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5-letter words that end in a

  • beira — a port in E Mozambique: terminus of a transcontinental railway from Lobito, Angola, through the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Pop: 566 000 (2005 est)
  • bekaa — a broad valley in central Lebanon, between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains
  • belga — a former Belgian monetary unit worth five francs
  • bella — a feminine name
  • bemba — a member of a Negroid people of Africa, living chiefly in Zambia on a high infertile plateau
  • benda — Julien (ʒyljɑ̃). 1867–1956, French philosopher and novelist, who defended reason and intellect and attacked the influence of Bergson: author of La Trahison des clercs (1927)
  • benga — a Kenyan popular music featuring guitars
  • berea — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • beria — Lavrenti Pavlovich (laˈvrjentij ˈpavləvitʃ). 1899–1953, Soviet chief of secret police; killed by his associates shortly after Stalin's death
  • berraLawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
  • betta — any of a genus (Betta) of brightly colored gouramies of Southeast Asia, esp. an aquarium species (B. splendens)
  • bhuna — an Indian dish or sauce in which spices are dry-roasted in a pan and then combined with a moistening agent such as yogurt or water
  • bigha — (in India) a unit for measuring land
  • biota — the plant and animal life of a particular region or period
  • blida — a city in N Algeria, on the edge of the Mitidja Plain. Pop: 269 000 (2005 est)
  • bocca — the round opening of a glass-furnace from which the fused glass is taken
  • bohea — a black Chinese tea, once regarded as the choicest, but now as an inferior grade
  • bonpa — a member of the Bön sect.
  • botha — Louis. 1862–1919, South African statesman and general; first prime minister of the Union of South Africa (1910–19)
  • boyla — an Aboriginal Australian magician or medicine-man
  • braga — a city in N Portugal: capital of the Roman province of Lusitania; 12th-century cathedral, seat of the Primate of Portugal. Pop: 164 193 (2001)
  • brava — a shout of appreciation to a female performer
  • braza — a unit of measurement used in Spain and Latin America, equal to 167 centimetres
  • breda — a city in the S Netherlands, in North Brabant province: residence of Charles II of England during his exile. Pop: 164 000 (2003 est)
  • broca — Paul (pɔl). 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist who discovered the motor speech centre of the brain and did pioneering work in brain surgery
  • broga — an exercise regime for men that combines fitness exercises with traditional yoga postures
  • brusa — Bursa.
  • bubba — brother
  • buffa — a comedic actress or clown in an opera
  • bulla — a leaden seal affixed to a papal bull, having a representation of Saints Peter and Paul on one side and the name of the reigning pope on the other
  • bunya — a tall dome-shaped Australian coniferous tree, Araucaria bidwillii, having edible cones (bunya nuts) and thickish flattened needles
  • burga — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
  • burka — burqa
  • burma — Myanmar: name still in popular use
  • burqa — A burqa is a long garment that covers the head and body and is traditionally worn by women in Islamic countries.
  • burra — Edward (John). 1905–76, British painter, noted esp for his depiction of squalid and grotesque subjects
  • bursa — a small fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between movable parts of the body, esp at joints
  • busra — Basra.
  • bwana — (in E Africa) a master, often used as a respectful form of address corresponding to sir
  • ca va — all right; fine.
  • ca-ca — excrement; feces.
  • caaba — Kaaba
  • caeca — cecum.
  • cakra — any of the points of spiritual power located along the body, usually given as six in number. The points are personified by gods and can be released through the proper exercises.
  • calla — any southern African plant of the aroid genus Zantedeschia, esp Z. aethiopica, which has a white funnel-shaped spathe enclosing a yellow spadix
  • calva — The calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull.
  • camra — Campaign for Real Ale
  • canea — the chief port of Crete, on the NW coast. Pop: 55 838 (2001)
  • canna — any of various tropical plants constituting the genus Canna, having broad leaves and red or yellow showy flowers for which they are cultivated: family Cannaceae
  • cappa — (palynology) The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.
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