7-letter words that end in a
- bartsia — any of several species of semiparasitic scrophulariaceous plants, including red bartsia (Odontites verna), a pink-flowered weed of cornfields
- basidia — plural of basidium.
- batavia — an ancient district of the Netherlands, on an island at the mouth of the Rhine
- batista — Fulgencio (fulˈxenθjo), full name Batista y Zaldívar. 1901–73, Cuban military leader and dictator: president of Cuba (1940–44, 1952–59); overthrown by Fidel Castro
- battuta — a beat used to measure time
- bavaria — a state of S Germany: a former duchy and kingdom; mainly wooded highland, with the Alps in the south. Capital: Munich. Pop: 12 155 000 (2000 est). Area: 70 531 sq km (27 232 sq miles)
- bayelsa — a state of Nigeria, on the Niger river delta on the Gulf of Guinea. Capital: Yenagoa. Pop: 1 703 358 (2006). Area: 10 773 sq km (4159 sq miles)
- bazatha — Biztha.
- bazinga — Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
- bazooka — A bazooka is a long, tube-shaped gun that is held on the shoulder and fires rockets.
- bed tea — (in some Asian countries) tea served to a guest in bed in the morning
- begonia — A begonia is a garden plant which has large brightly coloured leaves.
- begorra — an emphatic exclamation, regarded as a characteristic utterance of Irish people
- belinda — a feminine name: dim. Linda
- bellona — the Roman goddess of war
- belukha — a twin-peaked mountain in S central Russia, near the border of Kazakhstan: highest peak in the Altai Mountains. 15,157 feet (4620 meters).
- benicia — a town in W California.
- berbera — a port in N Somalia, (in the separatist area called Somaliland), on the Gulf of Aden. Pop: about 200 000 (2000 est)
- berchta — Perchta.
- beretta — biretta
- bergama — a type of Turkish rug
- bergsma — William, 1921–1994, U.S. composer.
- bermuda — a UK Overseas Territory consisting of a group of over 150 coral islands (the Bermudas) in the NW Atlantic: discovered in about 1503, colonized by the British by 1612, although not acquired by the British crown until 1684. Capital: Hamilton. Pop: 69 467 (2013 est). Area: 53 sq km (20 sq miles)
- bernina — a mountain in SE Switzerland, in the Rhaetian Alps. 13,295 feet (4050 meters).
- bettina — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bezwada — former name of Vijayawada.
- bhangra — Bhangra is a form of dance music that comes from India and uses traditional Indian instruments.
- bidarka — a canoe covered in animal skins, esp sealskin, used by the Inuit of Alaska
- biennia — a period of two years.
- biodata — information regarding an individual's education and work history, esp in the context of a selection process
- biretta — a stiff clerical cap having either three or four upright pieces projecting outwards from the centre to the edge: coloured black for priests, purple for bishops, red for cardinals, and white for certain members of religious orders
- bisnaga — a large barrel-shaped cactus found in SW USA and NW Mexico
- biznaga — any of several thorny cactuses of the genera Echinocactus, Ferocactus, and Astrophytum of the southwestern U.S.
- boeotia — a region of ancient Greece, northwest of Athens. It consisted of ten city-states, which formed the Boeotian League, led by Thebes: at its height in the 4th century bc
- boffola — a particularly funny joke
- bohemia — a former kingdom of central Europe, surrounded by mountains: independent from the 9th to the 13th century; belonged to the Hapsburgs from 1526 until 1918
- bokhara — Bukhara.
- bolivia — an inland republic in central S America: original Aymara Indian population conquered by the Incas in the 13th century; colonized by Spain from 1538; became a republic in 1825; consists of low plains in the east, with ranges of the Andes rising to over 6400 m (21 000 ft) and the Altiplano, a plateau averaging 3900 m (13 000 ft) in the west; contains some of the world's highest inhabited regions; important producer of tin and other minerals. Official languages: Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara. Religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: boliviano. Capital: La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial). Pop: 10 461 053 (2013 est). Area: 1 098 580 sq km (424 260 sq miles)
- bologna — Bologna is a type of large smoked sausage, usually made of beef, veal, or pork.
- bombora — a submerged reef
- bonamia — a parasite (Bonamia ostreae) which causes the disease bonamiasis in oysters
- bonanza — You can refer to a sudden great increase in wealth, success, or luck as a bonanza.
- bononia — a city in N Italy, at the foot of the Apennines: became a free city in the Middle Ages; university (1088). Pop: 371 217 (2001)
- bonsela — a present or gratuity
- boothia — Gulf ofinlet of the Arctic Ocean between Boothia Peninsula & Baffin Island
- borasca — (especially in the Mediterranean) a squall, usually accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- boronia — any aromatic rutaceous shrub of the Australian genus Boronia
- borotra — Jean (Robert) (ʒɑ̃). 1898–1994, French tennis player: secretary general of physical education under the Vichy government (1940)
- bothnia — Gulf ofarm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland & Sweden
- bottega — a workshop or studio, particularly that part used by a master artist's assistants or pupils