13-letter words containing ia
- changchiak'ou — Zhangjiakou.
- chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
- chiang ch'ing — Jiang Qing.
- chiaochou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea, in E China, in Shandong province. 20 miles (32 km) long; 15 miles (24 km) wide.
- chiaroscurist — A painter who uses light and shade rather than colour to create the illusion of volume.
- cholesteremia — cholesterolemia.
- christian era — the period beginning with the year of Christ's birth. Dates in this era are labelled ad, those previous to it bc
- christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
- christiansand — former name of Kristiansand.
- chromesthesia — (neurology, psychology) sound-to-color synaesthesia.
- chthonophagia — (disease) A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.
- ciceronianism — imitation of the style of Cicero, especially as practiced by some writers and orators during the Renaissance.
- circumspatial — Of or pertaining to the surrounding space.
- city dionysia — (in ancient Athens) the chief festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated in early spring and notable for the performance of dithyrambs, tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.
- civilianizing — Present participle of civilianize.
- civitavecchia — a city on the Tyrrhenian Sea in W central Italy: chief port of Rome.
- cleistothecia — (in certain ascomycetous fungi) a closed, globose ascocarp from which the ascospores are released only by its rupture or decay.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- clinodiagonal — the diagonal axis of a monoclinic crystal
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- coaxial cable — a cable consisting of an inner insulated core of stranded or solid wire surrounded by an outer insulated flexible wire braid, used esp as a transmission line for radio-frequency signals
- codifiability — the quality of being codifiable
- colloquialism — A colloquialism is a colloquial word or phrase.
- colloquialist — a skilled speaker
- colloquiality — a colloquial style
- colonialistic — of or relating to colonialism
- combinatorial — of or involving combination, esp. mathematical combination
- commercial at — (character) "@". ASCII code 64. Common names: at sign, at, strudel. Rare: each, vortex, whorl, INTERCAL: whirlpool, cyclone, snail, ape, cat, rose, cabbage, amphora. ITU-T: commercial at. The @ sign is used in an electronic mail address to separate the local part from the hostname. This dates back to July 1972 when Ray Tomlinson was designing the first[?] e-mail program. It is ironic that @ has become a trendy mark of Internet awareness since it is a very old symbol, derived from the latin preposition "ad" (at). Giorgio Stabile, a professor of history in Rome, has traced the symbol back to the Italian Renaissance in a Roman mercantile document signed by Francesco Lapi on 1536-05-04. In Dutch it is called "apestaartje" (little ape-tail), in German "affenschwanz" (ape tail). The French name is "arobase". In Spain and Portugal it denotes a weight of about 25 pounds, the weight and the symbol are called "arroba". Italians call it "chiocciola" (snail). See @-party.
- commercialese — business jargon
- commercialise — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- commercialism — Commercialism is the practice of making a lot of money from things without caring about their quality.
- commercialist — the principles, practices, and spirit of commerce.
- commerciality — commercial quality or character; ability to produce a profit: Distributors were concerned about the film's commerciality compared with last year's successful pictures.
- commercialize — If something is commercialized, it is used or changed in such a way that it makes money or profits, often in a way that people disapprove of.
- commissariats — Plural form of commissariat.
- commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- communitarian — a member of a communist community
- comprovincial — belonging to the same province
- congenialness — The state or quality of being congenial.
- consequential — Consequential means the same as consequent.
- conservatoria — Plural form of conservatorium.
- consociations — Plural form of consociation.
- contrarianism — Beliefs and practices of a contrarian.
- contravariant — (category theory, of a functor) which reverses composition.
- contraversial — Misspelling of controversial.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- coreferential — (of more than one linguistic expression) designating the same individual or class
- coresidential — relating to joint residency
- corinthianize — to live a promiscuous life
- cottage piano — a small upright piano