5-letter words that end in a
- infra — below, especially when used in referring to parts of a text.
- inria — Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
- intra — within the walls, as of a city.
- inula — Any of several plants of the genus Inula, such as elecampane.
- ionia — an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- irina — a female given name.
- iviza — Ibiza.
- ixora — any of numerous tropical shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ixora, of the madder family, having glossy leaves and clusters of showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- jaffa — a former seaport in W Israel, part of Tel Aviv-Jaffa since 1950: ancient Biblical town.
- jagra — the state of wakefulness
- jarta — a heart
- jedda — Jidda.
- jerba — an island off the SE coast of Tunisia: Roman ruins. 197 sq. mi. (510 sq. km).
- jhala — (in Hindu music) the fast-paced climax of a classical composition
- jhana — any of four elevated states of mind possible as a result of meditation.
- jibba — a long, collarless coat or smock worn by Muslims.
- jidda — the seaport of Mecca, in W Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea.
- jinja — a city in SE Uganda, on Lake Victoria.
- jirga — A gathering of elders or leaders in Pakistan or Afghanistan, especially within a tribe.
- jizya — the poll tax formerly paid by minority religious groups within the Muslim empire.
- jnana — knowledge acquired through meditation and study as a means of reaching Brahman. Also called Brahmajnana. Compare bhakti (def 1), karma (def 1).
- joppa — ancient name of Jaffa.
- juana — a female given name.
- judea — the S region of ancient Palestine: existed under Persian, Greek, and Roman rule; divided between Israel and Jordan in 1948; since 1967 completely occupied by Israel.
- julia — a female given name: derived from Julius.
- jumna — a river in N India, flowing SE from the Himalayas to the Ganges at Allahabad. 860 miles (1385 meters) long.
- junta — a small group ruling a country, especially immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted.
- jurua — a river in E and W South America, flowing NE from E Peru through W Brazil to the Amazon. 1200 miles (1930 km) long.
- juxta — In males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an organ that supports the aedeagus and is located between the two valvae.
- kaaba — a cube-shaped building in Mecca, the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine, into which is built the black stone believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham. Muslims turn in its direction when praying
- kaama — a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns
- kacha — crude, imperfect, or temporary.
- kafka — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1883–1924, Austrian novelist and short-story writer, born in Prague.
- kafta — Alternative spelling of kofta.
- kalpa — a thousand cycles of Maha Yugas.
- kamba — an agricultural people of central Kenya, renowned as traders and woodcarvers.
- kanga — (Sikhism) A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.
- kansa — a member of a North American Indian people formerly of eastern Kansas, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- kappa — the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet (K, k).
- karla — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- karma — Hinduism, Buddhism. action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation: in Hinduism one of the means of reaching Brahman. Compare bhakti (def 1), jnana.
- kasha — a soft food prepared from hulled and crushed grain, especially buckwheat.
- kaska — a member of a group of North American Indians of northern British Columbia and southern Yukon Territory.
- kasra — In Arabic script, the vowel point for
- kassa — Hungarian name of Košice.
- katla — an ice-capped volcano in the Mýrdalsjökull glacier in south Iceland. Its last major eruption was in 1918. Height: 1512 m (4961 ft)
- kavya — a type of classical Sanskrit devotional poetry.
- kayla — a female given name.
- ka`ba — 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.
- keema — (in Indian cookery) minced meat