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Ablutophobia: Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia: Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia: Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia: Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia: Fear of noise.
Acrophobia: Fear of heights.
Aerophobia: Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
Aeroacrophobia: Fear of open high places.
Aeronausiphobia: Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
Agliophobia: Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia: Fear of 1) open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets 2) leaving a safe place.
Bacillophobia: Fear of microbes.
Bacteriophobia: Fear of bacteria.
Bolshephobia: Fear of Bolsheviks.
Barophobia: Fear of gravity.
Basophobia or Basiphobia: Inability to stand. Fear of walking or falling.
Bathophobia: Fear of depth.
Batonophobia: Fear of plants.
Batophobia: Fear of heights or being close to high buildings.
Batrachophobia: Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc.
Belonephobia: Fear of pins and needles. (Aichmophobia)
Bibliophobia: Fear of books.
Blennophobia: Fear of slime.
Bogyphobia: Fear of bogies or the bogeyman.
Bromidrosiphobia or Bromidrophobia: Fear of body smells.
Cacophobia: Fear of ugliness.
Cainophobia or Cainotophobia: Fear of newness, novelty.
Caligynephobia: Fear of beautiful women.
Cancerophobia: Fear of cancer.
Carcinophobia: Fear of cancer.
Cardiophobia: Fear of the heart.
Carnophobia: Fear of meat.
Catagelophobia: Fear of being ridiculed.
Catapedaphobia: Fear of jumping from high and low places.
Cathisophobia: Fear of sitting.
Catoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors.
Cenophobia or Centophobia: Fear of new things or ideas.
Ceraunophobia: Fear of thunder.
Chaetophobia: Fear of hair.
Cheimaphobia or Cheimatophobia: Fear of cold.
Decidophobia: Fear of making decisions.
Defecaloesiophobia: Fear of painful bowels movements.
Deipnophobia: Fear of dining and dinner conversations.
Dementophobia: Fear of insanity.
Demonophobia or Daemonophobia: Fear of demons.
Demophobia: Fear of crowds. (Agoraphobia)
Dendrophobia: Fear of trees.
Dentophobia: Fear of dentists.
Dermatophobia: Fear of skin lesions.
Dermatosiophobia or Dermatophobia or Dermatopathophobia: Fear of skin disease.
Dextrophobia: Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
Diabetophobia: Fear of diabetes.
Didaskaleinophobia: Fear of going to school.
Dikephobia: Fear of justice.
Dinophobia: Fear of dizziness or whirlpools.
Ecclesiophobia: Fear of church.
Ecophobia: Fear of home.
Eicophobia or Oikophobia: Fear of home surroundings.
Eisoptrophobia: Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
Electrophobia: Fear of electricity.
Eleutherophobia: Fear of freedom.
Elurophobia: Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia)
Emetophobia: Fear of vomiting.
Enetophobia: Fear of pins.
Enochlophobia: Fear of crowds.
Enosiophobia or Enissophobia: Fear of having committed an unpardonable sin or of criticism.
Entomophobia: Fear of insects.
Eosophobia: Fear of dawn or daylight.
Epistaxiophobia: Fear of nosebleeds.
Epistemophobia: Fear of knowledge.
Febriphobia, Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia: Fear of fever.
Felinophobia: Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia)
Francophobia: Fear of France, French culture. (Gallophobia, Galiophobia)
Frigophobia: Fear of cold, cold things.
Galeophobia or Gatophobia: Fear of cats.
Gallophobia or Galiophobia: Fear France, French culture. (Francophobia)
Gamophobia: Fear of marriage.
Geliophobia: Fear of laughter.
Geniophobia: Fear of chins.
Genophobia: Fear of sex.
Genuphobia: Fear of knees.
Gephyrophobia, Gephydrophobia, or Gephysrophobia: Fear of crossing bridges.
Germanophobia: Fear of Germany, German culture, etc.
Gerascophobia: Fear of growing old.
Gerontophobia: Fear of old people or of growing old.
Geumaphobia or Geumophobia: Fear of taste.
Glossophobia: Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
Gnosiophobia: Fear of knowledge.
Graphophobia: Fear of writing or handwriting.
Hadephobia: Fear of hell.
Hagiophobia: Fear of saints or holy things.
Hamartophobia: Fear of sinning.
Haphephobia or Haptephobia: Fear of being touched.
Hedonophobia: Fear of feeling pleasure.
Heliophobia: Fear of the sun.
Hellenologophobia: Fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology.
Helminthophobia: Fear of being infested with worms.
Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia: Fear of blood.
Heresyphobia or Hereiophobia: Fear of challenges to official doctrine or of radical deviation.
Herpetophobia: Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
Heterophobia: Fear of the opposite sex. (Sexophobia)
Hierophobia: Fear of priests or sacred things.
Hippophobia: Fear of horses.
Iatrophobia: Fear of going to the doctor or of doctors.
Ichthyophobia: Fear of fish.
Ideophobia: Fear of ideas.
Illyngophobia: Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Iophobia: Fear of poison.
Insectophobia: Fear of insects.
Isolophobia: Fear of solitude, being alone.
Isopterophobia: Fear of termites, insects that eat wood.
Japanophobia: Fear of Japanese.
Judeophobia: Fear of Jews.
Kainolophobia: Fear of novelty.
Kainophobia: Fear of anything new, novelty.
Kakorrhaphiophobia: Fear of failure or defeat.
