11-letter words containing ian
- caspian sea — a salt lake between SE Europe and Asia: the largest inland sea in the world; fed mainly by the River Volga. Area: 394 299 sq km (152 239 sq miles)
- celtiberian — a member of a Celtic people (Celtiberi) who inhabited the Iberian peninsula during classical times
- centenarian — A centenarian is someone who is a hundred years old or older.
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- chang jiang — a river in E Asia, flowing from the Tibetan plateau through central China to the East China Sea. About 3200 miles (5150 km) long.
- christian x — 1890–1947, king of Denmark (1912–47) and Iceland (1918–44)
- christiania — Christie1
- christianly — like a Christian; Christianlike.
- civilianize — to change the status of (an armed force, a base, etc) from military to nonmilitary
- colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- compliances — Plural form of compliance.
- compliantly — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
- contrarians — Plural form of contrarian.
- contrariant — Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; contradictory.
- corinthians — either of two books of the New Testament (in full The First and Second Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians)
- cornucopian — Classical Mythology. a horn containing food, drink, etc., in endless supply, said to have been a horn of the goat Amalthaea.
- cosmetician — a person who makes, sells, or applies cosmetics
- crocodilian — any large predatory reptile of the order Crocodilia, which includes the crocodiles, alligators, and caymans. They live in or near water and have a long broad snout, powerful jaws, a four-chambered heart, and socketed teeth
- cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
- defiantness — the state or quality of being defiant
- demonianism — the belief in possession by a demon
- dian fossey — Dian [dahy-an] /daɪˈæn/ (Show IPA), 1932–85, U.S. zoologist: expert on great apes.
- dinosaurian — pertaining to or of the nature of a dinosaur.
- dorian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D.
- east indian — Indonesian: of the East Indies
- egalitarian — asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life.
- electrician — A person who installs and maintains electrical equipment.
- eleutherian — giving or protecting freedom
- enneandrian — having nine stamens
- equestrians — Plural form of equestrian.
- equiangular — Having equal angles.
- erastianism — the theory that the state should have authority over the church in ecclesiastical matters
- esthetician — Alternative spelling of aesthetician.
- falstaffian — of, relating to, or having the qualities of Falstaff, especially his robust, bawdy humor, good-natured rascality, and brazen braggadocio: Falstaffian wit.
- faulknerian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.
- fiançailles — a betrothal, engagement
- fianchettos — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fianchetto.
- fianna fail — a political party in Ireland, organized in 1927 by Eamon De Valera, that was one of the leading parties in the establishment of the Irish republic.
- fishetarian — (informal) pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
- flexitarian — a person whose diet is mostly vegetarian but sometimes includes meat, fish, or poultry.
- forte-piano — loud and then immediately soft
- fortepianos — Plural form of fortepiano.
- freudianism — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- fruitarians — Plural form of fruitarian.
- fustilirian — a person who uses a cudgel rather than a sword; hence, a lowly person or a commoner (from Henry IV by William Shakespeare)
- gallovidian — a native or inhabitant of Galloway
- gentianella — (botany) Any of the genus Gentianella of dwarf gentians.
- gentilitian — relating to a gens
- giant eland — a similar but larger animal, T. derbianus, living in wooded areas of central and W Africa
- giant otter — a large brown South American river otter, Pteronura brasiliensis, having a creamy chest patch and a long flat tail with a flanged border, hunted for its hide: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.