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8-letter words that end in ia

  • sorbaria — a deciduous Asian shrub
  • stapelia — any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
  • stokesia — an American perennial plant, Stokesia laevis, known for its blue or purple flowers
  • strontia — Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
  • subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers
  • suburbia — suburbs collectively.
  • sylvania — a town in NW Ohio.
  • sympodia — an axis or stem that simulates a simple stem but is made up of the bases of a number of axes that arise successively as branches, one from another, as in the grapevine.
  • synalgia — referred pain.
  • syncytia — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
  • synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
  • syssitia — (in ancient Greece) a communal meal for youths and men
  • tanzania — a republic in E Africa formed in 1964 by the merger of the republic of Tanganyika and the former island sultanate of Zanzibar (including Pemba and adjacent small islands). 364,881 sq. mi. (945,037 sq. km). Capital: Dodoma.
  • taqueria — a restaurant or stand specializing in Mexican dishes, as tacos and burritos.
  • tasmania — an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
  • terraria — a vivarium for land animals (distinguished from aquarium).
  • tigridia — any plant of the bulbous genus Tigridia, native to subtropical and tropical America, esp T. pavonia, the tiger flower or peacock tiger flower, grown for its large strikingly marked red, white, or yellow concave flowers: family Iridaceae
  • tithonia — any of several tall composite plants of the genus Tithonia, native to Mexico and Central America, having yellow or orange-red ray flowers.
  • topalgia — pain restricted to a particular spot: a neurotic or hysterical symptom
  • tornaria — the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
  • toxaemia — blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood.
  • trapezia — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
  • tritonia — any plant of the perennial cormous S African genus Tritonia, with typically scarlet or orange flowers: family Iridaceae
  • vaccinia — a variant of the cowpox virus that became established in vaccines derived from cowpox-inoculated humans.
  • valdivia — a seaport in S Chile.
  • valencia — Guillermo León [gee-yer-maw le-awn] /giˈyɛr mɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1909–71, Colombian diplomat and statesman: president 1962–66.
  • valentia — a port in E Spain, capital of Valencia province, on the Mediterranean: the third largest city in Spain; capital of the Moorish kingdom of Valencia (1021–1238); university (1501). Pop: 780 653 (2003 est)
  • vandalia — a town in W Ohio.
  • vestigia — a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.
  • victoria — a province in W Canada on the Pacific coast. 366,255 sq. mi. (948,600 sq. km). Capital: Victoria.
  • viraemia — a condition in which virus particles circulate and reproduce in the bloodstream
  • virginia — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
  • viscaria — any plant of the Eurasian perennial genus Viscaria, closely related to genus Lychnis, in which it is sometimes included: low-growing, with pink, white, or purple flowers: family Carophyllaceae
  • vittoria — a female given name, Italian form of Victoria.
  • walachia — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
  • wallonia — a region in S Belgium: chiefly French-speaking. 6504 sq. mi. (16,844 sq. km).
  • watsonia — any of various iridaceous plants of the genus Watsonia, native to southern Africa, having sword-shaped leaves and spikes of white or reddish flowers.
  • wistaria — Alternative spelling of wisteria.
  • wisteria — any climbing shrub belonging to the genus Wisteria, of the legume family, having showy, pendent clusters of blue-violet, white, purple, or rose flowers.
  • yersinia — A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
  • ytterbia — a colorless compound, Yb 2 O 3 , used in certain alloys and ceramics.
  • yungchia — Older Spelling. Yongjia.
  • zirconia — Chemistry. a white, heavy, amorphous, odorless and tasteless, infusible, water-insoluble powder, ZrO 2 , used chiefly as a pigment for paints, an abrasive, and in the manufacture of refractory crucibles.
  • zoiatria — veterinary surgery
  • zoomania — An excessive or abnormal love of animals.
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