6-letter words that end in a
- beluga — a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso) huso, of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass
- beneba — (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)
- benita — a female given name.
- bertha — a wide deep capelike collar, often of lace, usually to cover up a low neckline
- betcha — I bet you
- bhabha — Homi J(ehangir) [hoh-mee juh-hahn-geer] /ˈhoʊ mi dʒə hɑnˈgɪər/ (Show IPA), 1909–1966, Indian physicist and government official.
- bhakta — a devotee of God
- biafra — a region of E Nigeria, formerly a local government region: seceded as an independent republic (1967–70) during the Civil War, but defeated by Nigerian government forces
- bianca — a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “white.”.
- bigtha — one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- bikila — Abebe (əˈbeɪbeɪ). 1932–73, Ethiopian long-distance runner: winner of the Marathon at the Olympic Games in Rome (1960) and Tokyo (1964)
- birota — a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- biskra — a town and oasis in NE Algeria, in the Sahara. Pop: 204 000 (2005 est)
- bitola — city in S Macedonia: pop. 75,000
- biztha — one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- bodega — a shop selling wine and sometimes groceries, esp in a Spanish-speaking country
- bogota — the capital of Colombia, on a central plateau of the E Andes: originally the centre of Chibcha civilization; founded as a city in 1538 by the Spaniards. Pop: 7 594 000 (2005 est)
- bohica — (humour) /bo-hee-ka/ Bend Over, Here It Comes Again.
- bolita — a form of numbers pool.
- bonita — a female given name.
- boonga — a Pacific Islander
- borgia — Cesare (ˈtʃezare), son of Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI). 1475–1507, Italian cardinal, politician, and military leader; model for Machiavelli's The Prince
- bosnia — a region of central Bosnia-Herzegovina: belonged to Turkey (1463–1878), to Austria-Hungary (1879–1918), then to Yugoslavia (1918–91)
- braata — a small portion added to a purchase of food by a market vendor, to encourage the customer to return
- brahma — a Hindu god: in later Hindu tradition, the Creator who, with Vishnu, the Preserver, and Shiva, the Destroyer, constitutes the triad known as the Trimurti
- braila — a port in E Romania: belonged to Turkey (1544–1828). Pop: 192 000 (2005 est)
- brazza — Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de [pyer pawl frahn-swa ka-mee-yuh sa-vawr-nyahn duh] /pyɛr pɔl frɑ̃ˈswa kaˈmi yə sa vɔrˈnyɑ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1852–1905, French explorer in Africa, born in Italy.
- bregma — the point on the top of the skull where the coronal and sagittal sutures meet: in infants this corresponds to the anterior fontanelle
- brenda — a feminine name
- brolga — a large grey Australian crane, Grus rubicunda, having a red-and-green head and a trumpeting call
- brynza — (in Eastern Europe and Asia Minor) a crumbly, sharp cheese made from sheep's milk and cured.
- buckra — (used contemptuously by Black people, esp in the US) a White man
- buddha — Buddha is the title given to Gautama Siddhartha, the religious teacher and founder of Buddhism.
- bugsha — buqsha.
- bunnia — a Hindu shopkeeper
- buqsha — a former Yemeni coin worth one-fortieth of a rial
- burkha — all-enveloping garment worn by Muslim women
- busera — a Ugandan alcoholic drink made from millet: sometimes mixed with honey
- bushwa — nonsense
- cabala — a Jewish mystical movement based on a symbolic interpretation of the Scriptures: it flourished from the end of the 12th cent.
- cabana — a tent used as a dressing room by the sea
- cabuya — Mauritius hemp.
- caccia — a 14th-century Italian vocal form for two voices in canon plus an independent tenor, with a text describing the hunt or the cries and noises of village life.
- cadaga — a eucalyptus tree, E. torelliana, of tropical and subtropical Australia, having a smooth green trunk
- caeoma — an aecium in some rust fungi that has no surrounding membrane
- cafila — A caravan of travellers or supplies.
- cahaba — a river in N central Alabama, flowing S to the Alabama River. 191 miles (307 km) long.
- cais-a — Common APSE Interface Set A DoD-STD-1838A.
- calaba — a tree, Calophyllum brasiliense, of the West Indies and Central and South America, having leathery leaves and fragrant white flowers.
- calama — a city in N Chile.