9-letter words containing ian
- maldivian — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- mammalian — an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.
- mancunian — a native or resident of Manchester, England.
- marianism — any religious system emphasizing worship of or devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- marlovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Christopher Marlowe or his writings, especially his plays.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- mauritian — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- meandrian — meandering or winding
- meibomian — Alternative form of Meibomian.
- mendelian — of or relating to Gregor Mendel or to his laws of heredity.
- meridians — Plural form of meridian.
- messalian — Euchite.
- messapian — an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- messianic — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- metrician — a metrist.
- microbian — (biology) Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial.
- midianite — a member of an ancient desert people of northwest Arabia near the Gulf of Aqaba, believed to have descended from Midian.
- miltonian — of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- mitannian — a native or inhabitant of the Mitanni kingdom.
- moldavian — of or relating to Moldavia, its people, or their language.
- molossian — a breed of dog native to Epirus in NW Greece, used in classical antiquity as a hunting dog and guard dog
- mongolian — pertaining to Mongolia.
- mortician — funeral director.
- multician — (jargon, person) /muhl-ti'shn/ A term coined at Honeywell, ca. 1970 for a competent user of Multics. Perhaps oddly, no one has ever promoted the analogous "Unician".
- musicians — Plural form of musician.
- nabothian — Alternative form of Nabothian.
- napierian — of, relating to, or formulated by John Napier.
- negociant — wine merchant
- negotiant — a person who negotiates; negotiator.
- neologian — Neological.
- neonomian — someone who holds to neonomianism
- neptunian — pertaining to Neptune or the sea.
- nestorian — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- neustrian — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- newtonian — of or relating to Sir Isaac Newton or to his theories or discoveries: Newtonian physics.
- nicotiana — any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one grown for its ornamental value, as flowering tobacco.
- non-asian — a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- nonpliant — not pliant; inflexible
- norwegian — of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.
- numantian — of or relating to Numantia or its inhabitants
- officiant — a person who officiates at a religious service or ceremony.
- opticians — Plural form of optician.
- oratorian — a member of an Oratory.
- oregonian — of Oregon
- orwellian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
- palladian — pertaining to, introduced by, or in the architectural style of Andrea Palladio.
- pan-asian — of or relating to all Asian peoples.
- pandemian — sensual
- parthians — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- patrician — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.