8-letter words that end in ia
- fostoria — a city in N Ohio.
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- galleria — a spacious passageway, court, or indoor mall, usually with a vaulted roof and lined with commercial establishments.
- galtonia — any plant of the bulbous genus Galtonia, esp G. candicans, with lanceolate leaves, drooping racemes of waxy white flowers, and a fragrant scent: family Liliaceae
- gambusia — any fish of the genus Gambusia, comprising small livebearers that feed on aquatic insect larvae and are used to control mosquitoes.
- garcinia — Mangosteen (of the genus Garcinia).
- gardenia — any evergreen tree or shrub belonging to the genus Gardenia, of the madder family, native to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, cultivated for its usually large, fragrant white flowers.
- gastonia — a city in S North Carolina, W of Charlotte.
- gematria — a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
- gerardia — any plant of the genus Gerardia
- germania — an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- gesneria — any plant of the mostly tuberous-rooted S. American genus Gesneria, grown as a greenhouse plant for its large leaves and showy tubular flowers in a range of bright colours: family Gesneriaceae
- ghardaia — a city in N Algeria.
- gloxinia — any of several horticultural varieties of a plant belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, especially S. speciosa, having large white, red, or purple bell-shaped flowers.
- glycemia — the presence of glucose in the blood.
- glyceria — any aquatic grass species in the genus Glyceria
- gymnasia — a plural of gymnasium2 .
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- hamartia — tragic flaw.
- haplopia — normal vision (opposed to diplopia).
- harmonia — the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
- helvetia — an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the W and N parts of Switzerland.
- hemiopia — hemianopsia.
- herbaria — Plural form of herbarium.
- hesperia — a poetic name used by the ancient Greeks for Italy and by the Romans for Spain or beyond
- hetairia — a society or association
- hibernia — Ireland.
- hispania — Spain.
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hypalgia — reduced sensitivity to pain
- hyphemia — bleeding inside the eye caused by ruptured blood vessels
- hyponoia — a slow mental function or imagination
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- hyrcania — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- insignia — singular of insignia.
- insomnia — inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- intarsia — an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- ischemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischuria — Ischury.
- isegoria — Equality of all in freedom of speech.
- ismailia — a city and seaport at the midpoint of the Suez Canal, in NE Egypt.
- isonomia — Equality before the law; possession of equal rights; equal distribution of rights and privileges.
- izvestia — (formerly) the official newspaper of the Soviet government.
- justicia — any of numerous plants and shrubs of the genus Justicia, which includes the shrimp plant and water willow.
- justitia — the ancient Roman personification of justice.
- kalmykia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the NW shore of the Caspian Sea. 75,900 sq. mi. (196,581 sq. km). Capital: Elista.
- koinonia — Communion by intimate participation, associated with the Christian church.
- laetitia — a female given name.
- laodamia — a daughter of Acastus who committed suicide so that she could join her husband, Protesilaus, in the underworld.