8-letter words that end in a
- diastema — an abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in a bodily organ or part
- diatryma — A big-beaked prehistoric bird in the genus Gastornis, larger than the ostrich, believed to have become extinct 15- to 25-million years ago due to a vast climate change.
- dicentra — any Asian or North American plant of the genus Dicentra, such as bleeding heart and Dutchman's-breeches, having finely divided leaves and ornamental clusters of drooping flowers: family Fumariaceae
- dichasia — Plural form of dichasium.
- dictynna — an ancient Cretan goddess of the sea.
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- dimensia — Misspelling of dementia.
- dimentia — Misspelling of dementia.
- dionysia — The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
- diphonia — diplophonia.
- diplegia — paralysis of the identical part on both sides of the body.
- diplopia — a pathological condition of vision in which a single object appears double (opposed to haplopia).
- diredawa — a city in E Ethiopia.
- distopia — Misspelling of dystopia.
- djakarta — a seaport in and the capital of Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java.
- djellaba — a loose-fitting hooded gown or robe worn by men in North Africa.
- dog flea — any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- dominica — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- dorothea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”.
- dracaena — any treelike tropical plant of the genus Dracaena, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy leaves.
- drogheda — a seaport in the NE Republic of Ireland, near the mouth of the Boyne River: the town was captured by Cromwell in 1649 and its garrisons as well as many male inhabitants put to the sword.
- drucilla — a female given name.
- drusilla — a female given name.
- dulciana — an organ stop having metal pipes and giving thin, incisive, somewhat stringlike tones.
- dulcinea — a ladylove; sweetheart.
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin
- dyslalia — an inability to speak due to a defect of the organs of speech.
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dysosmia — an impairment of the sense of smell.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystaxia — (pathology, rare) ataxia.
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- earthpea — the peanut.
- ecbatana — an ancient country in W Asia, S of the Caspian Sea, corresponding generally to NW Iran. Capital: Ecbatana.
- ecclesia — an assembly, especially the popular assembly of ancient Athens.
- effluvia — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- egomania — Obsessive egotism or self-centeredness.
- el minya — a city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 225 000 (2005 est)
- elmameta — A Fortran extension, written at the Tallinn Poly Inst in 1978, used for lexical, syntactic and semantic sepecification in the ELMA compiler writer. This system was widely used in the Soviet Union, and produced an Ada to Diana compiler.
- empanada — A Spanish or Latin American pastry turnover filled with a variety of savory ingredients and baked or fried.
- encaenia — a festival of dedication or commemoration
- endameba — any of a genus (Endamoeba) of amoebas parasitic in invertebrates, as in the digestive tract of cockroaches and termites
- endostea — Plural form of endosteum.
- ensenada — seaport in N Baja California, Mexico, on the Pacific: pop. 260,000
- entameba — any of a genus (Entamoeba) of amoebas parasitic in vertebrates, esp. a species (E. histolytica) causing amoebic dysentery
- ependyma — (anatomy) A thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord.