4-letter words that end in a
- hola — (informal) hello, hi, hey.
- homa — haoma (def 2).
- hora — a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hoya — any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers.
- hsia — a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- huia — an apparently extinct, crowlike bird, Heteralocha acutirostris, of New Zealand, noted for the completely different bill shapes of the male and female.
- hula — a sinuous Hawaiian native dance with intricate arm movements that tell a story in pantomime, usually danced to rhythmic drumming and accompanied by chanting.
- huma — a bird in Persian mythology similar to the phoenix and believed to bring good luck
- hupa — an Athabaskan Indian language of NW California.
- hyla — a tree frog of the genus Hyla.
- iaea — International Atomic Energy Agency
- iana — Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
- iata — International Air Transport Association
- idea — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ijma — the consensus of all believers on the rightness of a belief or practice.
- ilea — Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- ilia — the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ilka — every; each.
- inca — a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inga — (botany) Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
- inla — Irish National Liberation Army; a Republican paramilitary organization in Ireland
- iona — an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- iota — a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- iowa — a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines. Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
- irda — Infrared Data Association
- irma — a female given name, form of Erma.
- irra — the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- isba — the traditional log house of rural Russia, with an unheated entrance room and a single living and sleeping room heated by a clay or brick stove.
- isha — (Islam) The evening/night Islamic prayer.
- isna — is not
- isra — Muhammad's Night Journey from the Kaʿba at Mecca to Jerusalem.
- itea — any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- ixia — any of various southern African plants of the genus Ixia, of the iris family, having sword-shaped leaves and showy, ornamental flowers.
- izba — the traditional log house of rural Russia, with an unheated entrance room and a single living and sleeping room heated by a clay or brick stove.
- jafa — an offensive name for a person from Auckland
- jaga — a guard; sentry
- java — the main island of Indonesia. 51,032 sq. mi. (132,173 sq. km).
- jawa — Java2
- jena — a city in central Germany: Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians here in 1806.
- jiva — Hinduism. the individual soul, regarded as a particular manifestation of Atman.
- jota — a Spanish dance in triple meter, performed by a couple and marked by complex rhythms executed with the heels and castanets.
- jtpa — Job Training Partnership Act: a US federal law in place between 1982 and 1998 that was enacted to help young people and unskilled adults to gain the necessary skills to acquire employment
- juba — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- juda — the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:35.
- juga — Plural form of jugum.
- jura — juice; gravy.
- kaba — a small, cubical building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca containing a sacred black stone: regarded by Muslims as the House of God and the objective of their pilgrimages.
- kaka — any of several New Zealand parrots of the genus Nestor, especially N. meridionalis, having chiefly greenish and olive-brown plumage.
- kama — a river in the E Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the central Ural Mountains region into the Volga River S of Kazan. 1200 miles (1930 km) long.
- kana — a Japanese syllabic script consisting of 71 symbols and having two written varieties.