12-letter words containing ia
- aristotelian — of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
- arithmomania — an obsessive desire to count objects, or a fixation with numbers and calculations
- armamentaria — the aggregate of equipment, methods, and techniques available to one for carrying out one's duties: The stethoscope is still an essential part of the physician's armamentarium.
- arpeggiation — the writing, playing or singing of arpeggios
- arterialized — Simple past tense and past participle of arterialize.
- artificially — made by human skill; produced by humans (opposed to natural): artificial flowers.
- asclepiadean — of or relating to a type of classical verse line consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambs, and an iamb
- asphyxiating — to produce asphyxia in.
- asphyxiation — Asphyxiation is a lack of oxygen in blood, which causes suffocation.
- associations — Plural form of association.
- atrabilarian — Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
- atychiphobia — (rare) The fear of failure.
- auditorially — Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.
- austin friar — one of the Hermits of St. Augustine.
- australasian — Australasian means belonging or relating to Australasia or to its people.
- austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- autotoxaemia — autointoxication.
- babian jiang — a river in S China, flowing SE to the Red River in N Vietnam. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- bacchanalian — characterized by or involving drunken revelry
- bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
- bahia blanca — a port in E Argentina. Pop: 276 000 (2005 est)
- balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
- banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
- barbarianism — a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person.
- barbarianize — to make barbarian.
- bariatrician — a physician who specializes in bariatrics.
- barristerial — pertaining to a barrister
- basic jovial — (language) A subset of JOVIAL written ca. 1965.
- bathmophobia — The fear of stairs and slopes.
- beefheartian — of or recalling the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, an avant-garde rock/blues band (1966–1982); incorporating strange rhythms, free jazz elements, bizarre lyrics, and growling vocals
- belgian hare — a large red breed of domestic rabbit
- beneficially — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- beneficiated — to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting.
- biarticulate — having two joints, as the antennae of certain insects.
- bias binding — a strip of material cut on the bias for extra stretch and often doubled, used for binding hems, interfacings, etc, or for decoration
- biauriculate — having two auricles or earlike parts
- bibliomaniac — excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
- bibliophobia — an aversion to books
- bicentennial — A bicentennial is the same as a bicentenary.
- bid defiance — to resist boldly
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- bilharziasis — schistosomiasis
- billiard cue — a long cue used for playing billiards
- bimillennial — relating to a bimillennium
- biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
- biting mania — an epidemic in which people have a compulsion to bite others, as in 15th-century Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
- black acacia — a tall Australian tree, Acacia melanoxylon, of the legume family, having cream-yellow flowers and yielding a very light wood.
- botticellian — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.