A person possessed of a "philia" (i.e. obsessive love) is a -phile (e.g. bibliophile, blogophile, Russophile); possessed of a "phobia" (i.e. obsessive fear) is a -phobe (e.g. acrophobe, claustrophobe, Russophobe); and suffering from a "mania" (i.e. uncontrolable obsession) is a -maniac (e.g. kleptomaniac, blogomaniac, dipsomaniac). The adjective describing these conditions is -philic (e.g. bibliophilic, blogophilic, Russophilic); -phobic (e.g. acrophobic, claustrophobic, Russophobic); and -manic (e.g. kleptomanic, blogomanic, dipsomanic). You may convert the adjectives into adverbs by simply adding -ly.
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Acaro-... = itching
Acero-... = sourness or sour things
Achluo-... = darkness
Acoustico-... = noise
Acro-... = heights, high places
Aeroacro-... = open high places
Aeronauseo-... = airsickness
Aero-... = air or drafts
Agateo-... = insanity
Agora-... = open or public places
Agatho-... = kindness
Agriozoo-... = wild animals
Agyro-... = streets or crossing them
Aichmo-... = sharp or pointed objects
Ailuro-... = cats
Albuminuro-... = albumen in the urine or kidney disease
Alektoro-... = roosters or chickens
Algo-... = pain
Allio-... = garlic (latinized; see also scorodo-...)
Allodoxa-... = different opinions
Alto-... = heights, high places (latinized; see also acro-...)
Amatho-... = dust
Amaxo-... = riding in a car or wagon
Ambulo-... = walking
Amnesio-... = forgetting
Amycho-... = being scratched
Anable-... = looking up
Andro-... = men
Anemo-... = wind or drafts
Angino-... = angina, choking tightness
Anglo-... = things english
Ankylo-... = immobility of a joint
Antho-... = flowers
Anthropo-... = people or society
Antlo-... = floods
Anupto-... = staying single
Apeiro-... = infinity
Apheno-... = riches, wealth
Apio-... = bees
Apotemno-... = persons with amputations
Arachibutyro-... = peanut butter sticking in your mouth
Arachne-... = spiders (see also arachno-...)
Arachno-... = spiders (see also arachne-...)
Arithmo-... = numbers
Astro-... = stars or celestial space
Asymmetro-... = asymmetrical things
Ataxio-... = loss of muscular coordination
Ataxo-... = disorder or untidiness
Atelo-... = imperfection
Ate-... = ruin or ruins
Athazagora-... = forgetfulness or being forgotton
Atomoso-... = atomic explosions
Atychi-... = failure or misfortune
Augo-... = bright lights, glare, sunlight
Aulo-... = flutes
Auro-... = gold
Auroro-... = the northern lights
Autodysomo-... = bad odors or people with them
Automatono-... = automatons
Automyso-... = being dirty
Auto-... = solitude, being alone
Aviato-... = flying (see also avio-...)
Avio-... = flying (see also aviato-...)
Bacillo-... = microbes
Bacterio-... = bacteria
Ballisto-... = missiles, including bullets
Baro-... = gravity
Basi-... = falling or being unable to stand
Bathy-... = depth or deep water
Batracho-... = amphibians, such as frogs
Beatle-... = the beatles
Belone-... = sharp, pointed objects (see also aichmo-...)
Biblio-... = books
Blenno-... = slime
Blogo-... = blogs and writing them
Bolshe-... = bolsheviks
Botano-... = plants
Bromidro-... = body smells (questionable; see also also bromidrosi-...)
Bromidrosi-... = body smells (questionable; see also also bromidro-...)
Bronto-... = thunder and lightning
Bufono-... = toads
Caco-... = ugliness
Caino-... = newness, novelty, change (see also cainoto-...)
Cainoto-... = newness, novelty, change (see also caino-...)
Caligyne-... = beautiful women
Cancero-... = cancer (better: carcino-...)
Carcino-... = cancer (preferable to cancero-...)
