Darkness Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Darkness Information and Meaning
See also BLACKENING and BLACKNESS; NIGHT.
- achluphobia
- an abnormal fear of darkness. Also called scotophobia.
- fuliginosity
- 1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky.
- 2. soot or smoke. —fuliginous, adj.
- noctiluca
- any thing or creature that shines or glows in the dark, especially a phosphorescent or bioluminescent marine or other organism. —noctilucine, adj.
- noctimania
- an abnormal love of the night.
- nyctophobia
- an abnormal fear of darkness or night.
- obumbration
- Rare. the act or process of darkening or obscuring.
- sciophobia
- an abnormal fear of shadows.
- scotophobia
- achluophobia.
- scotopia
- vision in dim light or darkness. See also photopia. —scotopic, adj.