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Cryophile 

In biology, a Cryophile is an organism that is able to survive and thrive in areas that have very low temperatures. (Cryo- is a word part meaning cold, while -phile is a word part meaning likes/favors.)

It may also simply refer to a person who just really likes the cold. This trait is common among Canadians, Russians, and people from North Dakota.
Snow Algae is a cryophilic organism.

John Doe often likes to go for walks in the
-20°f North Dakotan weather. His friends call him a cryophile.
Cryophile by Unlosing Ranger January 5, 2014
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cartophile 

n. One who greatly admires and enjoys maps.
Only a cartophile would spend seven hours browsing and admiring maps.
cartophile by Brad November 4, 2004

Cinophile 

Someone who obsesses over films and takes there influence, actors and imagery to seriously
"Turns out Michael Bolton is a major cinophile..." after obsessing over film references for the 'bog sexy hook' for new song 'Jack Sparrow' by Lonely Island (ft michael Bolton)
Cinophile by volleydrop June 3, 2011
(noun) a dog fancier. Cynophiles often participate in dog shows and dog sports. They may prefer owning purebred dogs who have a pedigree, rather than adopting mongrels from shelters, but this is by no means always true. They may be annoyingly obsessive about their dogs, spending exorbitant amounts of money on them, or may simply consider dogs ideal companions.
My friend is a real cynophile; he takes his dog to compete in conformation shows, the kind they show on Animal Planet.
cynophile by sambarnes February 28, 2008

Cryptophile 

Someone who has an attraction or affinity for secrets and the unexplained.
John was up all night reading about UFO and Big Foot sightings, he's such a cryptophile.
Cryptophile by ThePrivateer March 8, 2015

Credophile 

Literally "belief lover".

As for the previous poster, you fool that's not what credophile means. Credophile is an awesome term coined originally by the writer L. Sprague de Camp, in a letter to James Randi.

It's a label for those who appear particularly gullible and are particularly inclined to believe whatever claims come their way. (See Scientologist).
To quote de Camp directly,

A credophile gets positive pleasure from belief and pain from doubt... The credophile collects beliefs the way a jackdaw does nest ornaments: not for utility but for glitter. And, once having embraced a belief, it takes something more than mere disproof to make him let go.

cropile picture

an awkwardly cropped picture to use as profile picture in facebook etc. generally it's obvious that there's somebody else near the person
You see Jane's new cropile picture? it's like half of her is gone..
cropile picture by TheKarafakioglu December 1, 2010