13-letter words that end in ia
- paraphernalia — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
- peccatophobia — an abnormal fear of sinning.
- pharmacopoeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
- polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
- pompon dahlia — a cultivated variety of the dahlia flower, with a small globelike flower head
- pre-eclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
- progametangia — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- prosopagnosia — an inability to recognize faces
- prosthodontia — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
- pseudesthesia — phantom limb pain.
- psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
- reggio emilia — a city in N Italy.
- scarlet gilia — skyrocket.
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
- scleromalacia — a thinning of the sclera (the eyeball's outer covering) which can occur as a result of rheumatoid arthritis
- social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
- south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- south ossetia — a region in N Georgia, on the S side of the Caucasus Range. 1506 sq. mi. (3900 sq. km).
- soviet russia — a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
- squandermania — an extreme urge for, or level of pleasure obtained by, spending money recklessly
- state militia — (formerly) a force composed of the citizens of a state
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- thanatophobia — an abnormal fear of death.
- thermesthesia — ability to perceive or sense cold or heat; sensitiveness to heat.
- thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
- transcaucasia — a region in SE Europe, S of the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black and Caspian seas: constituted a republic 1922–36 (Transcauca·sian So·cialist Fed·erated So·viet Repub·lic) area now includes the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
- upper austria — a province in N Austria. 4631 sq. mi. (11,995 sq. km). Capital: Linz.
- upper silesia — a highly industrialized region divided between Germany and Poland after World War I.
- vivax malaria — the most common form of malaria, caused by the protozoan Plasmodium vivax and marked by the occurrence of attacks every other day.
- water lobelia — Lobelia dortmanna
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- west virginia — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- xerophthalmia — abnormal dryness of the eyeball characterized by conjunctivitis, caused by a deficiency of tears and attributed to a lack of vitamin A.
- zygosporangia — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.