7-letter words that end in a
- capuana — Luigi. 1839–1915, Italian realist novelist, dramatist, and critic. His works include the novel Giacinta (1879) and the play Malia (1895)
- caquetà — the Japurá River from its source in Colombia to the border with Brazil
- caramba — an exclamation of surprise or amazement
- caranna — a substance, resembling gum, that is obtained from various South American trees of the genus Bursera
- carbora — a koala
- cariama — seriema.
- carifta — Caribbean Free Trade Area
- carioca — a Brazilian dance similar to the samba
- carlita — a female given name.
- carlota — original name Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine. 1840–1927, wife of Maximilian; empress of Mexico (1864–67)
- carmela — a female given name, form of Carmel.
- carrara — a town in NW Italy, in NW Tuscany: famous for its marble. Pop: 65 034 (2001)
- carrera — José Miguel de [haw-se mee-gel de] /hɔˈsɛ miˈgɛl dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1785–1821, Chilean revolutionary and political leader: dictator 1811–13.
- carreta — a simple two-wheeled oxcart.
- cascara — a shrub or small tree, Rhamnus purshiana of NW North America, whose bark is a source of cascara sagrada: family Rhamnaceae
- caserta — a town in S Italy, in Campania: centre of Garibaldi's campaigns for the unification of Italy (1860); Allied headquarters in World War II. Pop: 75 208 (2001)
- cassaba — casaba
- cassada — Alternative form of cassava.
- cassata — an ice cream, originating in Italy, usually containing nuts and candied fruit
- cassava — Cassava is a South American plant with thick roots. It is grown for food.
- cassena — dahoon.
- cassina — an evergreen shrub from the Southern US with dark leaves
- catalpa — any bignoniaceous tree of the genus Catalpa of North America and Asia, having large leaves, bell-shaped whitish flowers, and long slender pods
- catania — a port in E Sicily, near Mount Etna. Pop: 313 110 (2001)
- catasta — the platform on which slaves were formerly presented to be sold at markets
- catawba — a member of a North American Indian people, formerly of South Carolina, now almost extinct
- cavalla — any of various tropical carangid fishes, such as Gnathanodon speciosus (golden cavalla)
- cecilia — Saint. died ?230 ad, Roman martyr; patron saint of music. Feast day: Nov 22
- cedilla — A cedilla is a symbol that is written under the letter 'c' in French, Portuguese, and some other languages to show that you pronounce it like a letter 's' rather than like a letter 'k'. It is written ç.
- celesta — a keyboard percussion instrument consisting of a set of steel plates of graduated length that are struck with key-operated hammers. The tone is an ethereal tinkling sound. Range: four octaves upwards from middle C
- celosia — any of several species (genus Celosia) of the amaranth family, of annual garden plants with minute, brilliant red or yellow flowers in large clusters; cockscomb
- cephala — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- cepstra — cepstrum
- cerebra — cerebrum
- cernuda — Luis (lwiʃ). 1902–63, Spanish poet. His major work is the autobiographical Reality and Desire (1936–64)
- cervena — a trademarked set of quality standards for farm-produced venison
- cerveza — beer
- cetacea — An order of marine mammals that comprises the whales, dolphins, and porpoises. These have a streamlined hairless body, no hindlimbs, a horizontal tail fin, and a blowhole on top of the head for breathing.
- cha-cha — A cha-cha is a Latin American dance with small fast steps.
- chachka — a cheap trinket
- chaitya — a Buddhist shrine in India; stupa.
- chalaza — one of a pair of spiral threads of albumen holding the yolk of a bird's egg in position
- chaldea — an ancient region of Babylonia; the land lying between the Euphrates delta, the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian desert
- chalupa — a small narrow boat similar to a gondola, steered using either oars or a pole, used in the south of Mexico
- chamcha — (colloquial) A sycophant and hanger-on or lackey.
- chamisa — a deciduous shrub with silver-blue leaves and yellow flowers that bloom in autumn
- chapala — Lake, the largest lake in Mexico, located in Jalisco state. 651 sq. mi. (1686 sq. km).
- charkha — (in India) a spinning wheel, esp for cotton
- chechia — a cylindrical felt cap with a flat top, often with a tassel
- chelsea — a residential district of SW London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: site of the Chelsea Royal Hospital for old and infirm soldiers (Chelsea Pensioners)