5-letter words that end in ta
- lafta — Latin American Free Trade Area, the name before 1981 of the Latin American Integration Association
- lepta — an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- lotta — a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- lytta — a long, worm-shaped cartilage in the tongue of the dog and other carnivorous animals.
- malta — an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- manta — (in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- marta — a female given name.
- masta — (US, historical, colloquial) eye dialect of master, representing African American Vernacular English.
- matta — (sumo) a false start of a bout due to mutual misunderstanding.
- mehta — Zubin [zoo-bin] /ˈzu bɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1936, Indian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. since 1961.
- menta — Plural form of mentum.
- metta — (in Theravada Buddhism) meditation focused on the development of unconditional love for all beings.
- mitta — An old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels. Also mett.
- musta — (colloquial) Must have.
- nafta — North American Free Trade Agreement.
- natta — Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- nesta — National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
- nitta — A tropical tree of the genus Parkia, having edible pods and seeds, especially Parkia filicoidea or Parkia biglobosa.
- omuta — a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- outta — An informal contraction of “out of,” used in representing colloquial speech.
- oveta — a female given name.
- pasta — any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- pelta — a small shield, usually crescent shaped, used in ancient times
- pieta — a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- pinta — one of the three ships under the command of Columbus during his first voyage to America in 1492.
- pitta — any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- plata — a seaport in E Argentina.
- porta — an aperture in an organ, such as the liver, esp one providing an opening for blood vessels
- preta — a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pruta — prutah.
- quata — Archaic form of coiata.
- quota — the share or proportional part of a total that is required from, or is due or belongs to, a particular district, state, person, group, etc.
- raita — an Indian condiment consisting of yogurt, spices, and diced or grated vegetables or fruits: cucumber raita.
- rasta — Rastafarian (def 1).
- reata — a lariat.
- recta — a plural of rectum.
- rhyta — an ancient Greek drinking horn, made of pottery or metal, having a base in the form of the head of a woman or animal.
- riata — a lariat.
- sakta — a person who worships Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
- salta — a city in NW Argentina.
- santa — Santa Claus.
- scuta — plural of scutum.
- septa — plural of septum.
- softa — a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- sorta — sort of; somewhat: I'm sorta nervous about asking for a date.
- suita — a city on S Honshu, in Japan: a suburb of Osaka.
- sutta — Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- ta-ta — Ta-ta is used to say goodbye.
- tanta — a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tecta — a rooflike structure.