Cardio-... = heart, the
Carno-... = meat
Catagelo-... = being ridiculed
Catapedo-... = jumping
Cathiso-... = sitting
Catoptro-... = mirrors
Ceno-... = empty spaces
Cento-... = new things or ideas
Cerauno-... = thunder and lightning
Chaeto-... = hair
Cheimato-... = the cold or cold things
Chemo-... = chemicals
Chero-... = gaiety
Chiono-... = snow
Chirapto-... = being touched
Chiro-... = hands
Cholero-... = anger or cholera
Choro-... = dancing
Chromato-... = colors
Chrometo-... = money
Chronomentro-... = clocks
Chrono-... = time
Cibo-... = food
Cibo-... = food (see also sito-..., sitio-...)
Claustro-... = confinement
Cleithro-... = being enclosed (see also clithro-...)
Klepto-... = stealing, theifs
Clino-... = going to bed
Clithro-... = being enclosed
Cnido-... = stings
Coimetro-... = cemeteries
Coito-... = sex or sexual relations
Cometo-... = comets
Contrelto-... = sexual abuse
Coprastaso-... = constipation
Copro-... = feces
Coulro-... = clowns
Counter-... = fearful situations
Cremno-... = cliffs and precipices
Cryo-... = extreme cold, ice or frost
Crystallo-... = crystals or glass
Cyber-... = internet, the
Cyclo-... = cycles or bicycles
Cymo-... = waves or waviness
Cyno-... = dogs or rabies
Cypriano-... = prostitutes or venereal disease
Cyprido-... = venereal disease
Cyprino-... = prostitutes
Daimono-... = ghosts or demons
Decalco-... = decals
Defecaloesio-... = painful bowels movements
Deipno-... = dining
Demento-... = insanity
Demono-... = ghosts or demons
Demo-... = people
Dendro-... = trees
Dento-... = dentists or dentistry
Dermato-... = skin disease (see also dermatosio-...)
Dermatosio-... = skin disease (see also dermato-...)
Dextro-... = things on the right
Diabeto-... = diabetes
Didaskaleino-... = going to school
Dike-... = justice, lawsuits
Dino-... = dizziness or whirlpools
Diplo-... = double vision
Dipso-... = drinking (spirits. Alcohol)
Dishabilio-... = undressing in front of someone
Donto-... = teeth
Doro-... = fur animal skins
Doxo-... = opinions or praise
Dromo-... = crossing streets
Dysmorpho-... = physical deformity
Dystychi-... = accidents
Ecclesio-... = church
Eco-... = the home or houses (see also oiko-...)
Eisoptro-... = mirrors
Electro-... = electricity
Eleuthero-... = freedom
Emeto-... = vomiting
Eneto-... = pins
Enisso-... = attack or criticism
Enochlo-... = crowds
Entomo-... = insects
Eoso-... = dawn or daylight
Ephebo-... = teenagers
Epistaxio-... = nosebleeds
Epistemo-... = knowledge
Equino-... = horses (better hippo-...)
Eremo-... = being oneself or of loneliness
Ereutho-... = red or anything red (see also erythro-..., eryto-...)
Ergasio-... = work or functioning
Ergo-... = work
Ero-... = love, love-making
Eroto-... = the erotic, eroticism
Erythro-... = red or anything red (see also eryto-..., ereutho-...)
Eryto-... = red or anything red (see also erythro-..., ereutho-...)
Eu-... = goodness or things good
Euroto-... = female private parts
Febri-... = fever (see also fibrio-...)
Fibrio-... = fever (see also febri-...)
Franco-... = things french (see also gallo-..., galio-...)
Frigo-... = cold or cold things
Gallo-... = things french (see also franco-..., galio-...)
Gamo-... = marriage
Gelio-... = laughter
Genio-... = chins
Geno-... = sex
Genu-... = knees
Gephyro-... = crossing bridges
Gerasco-... = growing old
Germano-... = germany or german culture
Geronto-... = old people
Geumo-... = taste
Glosso-... = language or speaking
Gnosio-... = knowledge
Goeto-... = witches and witchcraft
Grapho-... = writing or script
Gymno-... = nudity
Gyne-... = women
Hade-... = hell (see also stygio-...)
