10-letter words that end in ia
- puschkinia — a small spring-flowering bulb, Puschkinia scilloides, of Asia Minor and the Caucasus, having white or pale blue flowers striped with dark blue
- push media — (messaging) A model of media distribution where items of content are sent to the user (viewer, listener, etc.) in a sequence, and at a rate, determined by a server to which the user has connected. This contrasts with pull media where the user requests each item individually. Push media usually entail some notion of a "channel" which the user selects and which delivers a particular kind of content. Broadcast television is (for the most part) the prototypical example of push media: you turn on the TV set, select a channel and shows and commercials stream out until you turn the set off. By contrast, the web is (mostly) the prototypical example of pull media: each "page", each bit of content, comes to the user only if he requests it; put down the keyboard and the mouse, and everything stops. At the time of writing (April 1997), much effort is being put into blurring the line between push media and pull media. Most of this is aimed at bringing more push media to the Internet, mainly as a way to disseminate advertising, since telling people about products they didn't know they wanted is very difficult in a strict pull media model. These emergent forms of push media are generally variations on targeted advertising mixed in with bits of useful content. "At home on your computer, the same system will run soothing screensavers underneath regular news flashes, all while keeping track, in one corner, of press releases from companies whose stocks you own. With frequent commercial messages, of course." (Wired, March 1997, page 12). As part of the eternal desire to apply a fun new words to boring old things, "push" is occasionally used to mean nothing more than email spam.
- pyrophobia — an abnormal fear of fire.
- quadrennia — Plural form of quadrennium.
- rea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
- rhinolalia — a nasal tone to the voice which is caused by a defect in the nasal passages
- rich media — any internet content that interacts with the user, for example by expanding or streaming video content when the user's mouse hovers over it
- 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.
- salicornia — any chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Salicornia, of seashores and salt marshes: includes glasswort
- sarcopenia — reduction in muscle tissue as a result of ageing
- sarracenia — any American pitcher plant of the genus Sarracenia, having single nodding flowers and leaves modified as pitchers that trap and digest insects: family Sarraceniaceae
- saturnalia — (sometimes used with a plural verb) the festival of Saturn, celebrated in December in ancient Rome as a time of unrestrained merrymaking.
- scotodinia — a dizziness accompanied by a headache and disturbed vision
- scriptoria — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- sea dahlia — a garden plant, Coreopsis maritima, of the southwestern coast of North America, having long-stalked, solitary, yellow flower heads nearly 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide.
- senegambia — a region in W Africa between the Senegal and Gambia rivers, now mostly in Senegal.
- sensibilia — those things which can be sensed
- septicemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
- sinophobia — a fear or dislike of China, or Chinese people, their language or culture
- sitophobia — abnormal aversion to food.
- south asia — the countries and land area of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- sternalgia — pain occurring in or around the sternum
- strelitzia — any southern African perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Strelitzia, cultivated for its showy flowers: includes the bird-of-paradise flower: family Strelitziaceae
- supercilia — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
- tartanalia — a collective term for pieces of art, literature, etc, viewed as hackneyed representations of Scottishness
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
- theophobia — morbid fear or hatred of God
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
- tillandsia — any of numerous, chiefly epiphytic bromeliads of the genus Tillandsia, including Spanish moss and many species cultivated as ornamentals.
- tocophobia — an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant
- 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
- topophilia — the love of or emotional connections with place or physical environment
- toxiphobia — an abnormal fear of being poisoned.
- tritanopia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to blue and yellow.
- tularaemia — a plaguelike disease of rabbits, squirrels, etc., caused by a bacterium, Francisella tularensis, transmitted to humans by insects or ticks or by the handling of infected animals and causing fever, muscle pain, and symptoms associated with the point of entry into the body.
- uberlandia — a city in E Brazil.
- veltheimia — any of several bulbous plants of the genus Veltheimia, especially V. viridifolia, native to southern Africa, having glossy, strap-shaped leaves and a long cluster of tubular pinkish flowers.
- washateria — a launderette.
- washeteria — washateria.
- westphalia — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- xanthopsia — A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow.
- xenophilia — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xenophobia — fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers: Xenophobia and nationalism can be seen as a reaction to the rise of globalization.
- xerophagia — The eating of dry food.
- xerophobia — A fear of dryness.
- xerostomia — dryness of the mouth caused by diminished function of the salivary glands due to aging, disease, drug reaction, etc.
- yugoslavia — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- zelophobia — an intense fear of jealousy or of strong emotion