7-letter words that end in a
- dhegiha — a division of the Siouan language family, comprising the dialects spoken by the Omaha, Osage, Kansa, Ponca, and Quapaw.
- dianoia — perception and experience regarded as lower modes of knowledge
- diascia — a S African plant with pink flowers
- dicamba — a white crystalline solid used as a weedkiller
- digamma — a letter of the early Greek alphabet that generally fell into disuse in Attic Greek before the classical period and that represented a sound similar to English w.
- dilemma — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- dilemna — Misspelling of dilemma.
- diluvia — a coarse surficial deposit formerly attributed to a general deluge but now regarded as glacial drift.
- dionaea — the Venus's-flytrap.
- dioptra — Alternative form of diopter.
- diorama — a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- diploma — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
- diptera — the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- dobruja — a region in SE Romania and NE Bulgaria, between the Danube River and the Black Sea. 2970 sq. mi. (7690 sq. km).
- dogmata — an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church. Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.
- dongola — a former province in the N Sudan, now part of Northern Province.
- dontcha — Eye dialect of don't you.
- dopatta — a silk or muslin shawl, often interwoven with gold or silver threads, worn by men and women in India.
- dopiaza — (in Indian cookery) a dish of meat or fish cooked in an onion sauce
- drachma — a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 lepta. Abbreviation: dr., drch.
- dracula — (italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
- dravida — any of the Dravidian languages
- drosera — any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
- drugola — a bribe or secret payment made with illegal drugs.
- dunarea — Romanian name of the Dvina.
- duodena — Plural form of duodenum.
- dupatta — A length of material worn as a scarf or head covering, typically with a salwar, by women from South Asia.
- dvandva — a compound word neither element of which is subordinate to the other, as bittersweet, Anglo-Saxon.
- dysania — (very, rare) A state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
- dyspnea — difficult or labored breathing.
- dysuria — difficult or painful urination.
- dzongka — the official language of Bhutan: a dialect of Tibetan
- echidna — Also called spiny anteater. any of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines.
- ectasia — (medicine) ectasis.
- ecthyma — a contagious viral disease of sheep and goats and occasionally of humans, marked by vesicular and pustular lesions on the lips.
- ectopia — the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- ectozoa — any animal parasite, as the louse, that lives on the surface of its host (opposed to entozoon).
- edmunda — a female given name.
- el gîza — a city in NE Egypt, on the W bank of the Nile opposite Cairo: nearby are the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) and the Sphinx. Pop: 2 221 868 (1996)
- electra — the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
- emblema — a decoration for a mosaic which was made separately from the mosaic and then inserted as the central panel
- emerita — (of a woman who is the former holder of an office, especially a female college professor) having retired but allowed to retain her title as an honor.
- emporia — Irregular plural form of emporium.
- empyema — The collection of pus in a cavity in the body, especially in the pleural cavity.
- encomia — Plural form of encomium.
- entasia — (medicine) tonic spasm; any disease characterized by tonic spasms, such as tetanus or trismus.
- entozoa — Plural form of entozoon.
- entrada — (historical) An armed incursion of Spanish conquistadors into American territories.
- ephedra — An evergreen shrub of warm, arid regions that has trailing or climbing stems and tiny, scalelike leaves . Some kinds are a source of ephedrine and are used medicinally.
- episcia — a creeping plant of the genus Episcia