14-letter words that end in a
- horn of africa — north-east African region
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hyperaesthesia — an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
- hypercalcaemia — a heightened level of calcium in the blood
- hypercalciuria — an abnormally high amount of calcium in the urine.
- hyperglycaemia — an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.
- hyperlipidemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hypermicrosoma — dwarfishness.
- hypernatraemia — a heightened concentration of sodium in the blood
- hyperuricaemia — an abnormal elevation of uric acid in the blood
- hypomenorrhoea — an extremely light menstrual bleeding
- hypopotassemia — hypokalemia.
- ice-cream soda — An ice-cream soda is a dessert made from ice cream, fruit-flavoured syrup, and soda water. It is usually served in a tall glass.
- imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
- inconsequentia — Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
- inner mongolia — an administrative division in NE China, adjoining the Mongolian People's Republic. 174,000 sq. mi. (450,660 sq. km). Capital: Hohhot.
- instant camera — a usually portable camera that produces a finished picture shortly after each exposure. Compare Polaroid (def 2).
- intelligentsia — Intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and political influence.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
- isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
- kekulé formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- kola peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- kola-peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- konstantinovka — a city in E Ukraine, NW of Gorlovka.
- krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
- lake athabaska — a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles)
- lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
- laughing hyena — an African hyena, Crocuta crocuta, having a yellowish-gray coat with brown or black spots, noted for its distinctive howl.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- leucocythaemia — leukaemia
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- linear algebra — the branch of mathematics that deals with general statements of relations, utilizing letters and other symbols to represent specific sets of numbers, values, vectors, etc., in the description of such relations.
- little america — a base in the Antarctic, on the Bay of Whales, S of the Ross Sea: established by Adm. Richard E. Byrd of the U.S. Navy in 1929; used for later Antarctic expeditions.
- little daedala — either of two festivals held in ancient Boeotia in honor of the reconciliation of Hera with Zeus, one (Little Daedala) being held every 6 years, the other (Great Daedala) every 59 years.
- livia drusilla — 58 bc–29 ad, Roman noblewoman: wife (from 39 bc) of Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius
- lopez de ayala — Pedro [pe-th raw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1332–1407, Spanish writer and statesman.
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
- lyre-form sofa — a sofa of the early 19th century having a front rail curving upward and outward at either end to form arms and terminating in a downward scroll.
- macrosporangia — Plural form of macrosporangium.
- mainland china — the People's Republic of China, as distinguished from Taiwan.
- manuel noriega — Manuel Antonio, born 1934, military leader of Panama 1983–89: captured by U.S. forces and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking 1992.
- mariano arista — Mariano [mah-ryah-naw] /mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1802–55, Mexican general: president of Mexico 1851–53.
- mastocarcinoma — carcinoma of the breast.
- mater dolorosa — the sorrowful mother.
- materia medica — (used with a plural verb) the remedial substances employed in medicine.