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• (aerodynamics)- the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of
gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow;
astraphobia^ astral
• (astrophobia)- a morbid fear of thunder and lightning;
• (astral)- pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped,
( ; ); He had never felt the least desire to join the Theosophical
Society and to speculate in theories of astral-plane life, or elementals. — Four
Weird Tales;
anemophobia^ anemometer
• (anemophobia)- a fear of drafts, gusts of air, wind;
• (anemometer)- any instrument for measuring the speed of wind;
kleptomania
• (kleptomania)- an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional
disturbance rather than economic need;
hodomania
• (hodomania)- an abnormal love of travel;
monomania
• (monomania)- an inordinate or obsessive zeal for or interest in a single
thing, idea, subject, or the like;
pyromania > pyromaniac = incendiary = arsonist > arson
• (pyromania)- a compulsion to set things on fire;
• (incendiary)- a person who deliberately sets fire to buildings or other
property, as an arsonist, ( ;
); But Samson was an incendiary, and therefore no philanthropist;
while we, like the Brahmins, are the protectors of a persecuted race. — The
Two Brothers;
• a shell, bomb, or grenade containing napalm, thermite, or some other
substance that burns with an intense heat,(( ) );
• a person who stirs up strife, sedition, etc.; an agitator, ( ;
);
• (arsonist)- a person who commits arson (The crime of maliciously,
voluntarily, and willfully setting fire to the building, buildings, or other
property of another or of burning one's own property for an improper
purpose, as to collect insurance); The gang includes a counterfeiter, an
extortionist, a burglar, an arsonist, and a dynamiter. — Alfred Hitchcock's
Mystery Magazine;
• (arson)- Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in
some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect
insurance;
nymphomania
• (nymphomania)- abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire in