9-letter words that end in ia
- neisseria — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Neisseria, certain species of which, as N. gonorrhoeae, are pathogenic for humans.
- neophilia — Love of new things.
- neophobia — Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new, novel, or unfamiliar.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- nephridia — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- neuralgia — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuroglia — a class of cells in the brain and spinal cord that form a supporting structure for the neurons and provide them with insulation.
- new media — developing forms of media, usually electronic, regarded as being experimental.
- nicomedia — an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, at the head of the Gulf of Astacus, in present-day Turkey: modern Izmit is on its site.
- nostalgia — a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
- notabilia — things worthy of notice
- notopodia — Plural form of notopodium.
- nyctalgia — night pain that occurs in the sleep.
- old media — the media in existence before the arrival of the internet, such as newspapers, books, television, and cinema
- oligaemia — a reduction in the volume of the blood, as occurs after haemorrhage
- ommatidia — one of the radial elements composing a compound eye.
- omophagia — the eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- oniomania — an uncontrollable desire to buy things.
- opsomania — an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- osmeteria — glands in some caterpillars that secrete foul-smelling substances to deter predators
- ostealgia — (pathology) bone pain.
- ozostomia — bad breath; halitosis.
- palilalia — a speech disorder in which a word or phrase is rapidly repeated
- pamphylia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- paracusia — defective hearing.
- parakelia — a succulent herb of the genus Calandrinia, with purple flowers, that thrives in inland Australia
- paralalia — any of various speech disorders, esp the production of a sound different from that intended
- paralexia — an impairment of reading ability characterized by the transposition of letters or words.
- paralogia — incoherent speech or thinking
- paramecia — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- parapodia — one of the unjointed rudimentary limbs or processes of locomotion of many worms, as annelids.
- parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
- parthenia — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- pastiglia — a plaster used during the Italian Renaissance for bas-relief ornament of furniture, being applied in layers, molded, carved, and gilded.
- patagonia — a tableland region of southern Argentina.
- paulownia — a Japanese tree, Paulownia tomentosa, of the bignonia family, having showy clusters of pale-violet or blue flowers blossoming in early spring.
- peperomia — any of numerous tropical and subtropical plants belonging to the genus Peperomia, of the pepper family, cultivated as houseplants for their ornamental foliage.
- peridinia — genus of flagellate organisms
- perihelia — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- pharsalia — a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.
- philistia — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- photalgia — pain, as in an eye, that is caused by intensity of light.
- photopsia — a rare disease of the eye's retina that results in the perception of flashes of light
- placentia — a town in S California.
- plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- pleonexia — excessive greed
- pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
- pododynia — pain in the sole of the foot.