Katagelophobia: Fear of ridicule.
Kathisophobia: Fear of sitting down.
Kenophobia: Fear of voids or empty spaces.
Keraunophobia: Fear of thunder and lightning.
Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia: Fear of movement or motion.
Kleptophobia: Fear of stealing.
Koinoniphobia: Fear of rooms.
Lachanophobia: Fear of vegetables.
Laliophobia or Lalophobia: Fear of speaking.
Leprophobia or Lepraphobia: Fear of leprosy.
Leukophobia: Fear of the color white.
Levophobia: Fear of things to the left side of the body.
Ligyrophobia: Fear of loud noises.
Lilapsophobia: Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
Limnophobia: Fear of lakes.
Linonophobia: Fear of string.
Liticaphobia: Fear of lawsuits.
Lockiophobia: Fear of childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia: Fear of computers.
Macrophobia: Fear of long waits.
Mageirocophobia: Fear of cooking.
Maieusiophobia: Fear of childbirth.
Malaxophobia: Fear of love play. (Sarmassophobia)
Maniaphobia: Fear of insanity.
Mastigophobia: Fear of punishment.
Mechanophobia: Fear of machines.
Megalophobia: Fear of large things.
Melissophobia: Fear of bees.
Melophobia: Fear or hatred of music.
Nebulaphobia: Fear of fog. (Homichlophobia)
Necrophobia: Fear of death or dead things.
Nelophobia: Fear of glass.
Neopharmaphobia: Fear of new drugs.
Neophobia: Fear of anything new.
Nephophobia: Fear of clouds.
Noctiphobia: Fear of the night.
Nomatophobia: Fear of names.
Nosocomephobia: Fear of hospitals.
Nosophobia or Nosemaphobia: Fear of becoming ill.
Nostophobia: Fear of returning home.
Obesophobia: Fear of gaining weight.(Pocrescophobia)
Ochlophobia: Fear of crowds or mobs.
Ochophobia: Fear of vehicles.
Octophobia: Fear of the figure 8.
Odontophobia: Fear of teeth or dental surgery.
Odynophobia or Odynephobia: Fear of pain. (Algophobia)
Oenophobia: Fear of wines.
Oikophobia: Fear of home surroundings, house.
Olfactophobia: Fear of smells.
Ombrophobia: Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia: Fear of eyes.
Oneirophobia: Fear of dreams.
Oneirogmophobia: Fear of wet dreams.
Onomatophobia: Fear of hearing a certain word or of names.
Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes. (Snakephobia)
Pagophobia: Fear of ice or frost.
Panthophobia: Fear of suffering and disease.
Panophobia or Pantophobia: Fear of everything.
Papaphobia: Fear of the Pope.
Papyrophobia: Fear of paper.
Paralipophobia: Fear of neglecting duty or responsibility.
Paraphobia: Fear of sexual perversion.
Parasitophobia: Fear of parasites.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th.
Parthenophobia: Fear of virgins or young girls.
Radiophobia: Fear of radiation, x-rays.
Ranidaphobia: Fear of frogs.
Rectophobia: Fear of rectum or rectal diseases.
Rhabdophobia: Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic. (wand)
Rhypophobia: Fear of defecation.
Rhytiphobia: Fear of getting wrinkles.
Rupophobia: Fear of dirt.
Russophobia: Fear of Russians.
Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween.
Sarmassophobia: Fear of love play. (Malaxophobia)
Satanophobia: Fear of Satan.
Scabiophobia: Fear of scabies.
Scatophobia: Fear of fecal matter.
Scelerophibia: Fear of bad men, burglars.
Sciophobia Sciaphobia: Fear of shadows.
Scoleciphobia: Fear of worms.
Scolionophobia: Fear of school.
Scopophobia or Scoptophobia: Fear of being seen or stared at.
Scotomaphobia: Fear of blindness in visual field.
Scotophobia: Fear of darkness. (Achluophobia)
Scriptophobia: Fear of writing in public.
Tachophobia: Fear of speed.
Taeniophobia or Teniophobia: Fear of tapeworms.
Taphophobia: Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Tapinophobia: Fear of being contagious.
Taurophobia: Fear of bulls.
Technophobia: Fear of technology.
Teleophobia: 1) Fear of definite plans. 2) Religious ceremony.
Telephonophobia: Fear of telephones.
Teratophobia: Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people.
Tetanophobia: Fear of lockjaw, tetanus.
Teutophobia: Fear of German or German things.
Textophobia: Fear of certain fabrics.
Thaasophobia: Fear of sitting.
Thalassophobia: Fear of the sea.
Uranophobia: Fear of heaven.
Urophobia: Fear of urine or urinating.
Vaccinophobia: Fear of vaccination.
Venustraphobia: Fear of beautiful women.
Verbophobia: Fear of words.
Verminophobia: Fear of germs.
Vestiphobia: Fear of clothing.
Virginitiphobia: Fear of rape.
Vitricophobia: Fear of step-father.
Walloonphobia: Fear of the Walloons.
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.
Xanthophobia: Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xenophobia: Fear of strangers or foreigners.
Xerophobia: Fear of dryness.
Xylophobia: 1) Fear of wooden objects. 2) Forests.
Zelophobia: Fear of jealousy.
Zeusophobia: Fear of God or gods.
Zemmiphobia: Fear of the great mole rat.
Zoophobia: Fear of animals.