Hagio-... = saints or holy things
Hamarto-... = sinning or sin
Haphe-... = being touched
Hapte-... = being touched (see also haphe-...)
Harpaxo-... = being robbed
Hedono-... = feeling pleasure
Helio-... = the sun or sunlight
Hellenologo-... = greek words or scientific terms
Helleno-... = things greek
Helmintho-... = worms
Hemato-... = blood
Hemo-... = blood
Hereio-... = challenges to official doctrine
Herpeto-... = reptiles
Hetero-... = the opposite sex
Hiero-... = priests or sacred things
Hippo-... = horses (better than equino-...)
Hobo-... = bums or beggars (joke)
Hodo-... = road travel
Homichlo-... = fog
Homilo-... = sermons
Homo-... = homosexuals or homosexuality
Homo-... = people
Homo-... = sameness
Hoplo-... = firearms
Horme-... = shock
Hyalo-... = glass (see also hyelo-...)
Hydrargyo-... = mercurial medicines
Hydro-... = water or rabies
Hydrophilo-... = rabies
Hyelo-... = glass (see also hyalo-...)
Hygro-... = liquid or moisture
Hygro-... = liquids, dampness, or moisture
Hyle-... = materialism or epilepsy
Hylo-... = forests
Hypegia-... = responsibility
Hypengyo-... = responsibility
Hypno-... = sleep or hypnosis
Hypso-... = height
Iatro-... = doctors
Ichthyo-... = fish
Icono-... = pictures or images
Ideo-... = ideas
Illyngo-... = vertigo
Insecto-... = insects
Io-... = poison
Islamo-... = islam
Isolo-... = solitude, being alone
Isoptero-... = termites
Japano-... = things japanese
Judeo-... = jews
Kaino-... = novelty, innovation
Kainoto-... = change
Kakorrhaphio-... = failure or defeat
Katagelo-... = ridicule
Kathiso-... = sitting down
Keno-... = empty spaces
Kerauno-... = thunder and lightning (see also cerauno-...)
Kineso-... = movement or motion (see also kineto-...)
Kineto-... = movement or motion (see also kineso-...)
Klepto-... = stealing
Koinoni-... = rooms
Kolpo-... = private parts, particularly female
Konio-... = dust (see also amatho-...)
Kopo-... = fatigue
Kosmo-... = cosmos, cosmic phenomena
Kymo-... = waves or undulation (see also cymo-...)
Kyno-... = dogs or rabies
Kypho-... = stooping
Lachano-... = vegetables
Lalio-... = speaking (see also lalo-...)
Lalo-... = speaking (peferable to lalio-...)
Lepro-... = leprosy
Leuko-... = white, the color
Ligyro-... = loud or shrill noises
Lilapso-... = tornadoes and hurricanes
Limno-... = lakes
Linono-... = string
Litigo-... = law suits (see also diko-...)
Logizomechano-... = computers
Logo-... = words (better than verbo-...)
Loutro-... = washing or bathing
Lui-... = lues, syphillis
Lutra-... = otters
Lygo-... = darkness
Lysso-... = rabies or madness
Macro-... = long waits
Mageiroco-... = cooking
Maieusio-... = childbirth
Malaxo-... = softening, softness
Mania-... = insanity
Mastigo-... = punishment
Mechano-... = machines
Megalo-... = large things
Melano-... = black, the color
Melisso-... = bees
Melo-... = music
Meningito-... = brain disease
Meno-... = menstruation
Merintho-... = being tied up
Metallo-... = metal
Metathesio-... = changes
Meteoro-... = meteors
Methy-... = alcohol
Metro-... = poetry
Microbio-... = microbes (see also bacillo-...)
