11-letter words containing ian
- perigordian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in southern France, especially of the Périgord region.
- persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- pescatarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
- pescetarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but includes fish and seafood.
- philippians — an Epistle written by Paul to the Christian community in Philippi. Abbreviation: Phil.
- philologian — a philologist.
- phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
- physiciancy — the position, job, or office of physician
- piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
- piano organ — a mechanical piano that is built like a barrel organ
- piano piece — a piece of music played on the piano
- piano stool — adjustable stool used by pianist
- piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
- pickwickian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick, central character of The Pickwick Papers.
- planetarian — a staff member at a planetarium.
- plebeianism — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
- plebeianize — to make popular or vulgar
- plumularian — a member of the genus Plumularia
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- pornotopian — of or relating to a pornotopia
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- pot-valiant — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- pre-exilian — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- precambrian — noting or pertaining to the earliest era of earth history, ending 570 million years ago, during which the earth's crust formed and life first appeared in the seas.
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
- qilian shan — a mountain range in W China, bordered between Qinghai and Gansu provinces.
- quotidianly — daily: a quotidian report.
- rabelaisian — of, relating to, or suggesting François Rabelais, whose work is characterized by broad, coarse humor and keen satire.
- radiolarian — any minute, marine protozoan of the class Radiolaria, or, in some classification schemes, the superclass Actinopoda, having an amebalike body with radiating, filamentous pseudopodia and a usually elaborate outer skeleton.
- rastafarian — a follower of Rastafarianism.
- reid, brian — Brian Reid
- reptilianly — in the manner of a reptilian
- rhetorician — an expert in the art of rhetoric.
- rosicrucian — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a person who belonged to a secret society laying claim to various forms of occult knowledge and power and professing esoteric principles of religion.
- sabbatarian — a person who observes the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the Sabbath.
- sagittarian — a person born under Sagittarius, the ninth sign of the zodiac; a Sagittarius.
- salvadorian — El Salvador.
- samian ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
- sarcodinian — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- saturnalian — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- saurischian — any herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur of the order Saurischia, having a three-pronged pelvis resembling that of a crocodile. Compare ornithischian.
- semiotician — the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
- sertularian — a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- sigillarian — resembling the fossilized, tree-like plants of the genus Sigillaria