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71 Words That End With RIAN

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abecedarian (adjective) alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)
(noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
actiniarian (noun) any sea anemone or related animal Synonyms: actinia, actinian
agrarian (adjective) relating to farming or agriculture Synonyms: agricultural, farming
antiauthoritarian (adjective) opposed to authoritarianism
antiquarian (adjective) of or relating to antiques or antiquities
(adjective) of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities
(noun) an expert or collector of antiquities Synonyms: antiquary, archaist
apiarian (adjective) relating to bees or beekeeping
archosaurian (adjective) of or relating to reptiles of the subclass Archosauria
(noun) extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, thecodonts Synonyms: archosaur, archosaurian reptile
authoritarian (adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience Synonyms: dictatorial, overbearing
(adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty Synonyms: autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical
(noun) a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner Synonyms: dictator
barbarian (adjective) without civilizing influences Synonyms: barbaric, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild
(noun) a member of an uncivilized people Synonyms: savage
(noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement Synonyms: boor, churl, Goth, peasant, tike, tyke
caesarian (adjective) relating to abdominal delivery Synonyms: caesarean, cesarean, cesarian
(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section
centenarian (adjective) being at least 100 years old
(noun) someone who is at least 100 years old
cesarian (adjective) relating to abdominal delivery Synonyms: caesarean, caesarian, cesarean
(noun) the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) Synonyms: abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section
cnidarian (noun) radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms Synonyms: coelenterate
contrarian (noun) an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors
cyprian (adjective) resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus
(noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl
disciplinarian (noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms Synonyms: martinet, moralist
durian (noun) huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts
(noun) tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind Synonyms: durian tree, Durio zibethinus, durion
egalitarian (adjective) favoring social equality Synonyms: classless
(noun) a person who believes in the equality of all people Synonyms: equalitarian
equalitarian (noun) a person who believes in the equality of all people Synonyms: egalitarian
equestrian (adjective) of or relating to or featuring horseback riding
(adjective) of or relating to or composed of knights
(noun) a person skilled in equitation Synonyms: horseback rider
eutherian (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria
(noun) mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials Synonyms: eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
grammarian (noun) a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax Synonyms: syntactician
historian (noun) a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it Synonyms: historiographer
holothurian (noun) echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders Synonyms: sea cucumber
humanitarian (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism
(adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic
(noun) someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms Synonyms: do-gooder, improver
(noun) an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans Synonyms: humanist
infusorian (noun) any member of the subclass Infusoria
lapidarian (adjective) inscribed on stone
latitudinarian (adjective) unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) Synonyms: free-thinking, undogmatic, undogmatical
(noun) a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)
libertarian (noun) someone who believes the doctrine of free will
(noun) an advocate of libertarianism
librarian (noun) a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services Synonyms: bibliothec
megatherian (noun) a large extinct ground sloth Synonyms: megatherian mammal, megatheriid
metatherian (noun) primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas
millenarian (adjective) relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness Synonyms: chiliastic
(noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) Synonyms: chiliast, millenarist
necessitarian (noun) someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will
nonagenarian (adjective) being from 90 to 99 years old
(noun) someone whose age is in the nineties
nonsectarian (adjective) not restricted to one sect or school or party Synonyms: unsectarian
octogenarian (adjective) being from 80 to 89 years old
(noun) someone whose age is in the eighties
ovarian (adjective) of or involving the ovaries
parliamentarian (noun) an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures
pedestrian (adjective) lacking wit or imagination Synonyms: earthbound, prosaic, prosy
(noun) a person who travels by foot Synonyms: footer, walker
planarian (noun) free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts Synonyms: planaria
platitudinarian (noun) a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes
praetorian (adjective) of or relating to a Roman praetor Synonyms: praetorial, pretorial, pretorian
predestinarian (adjective) of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination
(noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinationist
prelapsarian (adjective) of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve
pretorian (adjective) of or relating to a Roman praetor Synonyms: praetorial, praetorian, pretorial
proletarian (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
(noun) a member of the working class (not necessarily employed) Synonyms: prole, worker
prototherian (noun) primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea
radiolarian (noun) protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods
riparian (adjective) of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream
salutatorian (noun) a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises Synonyms: salutatory speaker
saurian (adjective) of or relating to lizards Synonyms: lacertilian
(noun) any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
sectarian (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects
(noun) a member of a sect Synonyms: sectarist, sectary
seminarian (noun) a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) Synonyms: seminarist
septuagenarian (noun) someone whose age is in the seventies
sertularian (noun) feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps
sexagenarian (adjective) being from 60 to 69 years old
(noun) someone whose age is in the sixties
solitudinarian (noun) one who lives in solitude Synonyms: hermit, recluse, solitary, troglodyte
stentorian (adjective) (used of the voice or sound) deep and resonant Synonyms: booming
tellurian (adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air Synonyms: telluric, terrene, terrestrial
(noun) an inhabitant of the earth Synonyms: earthling, earthman, worldling
titanosaurian (noun) amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the Southern Hemisphere Synonyms: titanosaur
totalitarian (adjective) of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life Synonyms: totalistic
(adjective) characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
(noun) an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
unsectarian (adjective) not restricted to one sect or school or party Synonyms: nonsectarian
utilitarian (adjective) having a useful function Synonyms: useful
(adjective) having utility often to the exclusion of values
(noun) someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
valedictorian (noun) the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement Synonyms: valedictory speaker
valerian (noun) a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
valetudinarian (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian Synonyms: valetudinary
(noun) weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
vegetarian (noun) eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products
veterinarian (noun) a doctor who practices veterinary medicine Synonyms: vet, veterinary, veterinary surgeon
victorian (adjective) exaggeratedly proper Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced
vulgarian (noun) a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)

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