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(Just because I'm bored and want to write something.)
*Phobias I find interesting for some odd reason.*
*In Alphabetical order.*
*Many of these are repeated just have another name.*

http://phobialist.com/

A

Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Algophobia- Fear of pain.
Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia- Fear of wind. (Anemophobia)
Anginophobia- Fear of angina, choking or narrowness.
Arsonphobia- Fear of fire.
Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotton or ignored or forgetting.
Atychiphobia- Fear of failure.
Autophobia- Fear of being alone or of oneself.

B
Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
Bathophobia- Fear of depth.
Belonephobia- Fear of pins and needles. (Aichmophobia)

C
Cainophobia or Cainotophobia- Fear of newness, novelty.
Cardiophobia- Fear of the heart.
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors.
Cenophobia or Centophobia- Fear of new things or ideas.
Cholerophobia- Fear of anger or the fear of cholera.
Chromophobia or Chromatophobia- Fear of colors.
Chronophobia- Fear of time.
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks.
Claustrophobia- Fear of confined spaces.
Cleithrophobia or Cleisiophobia- Fear of being locked in an enclosed place.
Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed.
Crystallophobia- Fear of crystals or glass.

D
Dementophobia- Fear of insanity.
Demonophobia or Daemonophobia- Fear of demons.
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of going to school.
Domatophobia- Fear of houses or being in a house.(Eicophobia, Oikophobia)

E
Ecophobia- Fear of home.
Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors or of seeing oneself in a mirror.
Eosophobia- Fear of dawn or daylight.
Eremophobia- Fear of being oneself or of lonliness.

F
Febriphobia or Fibriphobia or Fibriophobia- Fear of fever.
Frigophobia- Fear of cold or cold things.(Cheimaphobia, Cheimatophobia, Psychrophobia)

G
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.
Graphophobia- Fear of writing or handwriting.

H
Hadephobia- Fear of hell. *Just because*
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun.
Hemophobia or Hemaphobia or Hematophobia- Fear of blood.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- Fear of the number 666. *Long word, yes? XD*
Hylophobia- Fear of forests.
Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia- Fear of responsibility.
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep or of being hypnotized.

I
Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Iophobia- Fear of poison.
Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone.

J
*None*

K
Kainolophobia or Kainophobia- Fear of anything new, novelty.
Kakorrhaphiophobia- Fear of failure or defeat.
Kenophobia- Fear of voids or empty spaces.
Kinetophobia or Kinesophobia- Fear of movement or motion.
Kleptophobia- Fear of stealing.
Koinoniphobia- Fear of rooms.

L
Laliophobia or Lalophobia- Fear of speaking.
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.

M
Macrophobia- Fear of long waits.
Maniaphobia- Fear of insanity.
Mastigophobia- Fear of punishment.
Mechanophobia- Fear of machines.
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.
Melophobia- Fear or hatred of music.
Merinthophobia- Fear of being bound or tied up.
Metallophobia- Fear of metal.
Metathesiophobia- Fear of changes.
Metrophobia- Fear or hatred of poetry.
Mnemophobia- Fear of memories.
Monophobia- Fear of solitude or being alone.
Myctophobia- Fear of darkness.
Mythophobia- Fear of myths or stories or false statements.

N
Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog. (Homichlophobia)
Necrophobia- Fear of death or dead things.
Nelophobia- Fear of glass.
Neophobia- Fear of anything new.
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.
Noctiphobia- Fear of the night.
Nosocomephobia- Fear of hospitals.
Nostophobia- Fear of returning home.
Nyctohylophobia- Fear of dark wooded areas or of forests at night
Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night.

O
Ochlophobia- Fear of crowds or mobs.
Odynophobia or Odynephobia- Fear of pain. (Algophobia)
Oikophobia- Fear of home surroundings, house.(Domatophobia, Eicophobia)
Ombrophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes.
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams.
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of being stared at.
Optophobia- Fear of opening one's eyes.
Ouranophobia or Uranophobia- Fear of heaven.

