8-letter words that end in a
- alleluia — Alleluia means the same as hallelujah.
- alma-ata — Almaty
- alocasia — any of various tropical plants of the genus Alocasia
- alopecia — loss of hair, esp on the head; baldness
- altadena — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- altamaha — a river in SE Georgia, formed by the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers and flowing to the Atlantic Ocean. 137 miles (220 km) long.
- altamira — a cave in N Spain, SW of Santander, noted for Old Stone Age wall drawings
- amalthea — a nymph who brought up the infant Zeus on goats' milk
- amazonia — the land around the Amazon river
- amberina — a characteristic of a type of glassware known for its blended colours, containing amber at the base merging into red higher up the piece
- ambrosia — In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the food of the gods.
- amchitka — an island off the coast of SW Alaska, in the W part of the Aleutian Islands: site of U.S. air base during World War II. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- amitabha — (in Pure Land sects) a Bodhisattva who presides over a Pure Land in the west of the universe
- amphibia — the amphibians considered collectively
- amphiuma — an aquatic, eellike salamander of the genus Amphiuma, of the southeastern U.S., having two pairs of very small feet.
- amygdala — an almond-shaped part, such as a tonsil or a lobe of the cerebellum
- anabaena — any freshwater alga of the genus Anabaena, sometimes occurring in drinking water, giving it a fishy taste and smell
- anaconda — a very large nonvenomous arboreal and semiaquatic snake, Eunectes murinus, of tropical South America, which kills its prey by constriction: family Boidae (boas)
- anadenia — deficient glandular activity.
- analecta — Analects.
- analemma — a graduated scale shaped like a figure eight that indicates the daily declination of the sun
- analogia — a lectern.
- anaphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
- anapurna — Annapurna
- anasarca — a generalized accumulation of serous fluid within the subcutaneous connective tissue, resulting in oedema
- anathema — If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it.
- anatolia — the Asian part of Turkey, occupying the peninsula between the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Aegean: consists of a plateau, largely mountainous, with salt lakes in the interior
- anaxibia — a daughter of Atreus and Aërope, and the sister of Agamemnon and Menelaus.
- ancohuma — one of the two peaks of Mount Sorata
- andoroba — carapa.
- anecdata — anecdotal evidence based on personal observations or opinions, random investigations, etc., but presented as fact: biased arguments supported by anecdata.
- anecdota — unpublished writings
- angelica — Angelica is the candied stems of the angelica plant which can be used in making cakes or sweets.
- angelina — a feminine name
- angerona — the ancient Roman goddess of anguish.
- angrboda — a giantess who was the mother of Loki's children, Fenrir and Hel, and also of the Midgard serpent.
- anguilla — an island in the Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands: part of the British associated state of St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla from 1967 until 1980, when it reverted to the status of a British dependency and is now a UK Overseas Territory. Pop: 15 754 (2013 est). Area: 90 sq km (35 sq miles)
- animalia — the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals.
- aniridia — the absence of an iris, due to a congenital condition or an injury
- annelida — the phylum comprising the annelids.
- anoopsia — a form of squint in which the eye turns upwards
- anorchia — An intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth.
- anorexia — Anorexia or anorexia nervosa is an illness in which a person has an overwhelming fear of becoming fat, and so refuses to eat enough and becomes thinner and thinner.
- anoxemia — a reduction in the normal amount of oxygen in the blood, as at high altitudes
- antakiya — Arabic name of Antioch.
- anthemia — an ornament of floral forms in a flat radiating cluster, as in architectural decoration, vase painting, etc.
- anthodia — a flower head or capitulum, especially the head of a composite plant.
- antisana — a volcano in N central Ecuador, in the Andes. Height: 5756 m (18 885 ft)
- antisera — a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- antpitta — a South American bird that feeds on ants