11-letter words containing sia
- manganesian — (chemistry) manganic.
- messiahship — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- monochasial — Relating to the monochasium.
- old frisian — the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old russian — Russian as used in documents before 1600. Abbreviation: ORuss.
- panesthesia — total awareness and perception
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- paresthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paronomasia — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- persian cat — a long-haired variety of the domestic cat, originally raised in Persia and Afghanistan.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- phantasiast — a person who adhered to the religious doctrine that Christ had no substantial reality
- physiatrics — physical medicine.
- physiatrist — a physician specializing in physical medicine.
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- rabelaisian — of, relating to, or suggesting François Rabelais, whose work is characterized by broad, coarse humor and keen satire.
- rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
- sialorrhoea — an abnormally high production of saliva
- siamese cat — one of a breed of slender, short-haired cats, raised originally in Siam, having a fawn or grayish body with extremities of a darker shade of the same color.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- synesthesia — a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
- tachyphasia — a communication disorder characterized by excessively rapid or voluble speech
- telesthesia — sensation or perception received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.
- xenoglossia — an ability claimed by some mediums, clairvoyants, etc, to speak a language with which they are unfamiliar