10-letter words that end in a
- muslim era — the period since the flight of Muhammad from Mecca in a.d. 622; Hijra.
- musophobia — Fear of mice.
- my antonia — a novel (1918) by Willa Cather.
- myasthenia — muscle weakness.
- mycoplasma — any of numerous parasitic microorganisms of the class Mollicutes, comprising the smallest self-reproducing prokaryotes, lacking a true cell wall and able to survive without oxygen: a common cause of pneumonia and urinary tract infections.
- mycorrhiza — a symbiotic association of the mycelium of a fungus, especially a basidiomycete, with the roots of certain plants, in which the hyphae form a closely woven mass around the rootlets or penetrate the cells of the root.
- myosarcoma — A malignant muscle tumor.
- mysophilia — a pathological attraction to dirt or filth.
- mysophobia — a dread of dirt or filth.
- mythomania — lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
- mythopoeia — a mythopoeic act, circumstance, characteristic, etc.
- narcomania — Psychiatry. abnormal craving for a drug to deaden pain.
- naya paisa — a former monetary unit of India and Bhutan, the 100th part of a rupee.
- neon tetra — a small, brightly colored red and blue characin fish, Pracheirodon innesi, native to parts of the Amazon basin: a popular aquarium fish.
- nephralgia — kidney pain.
- neurilemma — the delicate outermost membrane of the myelin sheath of a myelinated nerve cell.
- neurodynia — (pathology) nerve pain; neuralgia.
- neurolemma — (neurology) the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- neurospora — a genus of fast-growing orange-red fungus characterized by markings on the spores resembling axons, used widely in genetic and biochemical research
- new guinea — a large island N of Australia, politically divided into the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya (West Irian) and the independent country of Papua New Guinea. About 316,000 sq. mi. (818,000 sq. km).
- new iberia — a city in S Louisiana.
- news media — media1 (def 2).
- no-go area — barricaded area
- nomophobia — A fear of or disdain for laws.
- nosophobia — an abnormal fear of disease.
- nostomania — intense homesickness; an irresistible compulsion to return home.
- nuku'alofa — the capital of Tonga, a port on the N coast of Tongatapu Island. Pop: 36 000 (2005 est)
- nux vomica — the seed of the orangelike fruit of an East Indian tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, of the logania family, containing strychnine, used in medicine.
- nyctalopia — night blindness.
- 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.
- off camera — If you do something or if something happens off camera, you do it or it happens when not being filmed.
- off-camera — occurring as part of a film or program but outside the range of the motion-picture or television camera: the off-camera shouts of a mob.
- ohia lehua — lehua (def 1).
- 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.
- oropendola — any of several birds of the genus Gymnostinops, related to crows and feeding primarily on fruit and nectar, noted especially for their hanging nests.
- orthopnoea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthoptera — Any of very many four-winged insects, of the order Orthoptera, such as grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.
- orthorexia — (psychology) A fixation with healthy or righteous eating.
- ostensoria — Plural form of ostensorium.
- osteocolla — a limey deposit which can form an incrustation on the roots and stems of some plants
- osteopenia — Reduced bone mass of lesser severity than osteoporosis.
- oswego tea — a North American plant, Monarda didyma, of the mint family, having a cluster of showy, bright-red tubular flowers.
- ouvirandra — former name for the lattice-leaf plant Aponogeton madagascariensis, an aquatic plant from Madagascar, with leaves like a lattice spreading under the surface of the water