October is just around the corner - and with it, Halloween.
Ghosts and goblins and tombstones are decorating lawns. For
whatever reason, thoughts of Halloween bring thoughts of
"phobias." We found a complete listing of phobias, A to Z. Here
we go: There are over 65 phobias beginning with the letter A,
from Ablutophobia - fear of washing or bathing,to Aviophobia or
Aviatophobia - fear of flying. Some additional A phobias
include: Alektorophobia - fear of chickens; Aulophobia - fear of
flutes; and, Auroraphobia - fear of northern lights. Only 18
entries under B, notably: Blennophobia - fear of slime; and,
Bufonophobia - fear of toads. More than 50 entries under C,
including Cacophobia - fear of ugliness; Chiroptophobia - fear
of bats; Coimetrophobia - fear of cemeteries; and, Coulrophobia
- fear of clowns. D phobias inclulde Dendrophobia - fear of
trees; Didaskaleinophobia - fear of going to school; and
Dromophobia - fear of crossing streets. E phobias include
Epistemophobia - fear of knowledge; and Ergophobia