8-letter words that end in ra
- ab extra — from the outside.
- ab intra — from within
- ahankara — the false identification of the purusha, or true inner self, with the body, the mind, or the outside world.
- alhambra — a citadel and palace in Granada, Spain, built for the Moorish kings during the 13th and 14th centuries: noted for its rich ornamentation
- altamira — a cave in N Spain, SW of Santander, noted for Old Stone Age wall drawings
- anaphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
- antisera — a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- arrastra — A device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.
- bagheera — a crush-resistant velvet made of uncut pile and used in the manufacture of evening wear and wraps.
- balestra — a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- bandeira — an expedition in search of gold or slaves
- barabara — an Alaskan or north Siberian semisubterranean house built of sod or turf.
- bhatpara — a city in NE India, in West Bengal on the Hooghly River: jute and cotton mills. Pop: 441 956 (2001)
- butt bra — an undergarment for supporting the buttocks
- calandra — A large Eurasian lark with a stout bill and a black patch on each side of the neck.
- calyptra — a membranous hood covering the spore-bearing capsule of mosses and liverworts
- canberra — the capital of Australia, in Australian Capital Territory: founded in 1913 as a planned capital. Pop: 345 257 (2008)
- capibara — a South American tailless rodent, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris, living along the banks of rivers and lakes, having partly webbed feet: the largest living rodent.
- capoeira — a movement discipline combining martial art and dance, which originated among African slaves in 19th-century Brazil
- capybara — the largest rodent: a pig-sized amphibious hystricomorph, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, resembling a guinea pig and inhabiting river banks in Central and South America: family Hydrochoeridae
- caracara — any of various large carrion-eating diurnal birds of prey of the genera Caracara, Polyborus, etc, of S North, Central, and South America, having long legs and naked faces: family Falconidae (falcons)
- cathedra — a bishop's throne
- chimaera — any tapering smooth-skinned cartilaginous deep-sea fish of the subclass Holocephali (or Bradyodonti), esp any of the genus Chimaera. They have a skull in which the upper jaw is fused to the cranium
- chinkara — an Indian gazelle, Gazella gazella bennetti
- chiragra — a form of gout that occurs in the hands
- claustra — barrier.
- cocinera — (in Mexico) a female cook
- dassehra — an annual Hindu festival celebrated on the 10th lunar day of Navaratri; images of the goddess Durga are immersed in water
- 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
- demerara — a former region of what is now Guyana, on the Demerara river
- diaspora — the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine
- 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
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- ephemera — Things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time.
- epiphora — Excessive watering of the eye.
- etcetera — Alternative form of et cetera.
- excetera — Eye dialect of et cetera.
- exophora — Reference in a text or utterance to something external to it, which is only fully intelligible in terms of information about the extralinguistic situation.
- fenestra — Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- finestra — an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- fujiwara — a member of a powerful family in Japan who exercised power as regents in the name of the emperor, a.d. 858–1160.
- gandhara — an ancient region in what is now NW Pakistan.
- ghaghara — a river in SW Tibet, Nepal, and N India, flowing S and SE to the Ganges River. 640 miles (1030 km) long.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- gurdwara — a Sikh temple in India.
- habanera — a dance of Cuban origin.
- haere ra — goodbye!
- haphtara — the part of the Prophets read in synagogue services on the Sabbath and certain major holy days: the selection is related to the part of the Pentateuch read just before it
- heketara — a small shrub, Olearia rani, which has flowers with white petals and yellow centres
- heuchera — any of various North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, having clusters of small, cup-shaped flowers, especially the alumroots.
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