11-letter words containing ian
- silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
- socinianism — the teachings of Faustus Socinus (1539-1604), It. rationalistic religious reformer, denying the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, etc., and holding that salvation is attained solely by practicing the virtues exemplified by Christ
- spinsterian — relating to a spinster
- steak diane — a steak served in a rich sauce
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- suballiance — a suborder or subdivision of an alliance
- sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
- syndyasmian — pertaining to sexual pairing without exclusive co-habitation
- synthespian — a computer-generated image of a film actor, esp used in place of the real actor when shooting special effects or stunts
- tennysonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Tennyson or his writings.
- territorian — an inhabitant of the Northern Territory
- tertianship — (in the Jesuit order) a period of strict discipline before the taking of final vows, beginning one or two years after ordination.
- tetragynian — related to or belonging to the Tetragynia class of plants having four pistils
- tetrandrian — having four stamens or related to the class Tetrandria
- the permian — the Permian period or rock system
- thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
- tocharian a — the eastern dialect of Tocharian
- tocharian b — the western dialect of Tocharian
- torontonian — a city in and the capital of Ontario, in SE Canada, on Lake Ontario.
- trachearian — of or relating to the Trachearia, which is a division of arachnids that breathe through the trachea
- triangulate — composed of or marked with triangles.
- triannually — done, occurring, issued, etc., three times a year.
- trinidadian — an island in the SE West Indies, off the NE coast of Venezuela: formerly a British colony in the Federation of the West Indies; now part of the republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 1864 sq. mi. (4828 sq. km).
- trinitarian — believing in or adhering to the doctrine of the Trinity.
- unbrilliant — not brilliant or exceptional
- unchristian — not conforming to Christian teaching or principles: unchristian selfishness.
- uncompliant — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
- unluxuriant — not luxuriant
- unsectarian — someone who is not sectarian
- utilitarian — object: functional, useful
- utopianizer — an idealist
- valentinian — a.d. 419?–455, emperor of the Western Roman Empire 425–455.
- valiantness — the quality or state of being valiant
- vandemonian — a native or inhabitant of the former Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)
- variant cjd — a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease thought to be transmitted by eating beef or beef products infected with BSE
- vesuvianite — a mineral, chiefly a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, commonly in tetragonal crystals and usually of a brown to green color; idocrase.
- west indian — (used with a plural verb). Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- xenophobian — (rare) A xenophobe; one who is xenophobic.
- xiang jiang — a river in S China, flowing N to Lake Dongting. 715 miles (1150 km) long.
- ye jianying — 1898–1986, Chinese marshal and Communist leader: defense minister 1971–78.
- yugoslavian — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- zhoukoudian — the site of fossil-bearing caves near Peking, China, dating from the middle Pleistocene, in one of which were found the physical remains of Peking man together with stone tools and evidence of fire use.
- zoantharian — of or relating to the Zoantharia, a group of animals including all stony corals and sea anemones
- zoroastrian — of or relating to Zoroaster or to Zoroastrianism.