philo-, phil-, -phile, -philia, -philic, -philous, -phily, -philiac, -philist, -philism +
(Greek: love, loving, friendly to, fondness for, attraction to; strong tendency toward, affinity for; no hate, hatred, dislike, or negative responses)
autonumerophile, autonumerophilist
A love of collecting car numbers. A collector of car numbers; that is, license-plate numbers.
autophilous, autophilia, autophily
1. In biology, self-pollinating.
2. In psychiatry, self-love; narcissism.
balneophile, balneophilist
A collector of pictures of bathing girls or a fondness for collecting pictures of girls in swimsuits.
bandophile, bandophilist
A collector of head scarves, a fondness for collecting head scarves.
bandtourophile, bandtourophilist
A collector of tunbridge ware.
baptistaphile, baptistaphilist
A collector of Christian names.
barbephile, barbephilist
A collector of barbed wire.
barophilic, barophile, barophily
In biology, thriving under conditions of high hydrostatic or atmospheric pressure; tolerant of weight, said particularly of bacteria growing at great depths in the ocean.
bathophilous, bathophile, bathophily
1. Pertaining to the sea floor between 200 meters and 4 000 meters.
2. A reference to the deep sea.
bathyphile, bathyphilous, bathyphily
1. Thriving in lowlands.
2. Thriving in the deep sea to in the depths of the ocean.
bawsymbephile, bawsymbephilist
A collector of brothel tickets.
beaupoignophile, beaupoignophilist
Collecting or a collector of small swords.
biophilous
1. In biology, thriving on other living organisms; usually restricted to plant parasites.
2. In biochemistry, of or designating any chemical element that grows best, or can only exist, in living organisms or in organic matter; such as, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
bombcynophile, bombcynophilist
A collector of silk.
botanophilous, botanophile, botanophily
Someone who loves plants; an amateur botanist.
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Related "love, fondness" units:
agape-;
amat-;
vener-;
venus.
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