6-letter words that end in a
- fatiha — the first chapter of the Koran, recited at the beginning of every rak'ah.
- fatima — a village in central Portugal, N of Lisbon: Roman Catholic shrine.
- fatsia — a shrub or small tree, Fatsia japonica, of the ginseng family, having large, glossy, palmately compound leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- favela — a shantytown in or near a city, especially in Brazil; slum area.
- fc-pga — Flip Chip Pin Grid Array
- fecula — fecal matter, especially of insects.
- fedora — a soft felt hat with a curled brim, worn with the crown creased lengthwise.
- feijoa — a shrub, Feijoa sellowiana, of the myrtle family, native to South America, bearing edible, greenish, plumlike fruit.
- femora — Anatomy. a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
- ferula — Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- fianna — a legendary band of Irish warriors noted for their heroic exploits, attributed to the 2nd and 3rd centuries ad
- fibula — Anatomy. the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.
- fiesta — any festival or festive celebration.
- figura — (in literary theory) a person or thing representing or symbolizing a fact or ideal.
- flat a — the vowel sound of a as in the usual US or S Brit pronunciation of hand, cat, usually represented by the symbol (æ)
- flauta — a tightly rolled corn tortilla filled with shredded meat, chopped vegetables, or cheese, usually deep fried and garnished with sour cream, guacamole, or salsa.
- flavia — a female given name.
- foggia — a city in SE Italy.
- foutra — a fig, used as an expression of contempt
- fraena — frenum.
- franca — a city in Sao Paulo state, SE Brazil.
- frieda — a female given name.
- friska — a fast section in the music of a Hungarian folk dance or in a piece of music of this style
- frusta — the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- fulcra — the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
- fungia — Any member of the coral genus Fungia.
- funkia — plantain lily.
- fuqaha — plural of faqih.
- fusula — (in the spinneret of a spider) the terminal tube of a silk gland.
- fusuma — a sliding door in a Japanese house, especially one serving as a room partition.
- galata — the chief commercial section of Istanbul, Turkey.
- galcha — a member of an Iranian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
- galena — a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- gallia — Latin name of Gaul.
- gambia — a river in W Africa, flowing W to the Atlantic. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- garcia — Jerome John ("Jerry") 1942–95, U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
- garrya — any ornamental catkin-bearing evergreen shrub of the North American genus Garrya: family Garryaceae
- garuda — A large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology.Garuda is the son of Kadruva.
- gdynia — a seaport in N Poland, on the Gulf of Danzig.
- geisha — a Japanese woman trained as a professional singer, dancer, and companion for men.
- gelada — a large baboonlike cliff-dwelling monkey, Theropithecus gelada, native to mountains of Ethiopia, having a brown coat and, in the male, a luxuriant mane: an endangered species.
- gemara — the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
- genera — a plural of genus.
- geneva — a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920–46.
- genova — Italian name of Genoa.
- gerboa — Alternative form of jerboa.
- gerona — a city in NE Spain: city walls and 14th-century cathedral; often besieged, in particular by the French (1809). Pop: 81 220 (2003 est)
- getcha — (colloquial) Contraction of
- gezira — a region in central Sudan, S of Khartoum, between the Blue Nile and the White Nile: a former province.
- ghazwa — (Islam) Any of the battles in which the Islamic prophet Muhammad personally participated.