9-letter words that end in a
- kleopatra — Cleopatra (def 2).
- kniphofia — Any of several plants, of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, upright flowers.
- kokoschka — Oskar [aws-kahr] /ˈɔs kɑr/ (Show IPA), 1886–1980, Austrian painter and dramatist.
- koshigaya — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a Tokyo suburb.
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- krav maga — a form of exercise based on unarmed combat movements developed by the Israeli armed forces
- krupskaya — Nadezhda Konstantinovna [nuh-dye-zhduh kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh v-nuh] /nʌˈdyɛ ʒdə kən stʌnˈtyi nəv nə/ (Show IPA), 1869–1939, Russian social worker and wife of V.I. Lenin.
- kshatriya — a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.
- kulebyaka — coulibiac.
- kzyl-orda — a city in S Kazakhstan, on the Syr Darya.
- la coruna — a seaport in NW Spain.
- la granja — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
- la guaira — a seaport in N Venezuela: the port of Caracas.
- la laguna — city in Tenerife, Canary Islands: pop. 128,000
- la mancha — a plateau region in central Spain: famous as the birthplace of Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote de la Mancha.
- la mirada — a city in SW California.
- la serena — a seaport in central Chile.
- la spezia — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea: naval base.
- lake tana — a lake in NW Ethiopia, on a plateau 1800 m (6000 ft) high: the largest lake of Ethiopia; source of the Blue Nile. Area: 3673 sq km (1418 sq miles)
- laminaria — any of various often very large kelps of the genus Laminaria, some species of which are the source of algins used as thickening or stabilizing agents in foodstuffs and other products.
- lampedusa — Giuseppe (Tomasi) di [joo-zep-pe taw-mah-zee-dee] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ tɔˈmɑ zi di/ (Show IPA), 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
- landowska — Wanda [won-duh;; Polish vahn-dah] /ˈwɒn də;; Polish ˈvɑn dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.
- laquearia — a ceiling made of panels
- latimeria — any coelacanth fish of the genus Latimeria
- lava-lava — the principal garment for both sexes in Polynesia, especially in Samoa, consisting of a piece of printed cloth worn as a loincloth or skirt.
- lavalleja — Juan Antonio [hwahn ahn-taw-nyaw] /ʰwɑn ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1784–1853, Uruguayan revolutionary: leader in war of independence against Brazil 1825.
- leiomyoma — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- lemon tea — a hot drink that contains lemon juice or tastes of lemon
- lemuralia — the annual festival in ancient Rome in which the lemures were exorcised from houses.
- lespedeza — any shrub or herb belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and lavender flowers, grown for forage, soil improvement, etc.
- leucaemia — Alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leukaemia — (UK) alternative spelling of leukemia.
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- liberalia — an ancient Roman festival held annually in honor of Liber and Libera.
- lincrusta — a wallpaper having a hard embossed surface
- lingayata — a Saiva cult emphasizing devotion and faith.
- lipidemia — (medicine) The presence of lipids in the blood.
- lipopexia — the storage of fat in the body.
- lithuania — a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic: an independent state 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 25,174 sq. mi. (65,200 sq. km). Capital: Vilnius.
- live data — 1. Data that is written to be interpreted and takes over program flow when triggered by some un-obvious operation, such as viewing it. One use of such hacks is to break security. For example, some smart terminals have commands that allow one to download strings to program keys; this can be used to write live data that, when listed to the terminal, infects it with a security-breaking virus that is triggered the next time a hapless user strikes that key. For another, there are some well-known bugs in vi that allow certain texts to send arbitrary commands back to the machine when they are simply viewed. 2. In C, data that includes pointers to functions (executable code). 3. An object, such as a trampoline, that is constructed on the fly by a program and intended to be executed as code. 4. Actual real-world data, as opposed to "test data". For example, "I think I have the record deletion module finished." "Have you tried it out on live data?" This usage usually carries the connotation that live data is more fragile and must not be corrupted, or bad things will happen. So a more appropriate response to the above claim might be: "Well, make sure it works perfectly before we throw live data at it." The implication here is that record deletion is something pretty significant, and a haywire record-deletion module running amok on live data would probably cause great harm.
- ljubljana — a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- lobengula — ?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British
- logomania — Great enthusiasm for words.
- logorrhea — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- lok sabha — the lower house of parliament in India.
- lombardia — a region of N central Italy, bordering on the Alps: dominated by prosperous lordships and city-states during the Middle Ages; later ruled by Spain and then by Austria before becoming part of Italy in 1859; intensively cultivated and in parts highly industrialized. Pop: 9 108 645 (2003 est). Area: 23 804 sq km (9284 sq miles)
- louisiana — a state in the S United States. 48,522 sq. mi. (125,672 sq. km). Capital: Baton Rouge. Abbreviation: LA (for use with zip code), La.
- luminaria — (especially in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a Christmas lantern consisting of a lighted candle set in sand inside a paper bag.