6-letter words that end in a
- gif89a — Animated GIF
- gitana — a female Gypsy
- glenda — a female given name.
- glinka — Mikhail Ivanovich [mi-kah-eel i-vah-nuh-vich;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /mɪ kɑˈil ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1803–57, Russian composer.
- glioma — a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- glomma — a river in E Norway, flowing S into the Skagerrak. 375 miles (605 km) long.
- gloria — Liturgy. Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Gloria Patri. the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- glossa — Anatomy. the tongue.
- gnamma — A rock hole, capable of holding water, formed by weathering.
- goanna — any of the several large monitor lizards of the family Varanidae, of Australia, especially Varanus varius and V. giganteus, both sometimes growing to 6 feet (1.8 meters).
- godiva — ("Lady Godiva") died 1057, wife of Leofric. According to legend, she rode naked through the streets of Coventry, England, to win relief for the people from a burdensome tax.
- goomba — Alternative form of goombah.
- goonda — a rogue or hoodlum.
- gopala — Krishna as a cowherd.
- gopura — A monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a temple, especially in Southern India.
- gorgia — an improvised sung passage of music
- gosala — died c484 b.c, Indian religious leader: founder of the Ajivaka sect.
- gotama — Buddha.
- gotcha — I have got you (used to express satisfaction at having captured or defeated someone or uncovered their faults).
- gotsta — Alternative form of gotta.
- gramma — One's grandmother.
- grampa — grandfather.
- granda — (informal) (Scots, Northern England) grandfather.
- granta — Cam.
- grappa — an unaged brandy, originally from Italy, distilled from the pomace of a wine press.
- gretna — a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- griffa — griefo.
- gringa — a term used in Latin America or Spain to refer to a female foreigner, especially one of U.S. or British descent (sometimes used facetiously).
- griqua — (in South Africa) a person of mixed African and European descent, especially a native of Griqualand.
- guaira — a seaport in N Venezuela: the port of Caracas.
- guiana — a vast tropical region in NE South America, bounded by the Orinoco, Negro, and Amazon rivers and the Atlantic. About 690,000 sq. mi. (1,787,000 sq. km).
- guinea — a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- gurkha — a member of a Rajput people, Hindu in religion, who achieved dominion over Nepal in the 18th century.
- guyana — an independent republic on the NE coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). Capital: Georgetown.
- gw-ada — A new version of Ada/Ed?
- gyttja — a mud rich in organic matter, found at the bottom or near the shore of certain lakes.
- habana — Havana.
- habima — a Hebrew-language theater company, founded in Moscow in 1917: now the national theater of Israel.
- hafnia — Hafnium oxide, symbol: HfO2.
- hahaha — Haha; a laugh.
- halala — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Saudi Arabia, the 100th part of a riyal.
- halloa — A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention to something or to incite; a shout.
- hamada — a desert terrain that consists of a flat and rocky area mainly devoid of sand
- haniwa — any of the terra-cotta models of people, animals, and houses from the Yayoi period of Japanese culture.
- harira — a Moroccan soup made from a variety of vegetables with lentils, chickpeas, and coriander
- havana — a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- hawala — A system or agency for transferring money traditionally used in the Muslim world, whereby the money is paid to an agent who then instructs a remote associate to pay the final recipient.
- hazara — an Iranian ethnolinguistic group in central Afghanistan, N Pakistan, and Iran, most of whom are Shiʿite Muslims.
- hecuba — Classical Mythology. the wife of Priam.
- hedera — (gardening) Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera.