5 Letter Words Ending in A

media

Noun : (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.

Noun : (linguistics, dated) A voiced stop consonant.

Noun : (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus

dagga

Noun : (South Africa, Zimbabwe) Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, or a similar plant of the species Leonotis leonurus.

Noun : (South Africa) Cement.

dogma

Noun : An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.

Noun : A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.

prada

Noun : Prada S.p.A. is an Italian luxury fashion house that was founded in 1913 by Mario Prada.

Noun : an Italian fashion company.

Noun : a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

delta

Noun : The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.

Noun : A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.

Noun : (mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".

stria

Noun : A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.

Noun : (architecture) One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc.

Noun : A stretch mark.

asyla

sigma

Noun : The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient.

Noun : (mathematics) The symbol Σ, used to indicate summation of a set or series.

Noun : (statistics) The symbol σ, used to indicate one standard deviation from the mean, particularly in a normal distribution.

karma

Noun : (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.

Noun : A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.

Noun : (uncommon) A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.

ultra

Adjective : Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.

Noun : An ultraroyalist in France.

Noun : An extremist, especially an ultranationalist.

magna

drama

Noun : (countable) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue

Noun : (countable) Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy.

Noun : (uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.

china

Noun : A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers in East Asia, taken as a whole under its various dynasties.

Noun : The principal state in this country, including (historical) an empire under various dynasties and (since 1949) the People's Republic of China.

Noun : Synonym of mainland China.

flora

Noun : Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.

Noun : A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.

Noun : The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.

alpha

Noun : The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.

Noun : Latin alpha: the Latin letter Ɑ (minuscule: ɑ).

Noun : (sciences) The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix.

opera

Noun : (music) A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.

Noun : (music) The score for such a work.

Noun : A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.

extra

Adjective : (not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

Adjective : (not comparable, dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.

Adjective : (comparable, slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.

circa

Noun : A surname.

taiga

Noun : A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

Noun : A lake in Alaska.

edema

Noun : (American spelling, pathology) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

Noun : (American spelling, botany) A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.

arena

Noun : An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).

Noun : The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.

Noun : (historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.

agora

Noun : A place for gathering.

Noun : A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.

Noun : Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel.

vista

Noun : A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.

Noun : A site offering such a view.

Noun : (figuratively) A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.

versa

omega

Noun : The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.

Noun : (often capitalized) The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence.

Noun : (physics) Angular velocity; symbol: ω.

fossa

Noun : (anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.

Noun : (astronomy) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.

Noun : A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar. It is slender, long-tailed and has retractile claws and anal scent glands.

tesla

Noun : In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity. Symbol: T

Noun : A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

Noun : Inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla

tetra

Noun : Any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.

pizza

Noun : (uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.

Noun : (countable) A single instance of this dish.

Adjective : Of or relating to pizza.

mecca

Noun : A large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible.

Noun : A number of places in the United States:

Noun : A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.

maria

Noun : A female given name from Hebrew.

Noun : Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in Latin, Spanish, etc. contexts.

Noun : A surname originating as a matronymic.

schwa

Noun : (phonetics) An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.

Noun : The character ə.

Verb : (phonetics, of a vowel sound, rare) To be reduced to schwa.

panda

Noun : (now rare without a qualifying word) The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.

Noun : (Hinduism) A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.

Noun : A South Asian surname.

hydra

Noun : Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.

Noun : (fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.

Noun : A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be solved easily and rapidly.

comma

Noun : (typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

Noun : (Romanian typography) A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.

Noun : (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.

aroma

Noun : A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

lemma

Noun : (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.

Noun : (linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.

Noun : (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

mania

Noun : Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.

Noun : Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.

Noun : 2013-07-20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

anima

Noun : (chiefly philosophy) The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.

Noun : (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona.

Noun : (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person.

umbra

Noun : The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.

Noun : (astronomy) The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.

Noun : (astronomy) The central region of a sunspot.

santa

Noun : Santa Claus

Noun : A female given name from Italian

apnea

Noun : (pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.

junta

Noun : The ruling council of a military dictatorship.

Noun : A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.

mocha

Noun : (countable) A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.

Noun : A coffee and chocolate mixed flavour.

Noun : (color) A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.

liana

Noun : A female given name from Latin, derived from Juliana or Eliana

Noun : (botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

ninja

Noun : (martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.

Noun : (figurative) A person considered similarly skillful to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation.

Noun : (figurative) A person considered to look like the historical ninja in some way, including (historical slang) an amateur private miner in Mongolia.

quota

Noun : A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.

Noun : A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.

Noun : (business, economics) A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.

cocoa

Noun : The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.

Noun : An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.

Noun : (uncountable) A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.

uvula

Noun : (anatomy) the slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate

Noun : (music) an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper

Noun : (anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine uvula.: the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing [(anatomy) The uvula in the mouth (as distinguished from uvulae elsewhere in the body).]

tiara

Noun : The three-tiered papal crown.

Noun : An ornamental coronet.

Verb : (rare, transitive) To adorn as a tiara.

sepia

Noun : A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.

Noun : A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.

Noun : (by extension, countable) A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.

supra

Verb : (law) Used to indicate that the current citation is from the same source as the previous one.

Verb : Above, mentioned earlier in a text.

Noun : A traditional Georgian feast.

voila

magma

Noun : (geology) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.

