9-letter words containing ia
- amatorial — of or relating to lovers or lovemaking; expressive of love: amatory poems; an amatory look.
- amatorian — amatorial
- amazonian — Amazonian means related to the area around the river Amazon.
- amblyopia — impaired vision with no discernible damage to the eye or optic nerve
- ambrosiac — Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
- ambrosial — of or fit for the gods; divine
- ambrosian — exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.
- amebiasis — infestation with amoebas, esp. with a protozoan (Entamoeba histolytica) parasitic in the intestines or liver
- amerasian — People who have one American parent and one Asian parent are sometimes referred to as Amerasians.
- ametropia — loss of ability to focus images on the retina, caused by an imperfection in the refractive function of the eye
- amianthus — any of the fine silky varieties of asbestos
- ammoniate — to unite or treat with ammonia
- amphibian — Amphibians are animals such as frogs and toads that can live both on land and in water.
- amsinckia — a genus of flowering herb found in Europe and the Americas
- amyotonia — a condition in which the muscle tissues lack normal vigor and tension; lack of muscle tone
- anacostia — a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.
- analgesia — inability to feel pain
- anaphoria — (symptom) A tendency for both eyes to look upward.
- anaplasia — reversion of plant or animal cells to a simpler less differentiated form
- anarchial — characterized by anarchy or political confusion
- anarthria — loss of the ability to speak coherently
- anastasia — Grand Duchess. 1901–?18, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, believed to have been executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, although several women subsequently claimed to be her
- anatolian — of or relating to Anatolia or its inhabitants
- andalusia — a region of S Spain, on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, with the Sierra Morena in the north, the Sierra Nevada in the southeast, and the Guadalquivir River flowing over fertile lands between them; a centre of Moorish civilization; it became an autonomous region in 1981. Area: about 87 280 sq km (33 700 sq miles)
- anhedonia — the inability to feel or experience pleasure
- aniakchak — an active volcanic crater in SW Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: the largest explosion crater in the world. Height: 1347 m (4420 ft). Diameter: 9 km (6 miles)
- animalian — any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- anodontia — the congenital absence of teeth
- anonychia — congenital absence of the nails.
- anoxaemia — a deficiency in the amount of oxygen in the arterial blood
- antiabuse — designed to prevent abuse
- antiaging — resisting the effects of ageing
- antialien — relating to the prevention of foreign animal or plant species from becoming established
- antiarmor — (military) Designed for attacking armored vehicles, such as tanks and armored personnel carriers.
- antiatoms — Plural form of antiatom.
- antiauxin — a substance acting against auxin
- antiscian — relating to a person living on the other side of the equator at the same meridian
- apiaceous — of the family Apiaceae; umbelliferous
- apiarists — Plural form of apiarist.
- apiphobia — An inordinate fear of bees.
- apologias — Plural form of apologia.
- apophenia — (psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.
- apothecia — the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.
- appliable — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- appliance — An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
- apreciate — Misspelling of appreciate.
- aprosexia — Inability to concentrate.
- aquilegia — columbine
- araucania — a region of central Chile, inhabited by Araucanian Indians
- araucaria — any tree of the coniferous genus Araucaria of South America, Australia, and Polynesia, such as the monkey puzzle and bunya-bunya