8-letter words that end in a
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- h1b visa — a visa permitting a skilled worker with specialized expertise to reside in the U.S. for a certain number of years and work for a sponsoring employer.
- habanera — a dance of Cuban origin.
- habenula — a narrow bandlike structure, as the stalk attaching the pineal gland to the thalamus.
- hacienda — a large landed estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.
- haere ra — goodbye!
- hamartia — tragic flaw.
- haphsiba — Hephzibah (def 1).
- haphtara — the part of the Prophets read in synagogue services on the Sabbath and certain major holy days: the selection is related to the part of the Pentateuch read just before it
- haplopia — normal vision (opposed to diplopia).
- hargeisa — a city in NW Somalia.
- harmonia — the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
- hayakawa — S(amuel) I(chiye) [ih-chee-ey] /ɪˈtʃi eɪ/ (Show IPA), 1906–92, U.S. semanticist, educator, and politician, born in Canada: senator 1977–83.
- head sea — a formation of waves running in a direction opposite to that of a vessel.
- heketara — a small shrub, Olearia rani, which has flowers with white petals and yellow centres
- helvetia — an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the W and N parts of Switzerland.
- hematoma — a circumscribed collection of blood, usually clotted, in a tissue or organ, caused by a break in a blood vessel.
- hemiopia — hemianopsia.
- hepatica — any plant belonging to the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish, pink, or white flowers.
- hepatoma — a tumor of the liver.
- heraclea — an ancient city in S Italy, near the Gulf of Taranto: Roman defeat 280 b.c.
- herb tea — a tea made of dried herbs and spices and usually containing no caffeine.
- herbaria — Plural form of herbarium.
- hesperia — a poetic name used by the ancient Greeks for Italy and by the Romans for Spain or beyond
- hetairia — a society or association
- heuchera — any of various North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, having clusters of small, cup-shaped flowers, especially the alumroots.
- hiawatha — the central figure of The Song of Hiawatha (1855), a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: named after a legendary Indian chief, fl. c1570.
- hibernia — Ireland.
- high sea — the sea or ocean beyond the three-mile limit or territorial waters of a country.
- high tea — a late afternoon or early evening meal similar to a light supper.
- himalaya — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- hinayana — earlier of the two great schools of Buddhism, still prevalent in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia, emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts.
- hindutva — (in India) a political movement advocating Hindu nationalism and the establishment of a Hindu state
- hiragana — the cursive and more widely used of the two Japanese syllabaries.
- hirakata — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, NE of Osaka.
- hiranuma — Baron Kiichiro [kee-ee-chee-raw] /kiˈi tʃiˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1867?–1952, Japanese statesman.
- hispania — Spain.
- horchata — (in Spain and Latin American countries) a milky drink made from ground almonds, tiger nuts, or rice.
- hordeola — sty2 .
- horokaka — a New Zealand low-growing plant, Disphyma australe with fleshy leaves and pink or white flowers
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- hrvatska — Croatian name of Croatia.
- huallaga — a river in N central Peru, flowing N to the Marañón River: part of the Amazon system. 700 miles (1126 km) long.
- huizinga — Johan, 1872–1945, Dutch historian.
- hunkpapa — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota.
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hydrilla — a submerged aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata, native to the Old World, that has become a pest weed in U.S. lakes and waterways.
- hydrozoa — (biology) a large group of marine animals, of the class Hydrozoa, whose life cycles contain a sexual and asexual stage.
- hypalgia — reduced sensitivity to pain
- hyphemia — bleeding inside the eye caused by ruptured blood vessels