9-letter words that end in a
- catatonia — a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
- causalgia — a burning sensation along the course of a peripheral nerve together with local changes in the appearance of the skin
- centaurea — any of a genus (Centaurea) of annual and perennial plants of the composite family, having egg-shaped flower heads, including the star thistles and the bachelor's buttons
- centralia — a city in central Illinois.
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cerebella — a large portion of the brain, serving to coordinate voluntary movements, posture, and balance in humans, being in back of and below the cerebrum and consisting of two lateral lobes and a central lobe.
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- chaeronea — an ancient Greek town in W Boeotia: site of the victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians and Thebans (338 bc) and of Sulla over Mithridates (86 bc)
- chakalaka — a relish made from tomatoes, onions, and spices
- chelicera — one of a pair of appendages on the head of spiders and other arachnids: often modified as food-catching claws
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- chiarezza — clarity
- chiasmata — Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- chick-pea — Also called garbanzo. a widely cultivated plant, Cicer arietinum, of the legume family, bearing pods containing pealike seeds.
- chickasha — a city in central Oklahoma.
- chihuahua — A Chihuahua is a very small dog with short hair.
- china sea — part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China: divided by Taiwan into the East China Sea in the north and the South China Sea in the south
- china tea — China tea is tea made from large dark-green or reddish-brown tea leaves. It is usually drunk without milk or sugar.
- chipolata — a small sausage in a narrow casing
- chirimoya — cherimoya.
- chishtiya — a Sufi order of the Indian subcontinent.
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- chlorella — any microscopic unicellular green alga of the genus Chlorella: some species are used in the preparation of human food
- cholaemia — a toxic medical condition indicated by the presence of bile in the blood
- choluteca — a city in S Honduras.
- chondroma — a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
- chromidia — chromatins in cell cytoplasm
- chuvashia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation, in the basin of the Volga River in central Russia. 7066 sq. mi. (18,300 sq. km). Capital: Cheboksary.
- ciguatera — food poisoning caused by a ciguatoxin in seafood
- cineraria — a plant, Senecio cruentus, of the Canary Islands, widely cultivated for its blue, purple, red, or variegated daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- circassia — a region of S Russia, on the Black Sea north of the Caucasus Mountains
- cirenaica — Cyrenaica
- clavicula — the clavicle
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- cleopatra — a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- clintonia — any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia, having white, greenish-yellow, or purplish flowers, broad ribbed leaves, and blue berries
- club soda — Club soda is fizzy water used for mixing with alcoholic drinks and fruit juice.
- club sofa — a heavily upholstered sofa having solid sides and a low back.
- coca-cola — a carbonated soft drink flavoured with coca leaves, cola nuts, caramel, etc
- coelomata — animals possessing a coelom
- cognomina — Plural form of cognomen.
- collinsia — a North American plant of the scrophulariaceous genus Collinsia, having blue, white, or purple flowers
- colloquia — a conference at which scholars or other experts present papers on, analyze, and discuss a specific topic.
- columella — the central part of the spore-producing body of some fungi and mosses
- comayagua — a city in W central Honduras.