9-letter words that end in a
- ostealgia — (pathology) bone pain.
- otorrhoea — a discharge from the ears
- ozostomia — bad breath; halitosis.
- pachynema — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- palaestra — Greek Antiquity. palestra.
- palilalia — a speech disorder in which a word or phrase is rapidly repeated
- pampeluna — Pamplona.
- pamphylia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- panatella — panetella.
- panetella — a long, slender cigar, usually with straight sides and tapering to a point at the closed end.
- panjandra — pompous self-important officials of people of rank
- papilloma — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- para-bola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- paracusia — defective hearing.
- parakelia — a succulent herb of the genus Calandrinia, with purple flowers, that thrives in inland Australia
- paralalia — any of various speech disorders, esp the production of a sound different from that intended
- paralexia — an impairment of reading ability characterized by the transposition of letters or words.
- paralogia — incoherent speech or thinking
- paramatta — a light, twilled dress fabric, having a silk or cotton warp and a woolen weft.
- paramecia — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- paranagua — a seaport in S Brazil.
- paranaiba — a river in W Minas Gerais, S central Brazil, flowing W and joining the Rio Grande to form the Paraná River. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- parapodia — one of the unjointed rudimentary limbs or processes of locomotion of many worms, as annelids.
- paravidya — transcendental knowledge.
- parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
- parthenia — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- partitura — a musical score for several parts
- pastiglia — a plaster used during the Italian Renaissance for bas-relief ornament of furniture, being applied in layers, molded, carved, and gilded.
- patagonia — a tableland region of southern Argentina.
- paulownia — a Japanese tree, Paulownia tomentosa, of the bignonia family, having showy clusters of pale-violet or blue flowers blossoming in early spring.
- pearl tea — a frothy E Asian beverage consisting of sweetened tea with milk or flavorings, usually served over black pellets, or pearls, of tapioca.
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
- pentalpha — pentagram.
- pentathla — pentathlons
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- peperomia — any of numerous tropical and subtropical plants belonging to the genus Peperomia, of the pepper family, cultivated as houseplants for their ornamental foliage.
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- peridinia — genus of flagellate organisms
- perihelia — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- perikarya — parts of nerve cells that contain the nuclei
- peronista — Peronist.
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- peshmerga — a member of the armed forces in the autonomous Kurdish-controlled region of NE Iraq
- phagedena — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phantasma — phantasm (defs 1, 2).
- pharsalia — a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.
- phenomena — a plural of phenomenon.
- philistia — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- philomela — the nightingale.