Ailurophobia – fear of cats Algophobia – fear of pain Amychophobia – fear of being scratched Androphobia – fear of men Anthophobia – fear of flowers Anthropophobia – fear of people or the company of people, a form of social phobia Aquaphobia – fear of water. Distinct from hydrophobia, a scientific property that makes chemicals averse to interaction with water, as well as an archaic name for rabies Arachnophobia – fear of spiders Astraphobia – fear of thunder and lightning Atychiphobia – fear of failure Automatonophobia – fear of anything that falsely represents a sentient being Autophobia – fear of being alone or isolated or of one's self