| Term |
Meaning |
| aerophilately |
collecting of air-mail stamps |
| ailurophilia |
love of cats |
| ammophilous |
sand-loving; preferring to dwell in sand |
| anemophilous |
pollinated by wind |
| anglophilia |
love or fondness for England or the English |
| anthophilous |
loving or frequenting flowers |
| apodysophilia |
feverish desire to undress |
| arctophily |
study of teddy bears |
| astrophile |
person interested in astronomy |
| audiophile |
one who loves accurately reproduced recorded sound |
| belonephilia |
sexual obsession with sharp objects |
| bibliophily |
love or fondness for books or reading |
| canophilia |
love or fondness for dogs |
| cartophily |
the hobby of collecting cigarette cards |
| chasmophilous |
fond of nooks, crevices and crannies |
| chiropterophilous |
pollinated or frequented by bats |
| chromophilous |
staining easily |
| chrysophilist |
gold-lover |
| clinophilia |
passion for beds |
| coprophilia |
abnormal love or fondness for feces |
| cynophilist |
one who loves dogs |
| dendrophilous |
fond of trees |
| discophile |
one who loves and studies sound recordings |
| electrophile |
substance having an affinity for electrons or negative charge |
| entomophilous |
adapted for pollination by insects |
| ergophile |
one who loves work |
| Europhile |
one who loves Europe |
| Francophile |
one who loves France or the French |
| Gallophile |
one who loves France or the French |
| geophilous |
living in or near the ground |
| Germanophilia |
love or fondness for Germany or the Germans |
| gerontophilia |
sexual attraction towards the elderly |
| gynotikolobomassophile |
one who nibbles on women’s earlobes |
| haemophilia |
hereditary disease causing excesssive bleeding |
| halophilous |
tolerant of salt or salt-water |
| heliophilous |
preferring or attracted to the sunlight |
| hippophile |
lover of horses |
| homophile |
one who prefers the company of the same sex; a homosexual |
| hydrophilous |
loving or preferring water |
| hygrophilous |
preferring or living where there is an abundance of moisture |
| iconophilism |
a taste for pictures and symbols |
| japanophilia |
love or admiration for Japan or the Japanese |
| labeorphily |
collection and study of beer bottle labels |
| limnophilous |
living in ponds or marshes |
| lithophilous |
living among stones |
| logophile |
a lover of words |
| lygophilia |
love of darkness |
| lyophile |
easily dispersed in a suitable medium |
| malacophilous |
pollinated by snails |
| myrmecophilous |
having a symbiotic relationship with ants |
| necrophilia |
unusual love or sexual attraction for corpses |
| negrophile |
one who is sympathetic towards black people |
| nemophilist |
one who loves the woods |
| neophile |
one who loves novelty and trends |
| nitrophilous |
flourishing in or preferring locations with abundant nitrogen |
| notaphily |
collecting of bank-notes and cheques |
| oenophile |
one who is fond of or loves wine |
| ombrophilous |
tolerant of large amounts of rainfall |
| ophiophilist |
snake-lover |
| ornithophilous |
pollinated by birds |
| paedophilia |
abnormal love or sexual attraction for children |
| palaeophile |
antiquarian |
| paraphilia |
any abnormal sexual attraction |
| peristerophily |
pigeon-collecting |
| petrophilous |
living on or thriving in rocky areas |
| philalethist |
lover of truth |
| philately |
study of postage stamps |
| philhippic |
loving or admiring horses |
| phillumeny |
collecting of matchbox labels |
| philocaly |
love of beauty |
| philodemic |
fond of commoners or the lower classes |
| philogyny |
love of women |
| philomath |
lover of learning |
| philonoist |
one who seeks knowledge |
| philopornist |
lover of prostitutes |
| philotechnical |
devoted to the arts |
| philotherianism |
love of animals |
| philoxenia |
hospitality |
| photophilous |
preferring or thriving in lighted conditions |
| phytophilous |
fond of plants |
| pogonophile |
one who loves beards |
| psammophile |
sand-loving plant |
| psychrophilic |
thriving in cold temperatures |
| retrophilia |
love of things of the past |
| rheophile |
living or thriving in running water |
| rhizophilous |
growing or thriving on or near roots |
| Russophile |
one who admires Russia or the Russians |
| sarcophilous |
fond of flesh |
| sciophilous |
thriving in or loving shady conditions |
| scopophilia |
obtaining sexual pleasure from seeing things |
| Scotophilia |
admiration for Scotland or the Scots |
| scripophily |
collection of bond and share certificates |
| Sinophile |
one who admires China or the Chinese |
| Slavophile |
one who admires the Slavs |
| spermophile |
member of family of seed-loving rodents |
| stegophilist |
one who climbs buildings for sport |
| stigmatophilia |
obsession with tattooing or branding |
| symphily |
living together for mutual benefit |
| technophile |
one who is fond of technology |
| thalassophilous |
living in or fond of the sea |
| theophile |
one who loves or is loved by God |
| thermophilous |
preferring or thriving in high temperatures |
| timbrophily |
love or fondness for stamps; stamp-collecting |
| tobaccophile |
one who loves tobacco |
| topophilia |
great love or affection for a particular place |
| toxophily |
love of archery; archery; study of archery |
| tropophilous |
flourishing in seasonal extremes of climate |
| turophile |
cheese lover |
| typhlophile |
one who is kind to the blind |
| xenophilia |
love of foreigners |
| xerophily |
adaptation to very dry conditions |
| xylophilous |
fond of wood; living in or on wood |
| zoophilia |
loving or caring for animals; bestiality |
| zoophily |
loving or caring for animals; bestiality |