10-letter words containing sia
- lombrosian — of or relating to the doctrine propounded by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso that criminals are a product of hereditary and atavistic factors and can be classified as a definite abnormal type
- malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- megalopsia — macropsia.
- melanesian — of or relating to Melanesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- messianism — (often initial capital letter) the belief in the coming of the Messiah, or a movement based on this belief.
- metaplasia — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- micronesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the small Pacific islands N of the equator and E of the Philippines, whose main groups are the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Marshall Islands.
- monochasia — Plural form of monochasium.
- monophasia — (pathology) A type of aphasia where the sufferer is only able to speak a single word or sentence.
- palinopsia — a visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage
- paradisiac — of, like, or befitting paradise.
- parageusia — an abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste.
- paramnesia — Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
- paraphasia — a defect of speech in which the normal flow of words is interrupted by inappropriate words and phrases
- parnassian — pertaining to Mount Parnassus.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- polydipsia — excessive thirst.
- polynesian — of or relating to Polynesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- rickettsia — 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.
- russianize — to make Russian; impart Russian characteristics to.
- siad barre — Muhammad, 1919–1995, Somali army officer and political leader: president 1969–91.
- sialagogic — encouraging salivary flow.
- sialagogue — sialagogic (def 1).
- sialogogue — sialagogic (def 1).
- south asia — the countries and land area of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- symphysial — of, relating to, or noting a symphysis.
- symposiast — a person who attends or participates in a symposium.
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
- thalassian — a sea turtle
- theodosian — of or relating to Theodosius I, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
- tillandsia — any of numerous, chiefly epiphytic bromeliads of the genus Tillandsia, including Spanish moss and many species cultivated as ornamentals.
- topagnosia — a symptom of disease of or damage to the brain in which a person cannot identify a part of the body that has been touched
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- waldensian — a Christian sect that arose after 1170 in southern France, under the leadership of Pierre Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, and joined the Reformation movement in the 16th century.
- xanthopsia — A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow.