Word starting with a ending in a - (329 words)

Scrabble Word	Definition
aa²	(volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe. [From 19th c.]

Scrabble Word	Definition
aba⁵	A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
aga⁴	Alternative spelling of agha
aha⁶	An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition.
ala³	(anatomy) A wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.
ama⁵	Alternative spelling of amah

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abba⁸	(Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.
acta⁶
agha⁸	An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.
agma⁷	(uncountable) The nasalized velar consonant found in such words as song or wink.
alba⁶	A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

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abaca⁹	Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
abaka¹¹	Alternative spelling of abaca
abaya¹⁰	Synonym of aba
aboma⁹	Any of the large South American serpents from the genus Boa or related genera.
aceta⁷

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abasia⁸	(medicine) An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination.
abelia⁸	Any of the various honeysuckles of the genus Abelia. [Mid 19th century.]
abolla⁸	A cloak made of a piece of cloth folded double, worn by Ancient Greeks and Romans draped over one shoulder and fastened with a brooch.
abulia⁸	(psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. [from 19th c.]
acacia¹⁰	(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

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abomasa¹¹	plural of abomasum
aboulia⁹	Alternative spelling of abulia
abrosia⁹	Abstinence.
acantha¹²	(botany) A prickle.
acapnia¹¹	The state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissue is significantly lower than normal.

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abdomina¹³	plural of abdomen
abrachia¹⁵	(medicine) The congenital absence of both arms
abscissa¹²	(geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.[First attested in the late 17th century.]
academia¹³	(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. [from 1956]
aceldama¹³	The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his master, and therefore called the field of blood.

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acetabula¹³	plural of acetabulum
achalasia¹⁴	A neuromuscular problem where a ring of muscles is unable to relax fully; usually with reference to gastrointestinal smooth muscles and usually with reference to esophageal achalasia when not otherwise specified.
adenomata¹²	plural of adenoma
aesthesia¹²	The ability to perceive sensations.
agalactia¹²	(medicine) The failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth.

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acrophobia¹⁹	Fear of heights.
adventitia¹⁴	(anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
aerenchyma²⁰	(botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants
aficionada¹⁶	(rare) A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado.
algolagnia¹²	A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.

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abracadabra¹⁸	A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word. [from 16th c.]
agoraphobia¹⁹	The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
albuminuria¹⁵	(pathology) The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease
amphisbaena²⁰	(mythology) A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.
anaesthesia¹⁴	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthesia

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acciaccatura²⁰	(music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in Baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) Written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem.
achlorhydria²⁴	(medicine) The absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach
appoggiatura¹⁸	(music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
armamentaria¹⁶	plural of armamentarium

Scrabble Word	Definition
aminoaciduria¹⁸	(medicine) The presence of amino acids in the urine.
anisometropia¹⁷	(ophthalmology) A condition in which the two eyes of an individual have different refractive power.
antepenultima¹⁷	(poetry) The last syllable of a word except two
antiguerrilla¹⁴	(military) Opposing or countering guerrillas.
antimarijuana²²	Opposed to, or countering, the use of marijuana.

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achondroplasia²²	(teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.
adenocarcinoma²¹	(oncology) Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue
archaebacteria²³	plural of archaebacterium

We found 329 words starting with a and ending in a

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