15-letter words containing ian
- proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- psychohistorian — a person who writes psychohistory
- quadragenarians — Plural form of quadragenarian.
- quinquagenarian — 50 years of age.
- radiant heating — the means of heating objects or persons by radiation in which the intervening air is not heated.
- rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
- royal poinciana — a tree, Delonix regia, of the legume family, native to Madagascar, having showy clusters of brilliant scarlet flowers and long, flat, woody pods.
- russian thistle — a saltwort, Salsola kali tenuifolia, that has narrow, spinelike leaves, a troublesome weed in the central and western U.S.
- saffian leather — leather made of sheepskin or goatskin tanned with sumac and usually dyed a bright color
- saskatchewanian — a native or inhabitant of Saskatchewan
- schopenhauerian — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- semi-vegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
- siberian squill — a bulbous, Eurasian plant, Scilla siberica, of the lily family, having nodding, deep blue flowers.
- simian virus 40 — SV 40.
- sinkiang uighur — an autonomous region in NW China, bordering Tibet, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Pakistan, and India: formerly a province. 635,830 sq. mi. (1,646,800 sq. km). Capital: Ürümqi.
- slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
- south caucasian — a family of languages including Georgian, Mingrelian, and others that are spoken on the south slopes of the Caucasus and adjacent areas.
- southeast asian — the countries and land area of Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- subclavian vein — either of a pair of veins, one on each side of the body, that return blood from the arms to the heart.
- sublapsarianism — infralapsarianism.
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- supergiant star — Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
- tartarian aster — a Siberian aster, Aster tataricus, having large blue to purple flower heads.
- tasmanian devil — a small, predacious marsupial, Sarcophilus harrisii, of Tasmania, having a black coat with white patches: its dwindling population is now confined to isolated areas.
- telamonian ajax — Ajax (def 1).
- the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- the precambrian — the Precambrian era
- thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
- totalitarianism — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
- totalitarianist — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
- totalitarianize — to make totalitarian.
- trans-jordanian — of or relating to the former Trans-Jordan (now Jordan) or its inhabitants
- triple alliance — the alliance (1882–1915) of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- uralian emerald — demantoid: not a true emerald.
- valentinian iii — a.d. 419?–455, emperor of the Western Roman Empire 425–455.
- valerian family — the plant family Valerianaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple or compound, opposite leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, indehiscent fruit, and including corn salad, spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi), and valerian.
- variant reading — an alternative interpretation of a word in a text to the one generally accepted
- venetian dentil — (on an archivolt or molding) one of a series of small rectangular blocks having chamfers at alternate edges.
- venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
- venetian window — Palladian window.
- virginian stock — a similar and related North American plant, Malcolmia maritima
- westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
- wittgensteinian — Ludwig (Josef Johann) [loot-vikh yoh-zef yoh-hahn,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx ˈyoʊ zɛf ˈyoʊ hɑn,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1889–1951, Austrian philosopher.