8-letter words containing ia
- arminian — denoting, relating to, or believing in the Christian Protestant doctrines of Jacobus Arminius, published in 1610, which rejected absolute predestination and insisted that the sovereignty of God is compatible with free will in man. These doctrines deeply influenced Wesleyan and Methodist theology
- armorial — of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms
- arteriae — Plural form of arteria.
- arterial — Arterial means involving or relating to your arteries and the movement of blood through your body.
- artesian — noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- arythmia — Alternative spelling of arrhythmia.
- ascidian — any minute marine invertebrate animal of the class Ascidiacea, such as the sea squirt, the adults of which are degenerate and sedentary: subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)
- aspermia — the failure to form or emit semen
- asphyxia — Asphyxia is death or loss of consciousness caused by being unable to breathe properly.
- asplenia — Absence of normal spleen function.
- assyrian — an inhabitant of ancient Assyria
- asthenia — an abnormal loss of strength; debility
- astigmia — Also called astigmia [uh-stig-mee-uh] /əˈstɪg mi ə/ (Show IPA). Ophthalmology. a refractive error of the eye in which parallel rays of light from an external source do not converge on a single focal point on the retina.
- asturian — of or relating to Asturias
- asturias — a region and former kingdom of NW Spain, consisting of a coastal plain and the Cantabrian Mountains: a Christian stronghold against the Moors (8th to 13th centuries); rich mineral resources
- ataraxia — calmness or peace of mind; emotional tranquillity
- athaliah — a daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and usurper of the throne of Judah, reigned 842–837 b.c. II Kings 11:1–3.
- athenian — a native or inhabitant of Athens
- atrichia — congenital absence or loss of hair.
- atrophia — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- aularian — a student at an English university who belongs to a hall as opposed to a college
- aurelian — Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. ?212–275 ad, Roman emperor (270–275), who conquered Palmyra (273) and restored political unity to the Roman Empire
- austrian — Austrian means belonging or relating to Austria, or to its people or culture.
- autodial — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- auxiliar — (obsolete) auxiliary.
- avianize — to modify microorganisms by repeated culturing in chicken embryos
- aviaries — Plural form of aviary.
- aviarist — a person who keeps an aviary
- aviating — Present participle of aviate.
- aviation — Aviation is the operation and production of aircraft.
- aviators — Plural form of aviator.
- aviatrix — a female aviator
- axiality — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or forming an axis: an axial relationship.
- azotemia — the accumulation of nitrogenous substances in the blood, resulting from failure of the kidneys to remove them
- azoturia — the condition of having excess nitrogen in the urine
- bacchiac — of, containing, or consisting of bacchii
- baconian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning
- bacteria — Bacteria are very small organisms. Some bacteria can cause disease.
- bactrian — of or relating to Bactria
- badarian — designating or of a Neolithic culture of Egypt, characterized by cattle-breeding, fine pottery, and a large range of ornaments
- bahamian — Bahamian means belonging or relating to the Bahamas or to its people or culture.
- banksias — Plural form of banksia.
- baptisia — a genus of wild flower native to North America
- baronial — If you describe a house or room as baronial, you mean that it is large, impressive, and old-fashioned in appearance, and looks as if it belongs to someone from the upper classes.
- barriada — a shantytown section on the outskirts of a large city in Latin America.
- barthian — of or relating to Karl Barth, or his ideas
- basilian — a monk of the Eastern Christian order of St Basil, founded in Cappadocia in the 4th century ad
- batavian — of or relating to Batavia (a former name for Holland or Jakarta) or its inhabitants
- battalia — the arrangement of military troops prepared for battle
- bauhinia — any climbing or shrubby leguminous plant of the genus Bauhinia, of tropical and warm regions, widely cultivated for ornament