5-letter words that end in a
- capra — Frank. 1896–1992, US film director born in Italy. His films include It Happened One Night (1934), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), and several propaganda films during World War II
- capua — a town in S Italy, in NW Campania: strategically important in ancient times, situated on the Appian Way. Pop: 19 041 (2001)
- caria — an ancient region of SW Asia Minor, on the Aegean Sea: chief cities were Halicarnassus and Cnidus: corresponds to the present-day Turkish districts of S Aydin and W Muğla
- carla — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carta — a charter
- catia — (tool, product) A CAD/CAM system produced by Dassault Systemes and sold by IBM. CATIA is used heavily in the car and aerospace industries. It runs on various Unix platforms and Windows NT.
- cauca — a river in W Colombia, rising in the northwest and flowing north to the Magdalena River. Length: about 1350 km (840 miles)
- cauda — the area behind the anus of an animal; tail
- causa — a reason or cause
- ceara — a state of NE Brazil: sandy coastal plain, rising to a high plateau. Capital: Fortaleza. Pop: 7 654 535 (2002). Area: 150 630 sq km (58 746 sq miles)
- ceiba — any bombacaceous tropical tree of the genus Ceiba, such as the silk-cotton tree
- celia — a feminine name
- cella — the inner room of a classical temple, esp the room housing the statue of a deity
- ceria — cerium dioxide, CeO2, a white compound used as in ceramics
- cesta — (in jai alai) the long basket used to throw and catch the ball
- ceuta — an enclave in Morocco on the Strait of Gibraltar, consisting of a port and military station: held by Spain since 1580. Pop: 74 931 (2003 est)
- chaga — a member of a Bantu people of northern Tanzania.
- chaja — A Brazilian bird, the crested screamer, often domesticated and used to guard poultry.
- chana — (in Indian cookery) a chickpea
- chara — a genus of algae characterized by plant-like features and found particularly in freshwater areas with a high calcium content
- cheka — the secret police set up in 1917 by the Bolshevik government: reorganized in the Soviet Union in Dec 1922 as the GPU
- chela — a large pincer-like claw of such arthropods as the crab and scorpion
- chewa — a member of a Negroid people of Malawi, E Zambia, and N Zimbabwe, related to the Bemba
- chiba — an industrial city in central Japan, in SE Honshu on Tokyo Bay. Pop: 880 164 (2002 est)
- chica — a red dye used for colouring the skin produced from the plant Bignonia chica, indigenous to Colombia and Guyana
- china — China is a hard white substance made from clay. It is used to make things such as cups, bowls, plates, and ornaments.
- chita — an industrial city in SE Russia, on the Trans-Siberian railway. Pop: 309 000 (2005 est)
- chola — the conventional attire of Sikhs consisting of a long, loose shirt
- chopa — any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- chota — small, lesser, or minor
- chuba — A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool worn by Tibetans.
- chufa — a sedge, Cyperus esculentus, of warm regions of the Old World, with nutlike edible tubers
- cigfa — wife of Pryderi.
- cilia — the eyelashes
- cilla — a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- cinna — Lucius Cornelius (ˈluːsɪəs kɔːˈniːlɪəs). died 84 bc, Roman patrician; an opponent of Sulla
- circa — Circa is used in front of a particular year to say that this is the approximate date when something happened or was made.
- citta — the intellect or cognitive facility.
- clara — a feminine name: var. Clare, Clarice, Clarissa; equiv. Fr. Claire
- clava — the two or more enlarged distal segments that form the bulbous end of a clavate antenna.
- cnida — a nematocyst
- coala — koala.
- cobia — a large dark-striped percoid game fish, Rachycentron canadum, of tropical and subtropical seas: family Rachycentridae
- cobra — A cobra is a kind of poisonous snake that can make the skin on the back of its neck into a hood.
- cobza — a lute-like instrument of Romania
- cocoa — Cocoa is a brown powder made from the seeds of a tropical tree. It is used in making chocolate.
- coiba — an island in the Pacific Ocean, S of SW Panama. 20 miles (32 km) long; 10 miles (16 km) wide.
- colza — any of several plants (genus Brassica) of the crucifer family, esp. rape, whose seeds yield an oil used in lubricants, salad dressings, etc.
- comma — A comma is the punctuation mark , which is used to separate parts of a sentence or items in a list.
- conga — If a group of people dance a conga, they dance in a long winding line, with each person holding on to the back of the person in front.