8-Letter Words Ending: NIA

• a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes

• any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers

• a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar

• a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

• a vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter)

• mountain ebony, orchid tree

• abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction

• A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body