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Definition: Acrophobia |
AcrophobiaNoun1. A morbid fear of great heights. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | Pathological fear of being in high places. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Acrophobia |
| English words defined with "acrophobia": acrophobic. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "acrophobia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | akrofobi, frika e lartësisë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هلع المرتفعات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | страх от височина, акрофобия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 恐高症. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | akrofobi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | acrofobie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ترس ازبلندی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acrophobie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Höhenangst (fear of heights). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακροφοβία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פח" 'ב"ים, בעת רום. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tériszony (agoraphobia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perasaan takut jatuh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acrofobia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 高所恐怖症 (fear of heights). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うしょきょうふしょう (fear of heights). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 소공포증. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acrophobiaay acrofobia. (various references) акрофобия. (various references) akrofobija. (various references) acrofobia (acrophobic, aerophobia, aerophobia for aviators). (various references) akrofobi, höjdskräck. (various references) akrofobi, yükseklik korkusu. (various references) акрофобія. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "acrophobia": acrophobias. (additional references) | |
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"Acrophobia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acoraphobia, acorophobia, acroophobia, acrophobe, acrophobic, acrphobia, agrophobia, crophobia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-h-i-o-o-p-r" | |
-3 letters: abroach, brachia, charpai, copaiba, haircap, pibroch. | |
-4 letters: arabic, barhop, broach, brooch, carhop, coprah, orphic, pariah, phobia, phobic, picara, picaro, raphia. | |
-5 letters: abaci, abhor, acari, achoo, baric, birch, boric, brach, carbo, carob, carpi, chair, chiao, chiro, chirp, choir, cobia, cobra, copra, coria, ichor, orach, pacha, parch, poach, pooch, poori, porch, rabic, roach. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-h-i-o-o-p-r" | |
+1 letter: acrophobias, agoraphobic. | |
+2 letters: agoraphobics. | |
+4 letters: autobiographic, claustrophobia, microbarograph. | |
+5 letters: biogeographical, claustrophobias, microbarographs, nonbiographical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 72 6F 70 68 6F 62 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. .-. --- .--. .... --- -... .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110010 01101111 01110000 01101000 01101111 01100010 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c r o p h o b i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0072 006F 0070 0068 006F 0062 0069 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35698481827481687567 |
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