10-letter words containing ian
- macedonian — a native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
- malpighian — Marcello [mahr-chel-law] /mɑrˈtʃɛl lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1628–94, Italian anatomist.
- malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- mammalians — an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.
- manchurian — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- maximilian — 1527–76, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1564–76.
- melanesian — of or relating to Melanesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- messianism — (often initial capital letter) the belief in the coming of the Messiah, or a movement based on this belief.
- miantonomo — died 1643, leader of the Narragansetts.
- midlothian — Formerly Edinburgh. a historic county in SE Scotland.
- militarian — Of or pertaining to the military.
- mingrelian — a South Caucasian language spoken near the extreme eastern end of the Black Sea.
- missourian — a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Capital: Jefferson City. Abbreviation: MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
- mixolydian — of, relating to, or denoting an authentic mode represented by the ascending natural diatonic scale from G to G
- modigliani — Amedeo [ah-me-de-aw] /ˌɑ mɛˈdɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1920, Italian painter and sculptor in France.
- monogynian — of or relating to the Monogynia, an order of flowering plants that have only one stigma or pistil
- morticians — Plural form of mortician.
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- mudanjiang — a city in Heilongjiang province, NE China.
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- musicianly — In the manner of a musician.
- nabokovian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of Vladimir Nabokov: a sly, Nabokovian sense of the absurd.
- negotiants — Plural form of negotiant.
- nicotianas — Plural form of nicotiana.
- nondeviant — Not deviant.
- nonutopian — not utopian
- nonvariant — Not variant.
- octandrian — relating to the classification Octandria or those plants that have eight stamens
- ordovician — noting or pertaining to a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, from 500 million to 425 million years ago, notable for the advent of fish.
- panamanian — a republic in S Central America. 28,575 sq. mi. (74,010 sq. km).
- pancratian — (in ancient Greece) of, or relating to, the pancratium
- parmigiana — cooked with Parmesan cheese: veal parmigiana; eggplant parmigiana.
- parmigiano — cooked with Parmesan cheese: veal parmigiana; eggplant parmigiana.
- parnassian — pertaining to Mount Parnassus.
- patagonian — a tableland region of southern Argentina.
- pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- peridinian — a member of the genus Peridinium
- philippian — a ruined city in NE Greece, in Macedonia: Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius here, 42 b.c.; the site of one of the first Christian churches in Europe, founded by St. Paul.
- philistian — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- phoenician — a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.
- pianissimo — very soft.
- pianistics — (used with a singular verb) the art or practice of playing the piano.
- piano duet — a musical composition for two pianists playing two pianos or together at one piano.
- piano roll — a roll of paper containing perforations such that air passing through them actuates the keys of a player piano.
- piano trio — an instrumental ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin, and a cello
- piano wire — a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
- pianoforte — a piano.
- plebeianly — in a plebeian manner
- politician — a person who is active in party politics.