11-letter words containing ian
- li xiannian — 1909–92, Chinese Communist leader: president 1983–88.
- lianyungang — a city in NE Jiangsu province, in E China.
- libertarian — a person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
- lilliputian — extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
- lincolniana — books, papers, objects, etc. having to do with Abraham Lincoln
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- louisianian — of Louisiana
- luxulianite — a rare variety of granite containing tourmaline embedded in quartz and feldspar
- luxuriantly — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
- lydian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from F to F.
- madreporian — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- magdalenian — of or relating to the final Paleolithic culture of much of western Europe, dating from c13,000–10,000 b.c. and notable for its artifacts of bone, antler, and ivory and for the cave art of western France and northeastern Spain.
- maglemosian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the first Mesolithic culture of the northern European plain, adapted to forest and waterside habitats and characterized by flint axes, microliths, and bone and antler equipment used in hunting and fishing.
- magnetician — a scientist who specialises in magnetism
- maid marian — one of the characters in the old morris dance and May Day festivities; May queen.
- manganesian — (chemistry) manganic.
- marathonian — a native or inhabitant of Marathon.
- mastroianni — Marcello, 1924–96, Italian actor.
- mauretanian — an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.
- mauritanian — Official name Islamic Republic of Mauritania. a republic in W Africa, largely in the Sahara Desert: formerly a French colony; a member of the French Community 1958–66; independent 1960. 418,120 sq. mi. (1,082,931 sq. km). Capital: Nouakchott.
- mechanician — a person skilled in constructing, working, or repairing machines; mechanic; machinist.
- merovingian — of or relating to the Frankish dynasty established by Clovis, which reigned in Gaul and Germany from a.d. 476 to 751.
- mesalliance — a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.
- metatherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Metatheria, comprising the marsupial mammals.
- michiganian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Michigan or its inhabitants.
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- millenarian — of or relating to a thousand, especially the thousand years of the prophesied millennium.
- milliradian — one thousandth of a radian.
- misalliance — an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage; mésalliance.
- monocardian — a creature that has only one heart
- monomyarian — any bivalve mollusc of the group Monomyaria (or Monomya) that have a single posterior adductor muscle
- myrmidonian — comprising or resembling myrmidons
- necessarian — (philosophy, theology) An adherent of necessarianism, an advocate of the doctrine of necessity.
- nonmagician — One who is not a magician.
- nonmusician — a person who is not a musician
- nubian goat — one of a breed of large, long-eared North African goats having a Roman nose and predominantly brown or black hair: noted for their rich milk.
- nullifidian — a person who has no faith or religion; skeptic.
- old frisian — the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- old iranian — any of the Iranian languages spoken or written until the first century a.d.
- old italian — the Italian language of the 10th to the 14th centuries. Abbreviation: OIt.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old russian — Russian as used in documents before 1600. Abbreviation: ORuss.
- palestinian — a native or inhabitant of Palestine.
- pandemonian — a noisy and disorderly person
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- paralympian — a competitor in the Paralympics
- parian ware — an English and American hardpaste porcelain ware introduced c1850, having a white, hard surface and used mainly for biscuit figures.
- patricianly — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- pedal piano — a piano having a pedal keyboard of 29 notes and connected with an action placed at the back where a special soundboard, covered with 29 strings, is built into the case.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.