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Biology

• Acidophilia, acidophile: preference of acidic conditions. Antonyms: Acidophobia and acidophobe
• Alkaliphilia, alkaliphile: preference of alkaline environments
• Anthophilia, anthophile, anthophilic: attraction to flowers
• Anthrophile, anthrophilic: attracted to humans
• Anemophily: a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind
• Capnophile: microorganism that thrives in the presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide
• Cryophilia, cryophilic, cryophile: preference for cold environments, climates, objects and low temperatures; e.g., Protea cryophila
• Dacryphilia: attraction to tears
• Dendrophilia, dendrophilic, : preference of trees or other plants
• Entomophilous: adapted for pollination by insects
• Extremophilia, extremophile: preference of living extremal conditions for some microorganisms
• Geophilia, geophilic, geophile: preferring to organisms that prefer the soil
• Halophilia, halophile: attraction to salt or salt-water
• Heliophilia, : attraction to sunlight
• Hydrophilia: attraction to water
• Hyperthermophilia, hyperthermophile, hyperthermophilic: organisms that thrive in extremely hot environments
• Limnophilia, limnophile, limnophilic: preference of ponds or marshes
• Lithophilia, lithophile, litophilic: preference or affinity to stones
• Mesophilia, mesophile: preference of moderate temperatures in microorganisms
• Microaerophilia, microaerophile, microaerophilic: organisms that can tolerate or require environments containing low levels of oxygen
• Myrmecophilia: The names of orchids of genus myrmecophila, "love of ants"
• Nemophilia: love of the woods and forests, in the name of the genus Nemophilia of flowers
• Necrophilia, necrophiliac: an attraction to the dead
• Neutrophile: organism that thrives in a neutral pH environment
• Nyctophilia: an attraction to darkness or night; finding relaxation or comfort in the darkness. Preferring nighttime activities to daytime activities.
• Ombrophilia, ombrophile: affinity to large amounts of rainfall
• Petrophilia, petrophile, petrophilic: preference of living or spending time in rocky areas
• Photophilia, photophile, photophilic: preference of living or spending time in lighted conditions
• Pluviophilia, pluviophile, pluviophilic: affinity to rain
• Psammophile, psammophyte: a plant loving sandy areas
• Psychrophilia, psychrophile: preference of cold temperatures
• Rheophilia: preference of living in running water
• Rhizophilia: preference of living on roots
• Sciaphilia, skiaphilia: preference of living in shady or dark areas
• Thermophilia: love of high temperatures; thriving in high temperatures
• Tropophilia, tropophile, tropophilous: preference of seasonal extremes of climate
• Trichophilia: an attraction to hair or fur
• Vorarephilia: sexual attraction to being eaten by or eating humans
• Xenophilia: an affection for unknown, foreign objects, or people. Antonym: Xenophobia
• Xerophilia: love of living or spending time in very dry conditions
• Xylophilia: love of wood
• Zoophily: a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by animals

  Chemistry and physics

• Chromophilous: staining easily
• Electrophile: a substance having an affinity for electrons or negative charge
• Hydrophilic: having a tendency to interact with or be dissolved by water and other polar substances
• Lipophilic: attracted to lipids, as in cell membranes
• Litophilic: in microfluidics, enriching on channel walls instead of in the middle of the channels
• Nucleophile: a substance having an affinity for positive charge. Antonym: electrophile

  Hobbies

• Audiophilia: love of high-fidelity sound reproduction
• Arctophilia: love of teddy bears; especially, an interest in collecting teddy bears
• Bibliophilia: love of books
• : love of maps
• Cinephilia: love of cinema and film
• Philately: the study of stamps and postal history and other related items
• Glossophilia: love of languages
• Icthyophilia: love of fish
• Logophilia: love of words – logophiles may be interested in word games, such as crosswords, or Scrabble, and in the extreme, derive enjoyment from reading things commonly given less notice, such as labels
• Metrophilia: love of the metro rail or subway systems
• Neophilia: love of the latest novelties and trends
• Oenophilia: love of wine
• Ornithophilia: love of birds
• Taphophilia: love of graves, cemeteries and funerals
• Technophilia: love of technology
• Videophile: person who is concerned with achieving high-quality results in the recording and playback of movies, TV programs, etc.

  National or ethnic

• Anglophile: a non-English person who is extremely fond of all things English. Antonym: Anglophobe
• Austrophile: a fan of Austrian culture
• Celtophile: a fan of Celtic culture
• Europhile: a person who wants to increase cooperation between governments within the European Union. Antonym: Eurosceptic
• Fennophile: a fan of Finnish culture
• Francophile or Gallophile: a fan of French culture. Antonym: Francophobe
• Germanophile or Teutophile: a fan of German culture. Antonyms: Germanophobe and teutophobia
• Hellenophile: a fan of Greek culture
• Hibernophile: a lover of Ireland or Irish culture
• Hispanophile: a lover of Spanish culture and people
• Indophile: a fan of India
• Italophile: a fan of Italy. Antonym: Italophobia
• Japanophile: a non-Japanese person with a strong interest in Japan or Japanese culture. Antonym: Japanophobe
• Judeophile: a lover of Jews or Jewish culture. Antonyms: Judeophobe and antisemite
• Kartvelophile: an interest for Georgian culture
• Negrophilia: a term used in the 1920s and 30s for the interest in Europe for African and African-American culture
• Russophilia: love of Russia and Russians. Antonym: Russophobe
• Sinophile: a non-Chinese person with a strong interest in China or Chinese culture. Antonym: Sinophobe
• Slavophile: a fan of Slavic culture
• Suecophile: someone with a great interest in the Swedish language and culture

  Sexual paraphilias

• List of paraphilias
• Paraphilia is the experience of intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals. Such attraction may be labeled sexual fetishism.

  Other

• Biophilia hypothesis
• Erotophilia: a personality trait which assesses an individual's disposition to respond to sexual cues
• Haemophilia: a disease relating to blood clotting
• Homophile: a term used to refer to gay people or those who supported homosexuality, prior to gay liberation and other LGBT social movements
• Pluviophile: love of the rain
• Retrophilia: love of things of the past
• Theophilia: love of a god
• Topophilia: a strong sense of place, which often becomes mixed with the sense of cultural identity among certain people and a love of certain aspects of such a place

  Prefix ''phil-''

• Philadelphia
• Philanderer
• Philandry
• Philanthropy
• Philately
• Philhellenism: the love of Greek culture
• Philogyny
• Philology
• Philomath
• Philosophy
• Phillumenism