16-letter words containing ria
- marriage portion — dowry.
- material culture — the aggregate of physical objects or artifacts used by a society.
- memoria technica — a method or device for assisting the memory
- memorial service — ceremony held in commemoration
- misappropriating — Present participle of misappropriate.
- misappropriation — to put to a wrong use.
- necessitarianism — the doctrine that all events, including acts of the will, are determined by antecedent causes; determinism.
- nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
- non-repatriation — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
- nonauthoritarian — Not authoritarian.
- oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
- on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
- phalansterianism — a system by which society would be reorganized into units comprising their own social and industrial elements; Fourierism.
- praetorian guard — the bodyguard of a military commander, especially the imperial guard stationed in Rome.
- pseudo-isidorian — of or relating to the collection of documents of the 9th century a.d. that consist chiefly of the Decretals, attributed to Isidore, archbishop of Seville, a.d. 600–36, and that were rejected as spurious in the 15th century.
- psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
- quasi-managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- quinquagenarians — Plural form of quinquagenarian.
- railway carriage — a railway coach for passengers
- re-appropriation — the act of appropriating.
- reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
- riau archipelago — a group of islands belonging to Indonesia, off the SE coast of the Malay Peninsula, at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca. 36,510 sq. mi. (94,561 sq. km).
- school librarian — a librarian who works in or is in charge of a school library
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- siberian mammoth — a shaggy-coated mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, that lived in cold regions across Eurasia and North America during the Ice Age, known from fossils, cave paintings, and well-preserved frozen carcasses.
- source materials — publications from which information is obtained
- territorial army — The Territorial Army is a British armed force whose members are not professional soldiers but train as soldiers in their spare time.
- the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
- triacetate fiber — a textile fiber made of cellulose triacetate.
- trial separation — an experimental period of living apart
- triangular trade — American History. a pattern of colonial commerce in which slaves were bought on the African Gold Coast with New England rum and then traded in the West Indies for sugar or molasses, which was brought back to New England to be manufactured into rum.
- ultracrepidarian — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
- undersecretariat — a department or section of a ministry of which an under secretary is in charge.
- unitarian church — the Protestant denomination that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity
- variable annuity — an annuity in which the premiums are invested chiefly in common stocks or other securities, the annuitant receiving payments based on the yield of the investments instead of in fixed amounts.
- victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
- warning triangle — a triangle placed by a broken-down car to warn motorists to avoid it
- xaverian brother — a member of a congregation of Roman Catholic laymen bound by simple vows and dedicated to education.