9-letter words containing ia
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- cafeteria — A cafeteria is a restaurant where you choose your food from a counter and take it to your table after paying for it. Cafeterias are usually found in public buildings such as hospitals and stores.
- calabrian — of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants
- calandria — a cylindrical vessel through which tubes pass, esp one forming part of an evaporator, heat exchanger, or nuclear reactor
- calciuria — (pathology) The presence of calcium salts in the urine (especially at an elevated level).
- caledonia — Scotland
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- calvarial — relating to or belonging to the calvaria
- calvarian — calvarial
- cambodian — of or relating to Cambodia or its inhabitants
- camellias — Plural form of camellia.
- cancerian — a person born under the sign of Cancer, usually between June 21 and July 22.
- cantabria — a province and autonomous community in N Spain
- cantorial — of or relating to a precentor
- capocchia — a fool
- cardiacal — cardiac
- cardialgy — cardialgia
- carinthia — a state of S Austria: an independent duchy from 976 to 1276; mainly mountainous, with many lakes and resorts. Capital: Klagenfurt. Pop: 559 440 (2003 est). Area: 9533 sq km (3681 sq miles)
- carnelian — a red or reddish-yellow translucent variety of chalcedony, used as a gemstone
- carriable — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carriages — Plural form of carriage.
- cartesian — of or relating to the works of René Descartes
- castilian — the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
- catalonia — a region of NE Spain, with a strong separatist tradition: became an autonomous region with its own parliament in 1979; an important agricultural and industrial region, with many resorts. Pop: 7 012 600 (2003 est). Area: 31 929 sq km (12 328 sq miles)
- catamenia — menstrual discharge; menstruation
- catatonia — a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
- caucasian — A Caucasian person is a white person.
- causalgia — a burning sensation along the course of a peripheral nerve together with local changes in the appearance of the skin
- celestial — of or in the sky or universe, as planets or stars
- censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censorian — relating to the official supervision of public behaviour and morals
- centralia — a city in central Illinois.
- centurial — of or relating to a Roman century
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cercariae — Plural form of cercaria.
- cercarial — Relating to, or characteristic of cercariae.
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- chaliapin — Fyodor Ivanovich (ˈfjɔdər iˈvanəvitʃ). 1873–1938, Russian operatic bass singer
- champians — Plural form of champian.
- chelonian — any reptile of the order Chelonia, including the tortoises and turtles, in which most of the body is enclosed in a protective bony capsule
- chiacking — to jeer at; tease; deride.
- chiamussu — Jiamusi.
- chiaochou — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- chiarezza — clarity
- chiasmata — Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- chiliagon — a thousand-sided polygon
- chiliarch — (in ancient Greece and Rome) the leader or commanding officer of a thousand soldiers
- chinkiang — Older Spelling. Zhenjiang.
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.