10-letter words that end in a
- common era — Christian Era
- con maesta — majestically (used as a musical direction).
- concertina — A concertina is a musical instrument consisting of two end pieces with stiff paper or cloth that folds up between them. You play the concertina by pressing the buttons on the end pieces while moving them together and apart.
- constantia — a region of the Cape Peninsula
- cop a plea — to plead guilty to a criminal charge, esp. so as to get a lighter sentence
- coprolalia — obsessive use of obscene or foul language
- cordillera — a series of parallel ranges of mountains, esp in the northwestern US
- cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- costa mesa — city in SW Calif., near Long Beach: pop. 109,000
- costa rica — a republic in Central America: gained independence from Spain in 1821; mostly mountainous and volcanic, with extensive forests. Official language: Spanish. Official religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: colón. Capital: San José. Pop: 4 695 942 (2013 est). Area: 50 900 sq km (19 652 sq miles)
- cowfeteria — a calf feeder with multiple teats
- cream soda — a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla
- crematoria — a crematory.
- crossandra — any shrub of the free-flowering mostly African genus Crossandra, grown in greenhouses for their large yellow, lilac, or orange flowers: family Acanthaceae
- crotalaria — a genus of plants and shrubs of the Fabaceae family with pods in which the seeds rattle
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- cuernavaca — a city in S central Mexico, capital of Morelos state: resort with nearby Cacahuamilpa Caverns. Pop: 723 000 (2005 est)
- cup of tea — a favorite or well-suited thing, activity, etc.
- cutis vera — cutis.
- cyanophyta — a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
- cyclopedia — encyclopedia
- cyma recta — a cyma whose concave part projects beyond the convex part.
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- cypripedia — any plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium
- cystinuria — a condition in which excessive levels of cystine are present in the urine
- d'oliviera — Basil (Lewis). 1931–2011, South African-born cricketer who played for England. The South African government's refusal to admit him to the country as part of the England touring party in 1968 led to South Africa being banned from international cricket
- dalai lama — (until 1959) the chief lama and ruler of Tibet
- definienda — Plural form of definiendum.
- dei gratia — by the grace of God
- desert pea — an Australian trailing leguminous plant, Clianthus formosus, with scarlet flowers
- desiderata — something wanted or needed.
- dessiatina — A Russian measure of land, roughly 1.1 hectares.
- devil of a — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- diamantina — an intermittent river in E Australia, flowing S to Lake Eyre. 560 miles (900 km) long.
- diastemata — Plural form of diastema.
- diphtheria — a febrile, infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, especially the throat.
- dipsomania — an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink.
- discomania — Enthusiasm for disco music.
- do a melba — to make repeated farewell appearances
- dolce vita — sweet life; the good life perceived as one of physical pleasure and self-indulgence (usually preceded by la).
- dromomania — An irrational impulse to wander or travel without purpose.
- drosophila — a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
- durga puja — Dasehra.
- durnovaria — the Latin name for a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)
- dysarthria — Difficult or unclear articulation of speech that is otherwise linguistically normal.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dysgraphia — inability to write, caused by cerebral lesion.
- dyskinesia — difficulty or abnormality in performing voluntary muscular movements.