P
Panophobia or Pantophobia- Fear of everything.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th.
Parthenophobia- Fear of virgins or young girls.
Pediophobia- Fear of dolls.
*****- Fear of children.
Phagophobia- Fear of swallowing or of eating or of being eaten.
Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts.
Phengophobia- Fear of daylight or sunshine.
Philemaphobia or Philematophobia- Fear of kissing.
Philophobia- Fear of falling in love or being in love.
Philosophobia- Fear of philosophy.
Phobophobia- Fear of phobias.
Photoaugliaphobia- Fear of glaring lights.
Photophobia- Fear of light.
Phonophobia- Fear of noises or voices or one's own voice; of telephones.
Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking.
Placophobia- Fear of tombstones.
Plutophobia- Fear of wealth.
Pluviophobia- Fear of rain or of being rained on.
Pneumatiphobia- Fear of spirits.
Pnigophobia or Pnigerophobia- Fear of choking of being smothered.
Polyphobia- Fear of many things.
Poinephobia- Fear of punishment.
Ponophobia- Fear of overworking or of pain.
Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple.
Potamophobia- Fear of rivers or running water.
Prosophobia- Fear of progress.
Psellismophobia- Fear of stuttering.
Psychophobia- Fear of mind.
Psychrophobia- Fear of cold.
Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.
Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets.
Pyrexiophobia- Fear of Fever.
Pyrophobia- Fear of fire.

Q
*No Phobias start with 'Q'.*

R
Radiophobia- Fear of radiation, x-rays.
Rhabdophobia- Fear of being severely punished or beaten by a rod, or of being severely criticized. Also fear of magic.(wand)

S
Samhainophobia: Fear of Halloween.
Satanophobia- Fear of Satan.
Sciophobia Sciaphobia- Fear of shadows.
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)
Selachophobia- Fear of sharks.
Selaphobia- Fear of light flashes.
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon.
Seplophobia- Fear of decaying matter.
Siderodromophobia- Fear of trains, railroads or train travel.
Siderophobia- Fear of stars.
Sinistrophobia- Fear of things to the left or left-handed.
Sitophobia or Sitiophobia- Fear of food or eating. (Cibophobia)
Somniphobia- Fear of sleep.
Sophophobia- Fear of learning.
Soteriophobia - Fear of dependence on others.
Spacephobia- Fear of outer space.
Spectrophobia- Fear of specters or ghosts.
Spermatophobia or Spermophobia- Fear of germs.
Spheksophobia- Fear of wasps.
Stasibasiphobia or Stasiphobia- Fear of standing or walking. (Ambulophobia)
Stenophobia- Fear of narrow things or places.
Stygiophobia or Stigiophobia- Fear of hell.

T
Tachophobia- Fear of speed.
Taphephobia Taphophobia- Fear of being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Telephonophobia- Fear of telephones.
Teratophobia- Fear of bearing a deformed child or fear of monsters or deformed people.
Testophobia- Fear of taking tests.
Tetanophobia- Fear of lockjaw, tetanus.
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting.
Thalassophobia- Fear of the sea.
Thanatophobia or Thantophobia- Fear of death or dying.
Theatrophobia- Fear of theatres.
Thermophobia- Fear of heat.
Tocophobia- Fear of pregnancy or childbirth.
Tomophobia- Fear of surgical operations.
Toxiphobia or Toxophobia or Toxicophobia- Fear of poison or of being accidently poisoned.
Traumatophobia- Fear of injury.
Tremophobia- Fear of trembling.
Triskaidekaphobia- Fear of the number 13.
Tropophobia- Fear of moving or making changes.
Trypanophobia- Fear of injections.

U
Uranophobia or Ouranophobia- Fear of heaven.

V
Verbophobia- Fear of words.
Vestiphobia- Fear of clothing.
Virginitiphobia- Fear of rape.

W
Wiccaphobia: Fear of witches and witchcraft.

X
Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xerophobia- Fear of dryness.
Xylophobia- 1) Fear of wooden objects. 2) Forests.
Xyrophobia-Fear of razors.

Y
*No phobias starting with 'Y'.*

Z
Zelophobia- Fear of jealousy.
Zoophobia- Fear of animals.

*Finished: Febuary 23, 2010; 5:44 p.m.*