Micro-... = small things
Miso-... = hatred
Mnemo-... = memories
Molysmo-... = contamination
Monopatho-... = single disease
Mono-... = solitude or being alone
Motoro-... = motors
Musculo-... = muscles
Muso-... = mice or muscles
Myco-... = mushrooms
Mycro-... = small things
Myrmeco-... = ants
Myso-... = dirt or germs
Mytho-... = myths or gossip
Myxo-... = slime (see also blenno-...)
Nebula-... = fog (see also homichlo-...)
Necro-... = death or dead things
Negro-... = africans or african americans
Nelo-... = glass
Neopharma-... = new drugs
Neo-... = anything new
Nepho-... = clouds
Nocti-... = the night (better nycto-...)
Nomato-... = names
Nosocome-... = hospitals
Noso-... = illness or disease
Nosto-... = returning home
Noverca-... = your stepmother or stepmothers
Nucleomito-... = nuclear weapons
Nudo-... = nudity
Numero-... = numbers
Nyctohylo-... = forests at night
Nycto-... = night, dark (better than nocti-...)
Obeso-... = obesity
Ochlo-... = crowds or mobs
Ocho-... = vehicles
Octo-... = 8, the figure or number
Odonto-... = teeth or dentistry
Odyne-... = pain (see also aglio-...)
Oeno-... = wines
Oiko-... = the home or houses (see also eco-...)
Olfacto-... = smells
Ombro-... = rain
Ommato-... = eyes (see also ommeta-...)
Ommeta-... = eyes (see also ommata-...)
Oneirogmo-... = wet dreams
Oneiro-... = dreams
Onomato-... = words or a certain word
Ophidio-... = snakes
Ophthalmo-... = being stared or looked at
Opio-... = medicine
Opto-... = opening one's eyes
Ornitho-... = birds
Ortho-... = property
Osmo-... = smells or odors (see also osphresio-...)
Osphresio-... = smells or odors (see also osmo-...)
Ostracono-... = shellfish
Ourano-... = heaven (see also urano-...)
Paedo-... = children or dolls (see also pedo-...)
Pago-... = ice or frost
Pano-... = everything (see also panto-...)
Pantho-... = suffering and disease
Panto-... = everything (see also pano-...)
Papa-... = the pope
Papyro-... = paper
Paralipo-... = neglecting duty or responsibility
Para-... = sexual perversion
Parasito-... = parasites
Paraskavedekatria-... = friday the 13th (joke)
Partheno-... = young girls
Parturi-... = childbirth
Patho-... = disease
Patroio-... = heredity
Peccato-... = sinning or crimes
Pediculo-... = lice
Pedio-... = dolls
Pedo-... = children or dolls (see also paedo-...)
Pelado-... = bald people
Pellagro-... = pellagra
Penia-... = poverty
Penthero-... = your mother-in-law or mother-in-laws (see also noverca-...)
Phago-... = eating or of being eaten
Phalacro-... = becoming bald
Phallo-... = penis, esp erect
Pharmaco-... = drugs or medicines
Phasmo-... = ghosts
Phengo-... = daylight or sunshine
Philemato-... = kissing
Philemo-... = kissing
Philo-... = affection, kindness.
Philoso-... = philosophy, learning
Phallaino-... = whales
Philo-... = love or -...s
Phono-... = sounds, voices, or telephones
Photo-... = light
Phronemo-... = thinking
Phtheiro-... = lice
Phthisio-... = tuberculosis
Placo-... = tombstones
Pluto-... = wealth
Pluvio-... = rain
Pneumato-... = spirits
Pnigero-... = choking of being smothered (see also pnigo-...)
Pnigo-... = choking of being smothered (see also pnigero-...)
Pogo-... = beards
Poine-... = punishment
Polio-... = poliomyelitis or gray, the color
Politico-... = politics or politicians
Poly-... = many things
Pono-... = overworking or of pain
Porno-... = pornography
Pornographo-... = pornography
Porphyro-... = purple, the color
Potamo-... = rivers or running water
Poto-... = alcohol or drinking
Procto-... = rectums
Proso-... = progress
Psellismo-... = stuttering
Psycho-... = mind
Psychro-... = cold (see also frigo-...)
