11-letter words that end in a
- opera seria — Italian dramatic opera of the 18th century based typically on a classical subject and characterized by extensive use of the aria da capo and recitative.
- ophiophobia — A morbid fear of snakes.
- opisthosoma — the abdomen of a spider or other arachnid
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orthodontia — orthodontics.
- orthopraxia — the correction of deformities; orthopedics.
- ottava rima — an Italian stanza of eight lines, each of eleven syllables (or, in the English adaptation, of ten or eleven syllables), the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet with a different rhyme: used in Keats' Isabella and Byron's Don Juan.
- oxenstierna — Count Axel [ahk-suh l] /ˈɑk səl/ (Show IPA), 1583–1654, Swedish statesman.
- pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.
- panathenaea — a festival in honor of the goddess Athena, celebrated yearly in ancient Athens, with each fourth year reserved for greater pomp, marked by contests, as in athletics and music, and highlighted by a solemn procession to the Acropolis bearing a peplos embroidered for the goddess.
- panathenaia — a festival in honor of the goddess Athena, celebrated yearly in ancient Athens, with each fourth year reserved for greater pomp, marked by contests, as in athletics and music, and highlighted by a solemn procession to the Acropolis bearing a peplos embroidered for the goddess.
- pancha sila — a standard recitation of Hinayanists, including repetitions of formulas and of vows to abstain from anger, lust, cowardice, malevolence, and to abstain from the desire for possessions and unwholesome pleasures.
- panesthesia — total awareness and perception
- pantelleria — an Italian island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia. 10,000; 32 sq. mi. (83 sq. km).
- paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
- paragraphia — a disorder marked by the writing of words or letters other than those intended, or the loss of the ability to express ideas in writing, usually caused by a brain lesion.
- paraphraxia — the inability to perform purposive movements properly
- paraphrenia — a type of severe paranoid schizophrenia
- parashurama — a Rama and avatar of Vishnu who rid the earth of Kshatriyas.
- parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
- paresthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paronomasia — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- passacaglia — a slow, dignified dance of Spanish origin.
- pasteurella — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pasturella, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and animals.
- pathophobia — an irrational fear of disease
- peach melba — a dessert consisting of cooked peach halves served with vanilla ice cream and Melba sauce.
- pear psylla — a small jumping plant louse, Psylla pyricola, originally of Europe, that is a major pest of pears in the eastern U.S.
- peche melba — peach Melba.
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
- periodontia — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- petah tiqwa — city in WC Israel: pop. 153,000
- petalomania — the condition in which a flower has proportionately more petals than is normal
- phagophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of swallowing or eating
- phainopepla — a crested passerine bird, Phainopepla nitens, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- phantasmata — phantasm (defs 1, 2).
- phobophobia — an abnormal fear of developing a phobia; anxiety about showing symptoms of a phobia.
- phonophobia — an intense fear of noises
- photophobia — an abnormal sensitivity to or intolerance of light, as in iritis.
- phyllomania — the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.
- pico rivera — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- pillow lava — lava in the form of an agglomeration of rounded, pillow-shaped masses, the result of subaqueous or subglacial volcanic eruption.
- pina colada — a tall mixed drink of rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice, and ice usually frappéed in a blender.
- pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
- piz bernina — a mountain in SE Switzerland, the highest peak of the Bernina Alps in the S Rhaetian Alps. Height: 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- plasmalemma — cell membrane.
- plasmodesma — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.