10-letter words that end in ia
- obamamania — the fervent enthusiasm demonstrated by some supporters of Senator Barack Obama during his campaign for the US Presidency in 2008
- odontalgia — pain in a tooth; toothache.
- oenophilia — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- oenophobia — The fear of wine; anxiety related to wine.
- oikophobia — Ecophobia; fear of a home environment.
- ophthalmia — inflammation of the eye, especially of its membranes or external structures.
- optophobia — The fear of opening one's eyes.
- orientalia — Things from the “orient”, especially decorative objects from eastern Asia.
- orthorexia — (psychology) A fixation with healthy or righteous eating.
- ostensoria — Plural form of ostensorium.
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- palinopsia — a visual disorder in which the patient perceives a prolonged afterimage
- panophobia — a fear of everything
- panspermia — the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores that develop in the right environment.
- 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
- paraphilia — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
- paraphonia — a disorder of the voice, usually caused by disease
- paraplegia — paralysis of both lower limbs due to spinal disease or injury.
- pararthria — incoherence or disorder of speech
- parasomnia — any of several sleep disorders characterized by abnormal or unusual behaviour of the nervous system during any of the stages of sleep
- pareidolia — the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features
- paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
- pasionaria — La (la), real name Dolores Ibarruri. 1895–1989, Spanish Communist leader, who lived in exile in the Soviet Union (1939–75)
- pedodontia — the branch of dentistry dealing with the care and treatment of children's teeth.
- pedophilia — sexual desire in an adult for a child.
- penetralia — the innermost parts of a building
- pericardia — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- peripeteia — a sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal, especially in a literary work.
- perithecia — the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- phagomania — a compulsive desire to eat
- philoxenia — an act of hospitableness and welcome
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- poinsettia — a plant, Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, of the spurge family, native to Mexico and Central America, having variously lobed leaves and brilliant scarlet, pink, or white petallike bracts.
- polydipsia — excessive thirst.
- polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
- polyhymnia — the Muse of sacred music and dance.
- polymastia — the condition of having more than the normal number of breasts
- polyphagia — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- pornotopia — a fantasy state or place in which everyone is willing to indulge in sexual activity, esp the setting for pornographic literature
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- pro patria — for one's country.
- proctalgia — neural pain in the rectum or anus
- protanopia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to red or green.
- protogenia — the first woman born after the great flood of Zeus, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- pull media — (messaging) A model of media distribution were the bits of content have to be requested by the user, e.g. normal use of HTTP on the web. Opposite: "push media".