Pterido-... = ferns
Ptero-... = birds; feathers or being tickled by them
Pupa-... = puppets
Pyrexio-... = fever
Pyro-... = fire
Radio-... = radiation, x-rays, or radios
Rano-... = frogs
Rhabdo-... = switch, the rod, or punishment
Rhypo-... = defecation
Rhyto-... = wrinkles or getting wrinkles
Rupo-... = dirt
Russo-... = russians
Samhaino-... = halloween (joke)
Sarmasso-... = love play (questionable word)
Satano-... = satan
Scabio-... = scabies
Scato-... = fecal matter
Scelerophibia = evil, evil people
Scio-... = shadows
Scoleci-... = worms
Scoliono-... = school
Scopo-... = being looked at
Scorodo-... = garlic (better than alliumo-...)
Scoto-... = darkness (see also achluo-..., nychto-...)
Scripto-... = writing in public
Selacho-... = sharks
Sela-... = light flashes
Seleno-... = the moon
Seplo-... = decaying matter
Sesquipedalo-... = long words
Sexo-... = sex
Siderodromo-... = trains, railroads or train travel
Sidero-... = iron or steel
Sinistro-... = things to the left or left-handedness
Sino-... = things chinese
Sitio-... = food (see also cibo-...)
Scorodo-... = garlic (better than allium-...)
Socero-... = parents-in-law
Socio-... = society or people in general
Somne-... = sleep or dreams
Sopho-... = wisdom or learning
Spermato-... = germs (see also spermo-...)
Spermo-... = germs (see also spermato-...)
Spheko-... = wasps
Stase-... = standing or walking (ambulo-...)
Stauro-... = crosses or the crucifix
Steno-... = narrow things or places
Stygio-... = hell (see also latinized hade-...)
Symbolo-... = symbolism
Symmetro-... = symmetry
Syngenea-... = relatives
Syphilo-... = syphilis
Tacho-... = speed
Taenio-... = tapeworms (see also tenio-...)
Taphe-... = of cemeteries or of being buried alive
Tapino-... = being contagious
Tauro-... = bulls
Techno-... = technology
Teleo-... = definite plans
Telephono-... = telephones
Tenio-... = tapeworms (see also taenio-...)
Terato-... = monsters or deformities
Testo-... = tests, taking tests (joke)
Tetano-... = lockjaw, tetanus
Teuto-... = germans or things german
Texto-... = certain fabrics
Thasso-... = sitting
Thalasso-... = sea, ocean
Thanato-... = death or dying
Theatro-... = theatres
Theologo-... = theology or religious study
Theo-... = gods or religion
Thermo-... = heat
Toco-... = pregnancy or childbirth
Tomo-... = surgical operations
Topo-... = performing in certain places
Toxo-... = poison or being poisoned
Traumato-... = injury
Tremo-... = trembling
Trichino-... = trichinosis
Trichopatho-... = hair disorders
Tricho-... = hair
Triskaideka-... = the number 13 (joke)
Tropo-... = changes
Trypano-... = injections
Tuberculo-... = tuberculosis
Typhlo-... = blindness
Tyranno-... = tyrants
Urano-... = heaven (see also ourano-...)
Uro-... = urine or urination
Vaccino-... = injections or vaccination
Venuso-... = beautiful women (joke)
Verbo-... = words (latinized; see also logo-...)
Vermino-... = germs
Vesti-... = clothing
Vitrico-... = stepfather
Walloono-... = walloons
Wicco-... = witches and witchcraft (joke; see also gaeto-...)
Xantho-... = yellow, the color
Xenoglosso-... = foreign languages
Xeno-... = strangers or foreigners
Xero-... = dryness
Xeroxo-... = paper copies (joke)
Xylo-... = wood or forests
Xyro-... = razors
Zelo-... = jealousy
Zemmo-... = the great mole rat (joke)
Zoo-... = animals
