12-letter words containing ia
- bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
- brazilianite — a mineral, sodium aluminum phosphate, Na 2 Al 6 P 4 O 16 (OH) 8 , occurring in yellow-green crystals with a vitreous luster: used as a gem.
- brilliantine — a perfumed oil used to make the hair smooth and shiny
- burial mound — a barrow
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- calumniating — Present participle of calumniate.
- calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- cancellarial — relating to a chancellor
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- cantabrigian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Cambridge or Cambridge University, or of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Harvard University
- cantharidian — cantharidal
- capricornian — a person born under the sign of Capricorn, usually between December 22nd and January 19th.
- cardiophobia — An inordinate fear of heart disease.
- cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
- carlovingian — Carolingian
- carriage dog — Dalmatian (sense 4)
- carriageable — (of a road, etc) able to be travelled in a carriage
- carriageways — Plural form of carriageway.
- carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
- cassiopeia a — a very strong radio and X-ray source in the constellation Cassiopeia, identified as the remnant of a supernova thought to have occurred in the late 17th century
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- catilinarian — pertaining to or resembling Catiline.
- celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
- centenarians — Plural form of centenarian.
- centennially — As part of a centennial.
- central asia — a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It includes the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan and parts of Iran, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, and southwestern Siberia.
- centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- cerebrotonia — a personality type characterized by restraint, alertness, and an intellectual approach to life: said to be correlated with an ectomorph body type
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- changchiakou — Zhangjiakou
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chiantishire — a nickname for Tuscany
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chondrostian — relating to the class Chondrostei of fish with fin rays
- christian iv — 1577–1648, king of Denmark and Norway (1588–1648): defeated in the Thirty Years' War (1629) and by Sweden (1645)
- christian ix — 1818–1906, king of Denmark 1863–1906.
- christianise — to make Christian.
- christianism — the beliefs and practices of Christians.
- christianite — (mineral) alternative name of phillipsite.
- christianity — Christianity is a religion that is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the belief that he was the son of God.
- christianize — to make Christian or convert to Christianity
- chromatopsia — an irregularity in the ability to see colours properly
- chromophilia — the property of staining readily.
- chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- churchianity — loyalty to the church rather than Christianity
- churchillian — relating to, typical of or reminiscent of Winston Churchill