Noun : (mathematics) A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.

Noun : Any soft doughy mass.

aorta

Noun : (anatomy) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

Noun : (figuratively) The liveliest part of something.

fauna

Noun : (uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time.

Noun : (countable) A book, cataloguing the animals of a country.

Noun : (Roman mythology) The goddess of animals, nature, spring and fertility; she is also the consort of Faunus.

guava

Noun : A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.

Noun : Its yellowish tropical fruit, 1¼ to 2 inches, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies. The meat can be yellowish to pale green or pink in color, depending on the variety.

Noun : A medium reddish-pink colour, like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).

aloha

Noun : (Hawaii) Good wishes, love.

Noun : (Hawaii) An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).

raita

Noun : A condiment made from seasoned yogurt used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia.

Noun : (India, derogatory, politics, online slang) A Hindu who does not support Hindutva, a liberal Hindu, especially (highly derogatory) as considered a traitor to India or race traitor towards Indians.

intra

viola

Noun : (botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

Noun : A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

Noun : A person who plays the viola.

terra

Noun : A continent or large landmass, e.g. Arabia Terra or Aphrodite Terra.

Noun : A Lunar highland or mountainous region with a relatively high albedo, e.g. Terra Nivium.

Noun : (Roman mythology) The Roman earth goddess, equivalent in the interpretatio graeca to Gaea.

zebra

Noun : Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.

Noun : (sports, slang) A referee.

Noun : (medicine, slang) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras".)

manna

Noun : (biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

Noun : (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.

Noun : The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html

bursa

Noun : (anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.

Noun : A diverticulum on the cloaca of young birds, which serves as a lymphatic organ and as part of the immune system, but which atrophies as the bird ages.

Noun : Any of various pouch-like organs for storing semen prior to copulation in the male or for receiving semen in the female.

derma

Noun : The inner layer of the skin.

Noun : A Jewish dish of roast or boiled seasoned meat and flour etc. in a casing, especially kishke.

pasha

Noun : (historical) A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.

Noun : The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae.

Noun : A surname.

india

Noun : A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.

Noun : (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.

Noun : (historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.

pasta

Noun : (uncountable) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.

Noun : (uncountable) A dish or serving of pasta.

Noun : (countable) A type of pasta.

bella

Noun : A female given name from Italian

donna

Noun : A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.

Noun : A female given name from Italian.

Noun : A city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, named after postmistress Donna Fletcher.

rosta

wicca

Noun : A neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals.

conga

Noun : (music) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.

Noun : (dance) A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain.

Verb : To dance the conga.

whala

gonna

llama

Noun : A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.

Noun : Archaic form of lama. [A master of Tibetan Buddhism.]

culpa

Noun : (law) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.

vulva

Noun : (anatomy) The external female sexual organs, collectively.

Noun : (biology) A protrusion on the side of a nematode.

nyala

Noun : A southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasii (syn. Nyala angasii), with thin white stripes in the grey or brown coat, a ridge of tufted hair running all along the spine, and long horns with a spiral twist.

hyena

Noun : Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.

Noun : (Sub-Saharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.

infra

Verb : (law) Discussed later.

Noun : (civil engineering, computing, informal) Clipping of infrastructure. [(systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.]

atria

Noun : Atria Oyj is a Finnish food industry company.

salsa

Noun : (countable) A spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and hot peppers.

Noun : (uncountable, music) A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.

Noun : (countable, dance) Any of several dances performed to salsa music.

cobra

Noun : Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.

Noun : A type of lanyard knot, thought to resemble a snake in its shape.

Noun : (UK politics, by extension) A cabinet committee meeting that would use a COBR room

vodka

Noun : A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.

Noun : A serving of the above beverage.

Noun : (US standards of identity) Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color.

tibia

Noun : (anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone

Noun : (entomology) The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.

Noun : (arachnology) The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.

curia

Noun : (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome

Noun : (historical) The Roman senate during the republic

Noun : (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice

enema

Noun : An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.

Noun : The fluid so injected.

Noun : A device for administering such an injection.

parka

Noun : (clothing) A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.

prima

Adjective : most important

villa

Noun : (plural "villas") A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.

Noun : (UK, plural "villas") A family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street.

Noun : (Ancient Rome, plural "villae") A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.

sutra

Noun : A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.

Noun : (Buddhism, Hinduism) A scriptural narrative, especially a discourse of the Buddha.

Noun : Alternative form of sutra [A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.]

plaza

Noun : A town's public square.

Noun : An open area used for gathering in a city, often having small trees and sitting benches.

Noun : (Canada, US) A strip mall.

manga

Noun : (countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.

Noun : (uncountable) An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.

Noun : (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed by fandom) A comic in manga style, regardless of the country of origin.

stoma

Noun : (botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.

Noun : (medicine) A small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy.

Noun : (zoology) A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.

larva

Noun : An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.

Noun : An animal in the aforementioned stage.

Noun : A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.

biota

Noun : (ecology) The living organisms of a region.

Noun : A coniferous tree, Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis (syn. Biota orientalis).

pieta

Noun : Alternative form of pietà [A sculpture or painting of the Virgin Mary holding and mourning the dead body of Jesus.]

shiva

Noun : (Judaism) A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.

Noun : (Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.

Noun : A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

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