4-letter words that end in a
- caza — A Turkish provincial subdivision.
- ccea — Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
- ccma — Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
- ccta — Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency
- cdma — code-division multiple access: a digital technology used in mobile phones
- cdna — complementary DNA; a form of DNA artificially synthesized from a messenger RNA template and used in genetic engineering to produce gene clones
- ceca — a cul-de-sac, especially that in which the large intestine begins.
- cela — Camilo José (kaˈmilo xoˈse). 1916–2002, Spanish novelist and essayist. His works include The Family of Pascual Duarte (1942), La Colmena (1951), and La Cruz de San Andrés (1994). Nobel prize for literature 1989
- cera — (in prescriptions) wax.
- ceta — Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
- cewa — Chewa.
- chia — a plant of the genus Salvia, indigenous to Mexico, with purple or blue flowers and edible seeds
- cica — Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
- cima — Obsolete spelling of cyma (18th century).
- clea — a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- cmea — Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- cmga — 1. (body) Computer Management Group of Australia 2. (body) Community of Massive Gaming Agency.
- cnaa — the Council for National Academic Awards: a former degree-awarding body separate from the universities
- coca — Coca is a plant which contains cocaine. The dried leaves of the plant are sometimes chewed for their stimulating effect.
- coda — A coda is a separate passage at the end of something such as a book or a speech that finishes it off.
- cola — Cola is a sweet brown non-alcoholic fizzy drink.
- coma — Someone who is in a coma is in a state of deep unconsciousness.
- cora — a feminine name
- coxa — a technical name for the hipbone or hip joint
- cpga — Ceramic Pin Grid Array
- cpsa — Civil and Public Services Association
- cria — a baby llama, alpaca, or vicuña
- cssa — An object-oriented language.
- csta — Computer Science Teachers Association
- cuba — a republic and the largest island in the Caribbean, at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: became a Spanish colony after its discovery by Columbus in 1492; gained independence after the Spanish-American War of 1898 but remained subject to US influence until declared a people's republic under Castro in 1960; subject of an international crisis in 1962, when the US blockaded the island in order to compel the Soviet Union to dismantle its nuclear missile base. Sugar comprises about 80 per cent of total exports; the economy was badly affected by loss of trade following the collapse of the Soviet Union and by the continuing US trade embargo. Diplomatic ties with the US restored in 2014. Language: Spanish. Religion: nonreligious majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Havana. Pop: 11 061 886 (2013 est). Area: 110 922 sq km (42 827 sq miles)
- cuda — a barracuda.
- cuna — a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cyma — either of two mouldings having a double curve, part concave and part convex. Cyma recta has the convex part nearer the wall and cyma reversa has the concave part nearer the wall
- dada — a nihilistic artistic movement of the early 20th century in W Europe and the US, founded on principles of irrationality, incongruity, and irreverence towards accepted aesthetic criteria
- dama — The game of Turkish draughts.
- dana — James Dwight (dwaɪt). 1813–95, American geologist; noted for his work The System of Mineralogy (1837)
- data — You can refer to information as data, especially when it is in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyse. In American English, data is usually a plural noun. In technical or formal British English, data is sometimes a plural noun, but at other times, it is an uncount noun.
- deva — (in Hinduism and Buddhism) a divine being or god
- dhea — dehydroisoandrosterone: the major androgen precursor in females, secreted by the adrenal cortex
- dika — A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia barteri.
- disa — 1. (body) Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) Data Interchange Standards Association.
- dita — an apocynaceous shrub, Alstonia scholaris, of tropical Africa and Asia, having large shiny whorled leaves and medicinal bark
- diva — a distinguished female singer; prima donna.
- diya — a small oil lamp, usually made from clay
- djia — Dow-Jones Industrial Average: an index of representative common shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange
- doha — an independent emirate on the Persian Gulf; under British protection until 1971. 8500 sq. mi. (22,000 sq. km). Capital: Doha.
- dona — (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Spanish title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dopa — an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- dora — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- dosa — A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.