4-letter words that end in a
- duka — (Kenya) A shop, store.
- duma — (in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- duna — German name of the Dvina.
- dura — dura mater.
- dvla — Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- dyna — Obsolete form of dinar.
- ebla — an ancient city whose remains are located near Aleppo in present-day Syria, the site of the discovery in 1974–75 of cuneiform tablets (Ebla Tablets) documenting a thriving culture of the third millennium b.c.
- ecma — 1. European Computer Manufacturers Association, now {ECMA International}. 2. A subset of ALGOL. [Sammet 1969, p.180].
- edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- edna — a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- edta — ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid; a colourless crystalline slightly soluble organic compound used in inorganic chemistry and biochemistry. It is a powerful chelating agent used to stabilize bleach in detergents. Formula: [(HOOCCH2)2NCH2]2
- efta — law: European Free Trade Association
- eina — an exclamation of sudden pain
- eisa — Extended Industry-Standard Architecture
- ekka — (India) A small vehicle used in India, pulled by a single horse.
- elba — a mountainous island off the W coast of Italy, in the Mediterranean: Napoleon Bonaparte's first place of exile (1814–15). Pop: 30 000 (latest est). Area: 223 sq km (86 sq miles)
- elea — (in ancient Italy) a Greek colony on the Tyrrhenian coast of Lucana
- elia — a department of SW Greece, in the W Peloponnese: in ancient times most of the region formed the state of Elis. Pop: 183 521 (2001). Area: 2681 sq km (1035 sq miles)
- ella — A hardware design language from DRA Malvern. Implemented in ALGOL68-RS. E-mail: <[email protected]>. SPARC version.
- elsa — a feminine name
- emea — Europe, Middle East, and Africa
- emma — (British, dated, WWI, signalese) M in RAF phonetic alphabet.
- enea — European Nuclear Energy Agency: the European body responsible for the development of nuclear-generated electric power
- ensa — Entertainments National Service Association (a World War II organization).
- epha — (biblical) alternative spelling of ephah.
- esca — (ichthyology) fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure.
- esda — Electrostatic Deposition Analysis: a technique used to check the sequence in which a statement written in police custody was made. The chronology of the statement is arrived at by the examination of indentations on subsequent pages
- etna — A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
- euca — European Union Control Association
- eula — end-user licence agreement: the agreement made by a user before being granted permission to use computer software
- evga — eXtended Video Graphics Array
- eyra — A reddish -brown form of the jaguarundi.
- ezra — a Jewish priest of the 5th century bc, who was sent from Babylon by the Persian king Artaxerxes I to reconstitute observance of the Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the captivity
- faha — Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
- faja — a broad, brightly colored sash traditionally worn by Spanish and Latin American men.
- fana — the ecstatic union of the Sufi with the Divine.
- fava — A fava bean; a bean (seed or seed pod) of the plant Vicia faba or the plant itself.
- fcca — Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants
- fema — Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- feta — a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fhsa — (formerly, in Britain) Family Health Services Authority
- fica — Federal Insurance Contributions Act
- fifa — international soccer federation
- fila — a threadlike structure; filament.
- fina — Alternative form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
- flea — any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flsa — Fair Labor Standards Act
- fmha — Farmers Home Administration
- foia — Freedom of Information Act
- fora — a website or section of a website that is used for public discussion of a specific topic and on which users can submit or read messages: You should post your questions on a parenting message board and get support from other parents.