6-letter words that end in a
- hegira — Islam. Hijra.
- hejira — Hegira (def 2).
- helena — Joseph, Jr ("Joe") born 1956, U.S. football player.
- hemina — an ancient liquid measure equal to about a half pint
- hendra — a virus that affects humans and horses, causing a fatal, influenza-like illness
- hernia — the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, especially in the abdominal region.
- hestia — the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- hijada — Alternative form of hijra.
- holloa — Alternative form of hollo.
- holmia — the oxide of holmium
- honora — a female given name.
- hoo-ha — an uproarious commotion.
- hoodia — any of several succulent asclepiadaceous plants of the genus Hoodia, of southern Africa, the sap of which suppresses appetite
- hoopla — bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- hryvna — The basic monetary unit of Ukraine, equal to 100 kopiykas.
- huelva — a seaport in SW Spain, near the Gulf of Cádiz.
- huerta — Victoriano [beek-taw-ryah-naw] /ˌbik tɔˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1916, Mexican general: provisional president of Mexico 1913–14.
- huesca — a city in NE Spain: Roman town, site of Quintus Sertorius' school (76 bc); 15th-century cathedral and ancient palace of Aragonese kings. Pop: 47 609 (2003 est)
- hutzpa — unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
- hyaena — a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
- hydria — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a large water jar
- hydroa — any skin condition characterized by red vesicular areas.
- hygeia — the Greek goddess of health
- iberia — Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- ic 4-a — Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America
- icaria — Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- ideata — (in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind. Compare datum (def 3).
- idiota — (pejorative, slang) fool or imbecile.
- idumea — Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- iguana — a large, arboreal lizard, Iguana iguana, native to Central and South America, having stout legs and a crest of spines from neck to tail.
- ikaria — Icaria.
- ilesha — a town in SW Nigeria.
- impala — an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
- inanga — a common type of New Zealand grass tree, Dracophyllum longifolium
- indaba — a conference or consultation between or with native peoples of South Africa.
- induna — an official functionary of a king or chief in South African Bantu societies.
- infula — one of the two embroidered lappets of the miter of a bishop.
- injera — A white leavened Ethiopian bread made from teff flour, similar to a crepe.
- insula — a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- intima — the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- inyala — an antelope, Tragelaphus angasii, that is native to South Africa
- irdata — (robotics) Industrial Robot DATA. A standardised robot control code. "IRDATA, Industrial Robot Data", DIN 66313, Beuth-Verlag 1991.
- ischia — an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- isolda — a female given name, form of Iseult.
- istana — (in Malaysia) a royal palace
- istria — a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- italia — Italian name of Italy.
- itasca — Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- ithaca — one of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece: legendary home of Ulysses. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km). Greek Itháki.
- jacana — any of several tropical, ploverlike, aquatic birds of the family Jacanidae, most of them having extremely long toes and claws for walking on floating water plants.