8-letter words that end in a
- conferva — any of various threadlike green algae, esp any of the genus Tribonema, typically occurring in fresh water
- consuela — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- consulta — an official meeting or consultation
- contessa — an Italian countess
- continua — a continuous extent, series, or whole.
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- coppelia — a ballet (1870) by Délibes.
- copremia — poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- coprosma — any shrub of the Australasian rubiaceous genus Coprosma: sometimes planted for ornament
- coquilla — a coquilla nut
- cordelia — a feminine name
- cornelia — a feminine name
- coxalgia — pain in the hip joint
- credenda — doctrines to be believed; matters of faith
- credenza — a type of buffet or sideboard
- cressida — (in medieval adaptations of the story of Troy) a woman who deserts her Trojan lover Troilus for the Greek Diomedes
- cribella — Plural form of cribellum.
- criteria — a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- cromorna — a reed stop in an organ giving an oboe-like tone
- crostata — A kind of Italian baked tart.
- ctenidia — any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
- cubicula — a burial chamber, as in catacombs.
- cunabula — a cradle
- curitiba — a city in SE Brazil, capital of Paraná state: seat of the University of Paraná (1946). Pop: 2 871 000 (2005 est)
- custodia — (rare) pyx (container for the host).
- cuticula — cuticle
- cyclopia — a congenital defect characterized by fusion of the orbits into a single cavity containing one eye.
- cygnus a — a strong radio source in the constellation Cygnus associated with a distant peculiar galaxy.
- cytherea — Aphrodite
- czarevna — the daughter of a czar of Russia
- czaritsa — A czarina or tsaritsa.
- czaritza — a czarina.
- dalmatia — a region of W Croatia along the Adriatic: mountainous, with many offshore islands
- dalriada — a former Gaelic kingdom (5th century ad–9th century ad) comprising Argyll, parts of the Inner Hebrides, and parts of modern Antrim
- damietta — a town in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta: important medieval commercial centre
- danilova — Alexandra [al-ig-zan-druh,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-druh] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə/ (Show IPA), 1904?–97, Russian ballet dancer.
- darshana — any of the six principal systems of philosophy.
- dassehra — an annual Hindu festival celebrated on the 10th lunar day of Navaratri; images of the goddess Durga are immersed in water
- de palma — Brian, born 1940, U.S. film director.
- dead sea — a lake between Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank, now 420 m (1378 ft) below sea level; originally 390 m (1285 ft): the lowest lake in the world, with no outlet and very high salinity; outline, esp at the southern end, reduced considerably in recent years. Area: originally about 950 sq km (365 sq miles); by 2003 about 625 sq km (240 sq miles)
- decennia — a period of ten years; a decade.
- deep-sea — Deep-sea activities take place in the areas of the sea that are a long way from the coast.
- deianira — a sister of Meleager and wife of Hercules. She unintentionally killed Hercules by dipping his tunic in the poisonous blood of the Centaur Nessus, thinking it to be a love charm
- delicata — (North America) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
- dementia — Dementia is a serious illness of the mind.
- demerara — a former region of what is now Guyana, on the Demerara river
- denebola — the second brightest star in the constellation Leo. Visual magnitude: 2.14; spectral type: A3V
- dentaria — a genus of plant within the family Brassicaceae, in some systems of classification considered identical with the genus Cardimime
- diarrhea — If someone has diarrhea, a lot of liquid feces comes out of their body because they are ill.
- diaspora — the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine