renal organs"},{"word":"Zeusophobia","definitions":"Being scared of divine beings"},{"word":"Zigzaggery","definitions":"Contortion"},{"word":"Zoanthodeme","definitions":"Collective zooids of compound anthozoa"},{"word":"Zooarchaeology","definitions":"Studying the remnants of animals on archaeological sites"},{"word":"Zoosporangium","definitions":"A spore"}],"headers":["word","definitions"],"name":"long_words"}
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