10-letter words containing ian
- ecuadorian — person from Ecuador
- eleusinian — of Eleusis
- epitaphian — Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
- equestrian — Of or relating to horse riding.
- euphoriant — A drug which produces feelings of euphoria.
- eustachian — Alternative form of Eustachian.
- eutherians — Plural form of eutherian.
- exfoliants — Plural form of exfoliant.
- fauxhemian — Someone who adopts some aspects of a Bohemian lifestyle while staying within social conventions.
- fianchetto — the development of a bishop, in an opening move, by advancing one or two pawns so as to permit movement along the bishop's diagonal.
- fortepiano — a piano of the late 18th and early 19th centuries with greater clarity but less volume, resonance, and dynamic range than a modern grand, revived in the late 20th century for the performance of the music of its period.
- franconian — a group of West Germanic dialects or languages, consisting of Frankish and the dialects descended from Frankish.
- fruitarian — a person whose diet consists chiefly of fruit.
- fustianist — a person who uses pompous or bombastic language
- fustianize — to use pompous or bombastic language
- giant cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- giant cell — an exceptionally large cell, often possessing several nuclei, such as an osteoclast
- giant clam — any of several huge clams of the family Tridacnidae, inhabiting the shallow waters of coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific, as Tridacna gigas: some may weigh more than 500 pounds (225 kg).
- giant crab — a large, deep-water Japanese spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi, sometimes measuring 11 feet (3.4 meters) across from claw to claw.
- giant kelp — any of various very large kelps of the genera Laminaria, Macrocystis, and Nereocystis.
- giant reed — a tall grass, Arundo donax, of southern Europe, having woody stems and a spirelike flower cluster often 2 feet (60 cm) long.
- giant star — a star having a diameter of from 10 to 100 times that of the sun, as Arcturus or Aldebaran.
- giantesses — Plural form of giantess.
- gilbertian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the style or humor of Sir William S. Gilbert.
- glaswegian — of or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants.
- gorgonians — Plural form of gorgonian.
- grammarian — a specialist or expert in grammar.
- gravettian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an advanced Upper Paleolithic industry of Europe dating to c25,000 b.c. and characterized by straight, blunt-backed blades.
- grecianize — to make like the ancient Greeks
- grimaldian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in northwestern Italy.
- guardiance — (obsolete) guardianship.
- gulbenkian — Calouste Sarkis (kæˈluːst ˈsɑːkɪz). 1869–1955, British industrialist, born in Turkey. He endowed the international Gulbenkian Foundation for the advancement of the arts, science, and education
- hadrian ii — Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 867–872.
- hadrian iv — (Nicholas Breakspear) c1100–59, only Englishman to become pope, 1154–59.
- hadrian vi — 1459–1523, Dutch ecclesiastic: pope 1522–23.
- halcyonian — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- haligonian — of or relating to Halifax, Nova Scotia, or to Halifax, England.
- hanoverian — of or relating to the former ruling house of Hanover.
- helianthus — any composite plant of the genus Helianthus, comprising the sunflowers.
- hemianopia — any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hexagynian — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hexandrian — (of a plant) having six stamens
- historians — Plural form of historian.
- hoabinhian — of, relating to, or typifying a middle to late Stone Age culture found in southeast Asia that is characterized chiefly by agricultural village settlements.
- hobohemian — Of, or pertaining to, a hobohemia.
- hogarthian — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- homoousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
- houstonian — a native or resident of Houston, Texas.
- hsi chiang — a river in S China, flowing E from Yunnan province to the South China Sea near Canton. 1250 miles (2012 km) long.