11-letter words ending with A
Dive into the specific realm of 11-letter words that conclude with the letter A. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with A, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| hypothermia | 24 | subnormal body temperature | - |
| abracadabra | 18 | gibberish and nonsense | - |
| memorabilia | 17 | a record of things worth remembering | - |
| anaesthesia | 14 | loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness | - |
| bodhisattva | 20 | Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others | - |
| perestroika | 17 | an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy | - |
| necrophilia | 18 | an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies | - |
| melancholia | 18 | extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears | - |
| synesthesia | 17 | a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated | - |
| tachycardia | 22 | abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute) | - |
| agoraphobia | 19 | a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place) | - |
| haemophilia | 21 | congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | - |
| nymphomania | 23 | abnormally intense sexual desire in women | - |
| megalomania | 16 | a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur | - |
| psychedelia | 22 | the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs | - |
| christiania | 16 | the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast | - |
| spermatozoa | 24 | - | - |
| hydrophobia | 25 | an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain | - |
| photophobia | 23 | pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) | - |
| impedimenta | 18 | any structure that makes progress difficult | - |
| kleptomania | 19 | an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive | - |
| paedophilia | 19 | a sexual attraction to children | - |
| psychodrama | 24 | - | - |
| septicaemia | 17 | invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection | - |
| dysrhythmia | 26 | - | - |
| hyperplasia | 21 | abnormal increase in number of cells | - |
| antonomasia | 13 | - | - |
| appressoria | 15 | - | - |
| antimalaria | 13 | - | - |
| astraphobia | 18 | a morbid fear of thunder and lightning | - |
| assafoetida | 15 | - | - |
| astrophobia | 18 | - | - |
| astrocytoma | 18 | - | - |
| archesporia | 18 | - | - |
| arctophilia | 18 | - | - |
| bacteraemia | 17 | - | - |
| bacteriuria | 15 | - | - |
| baresthesia | 16 | - | - |
| automobilia | 15 | - | - |
| bacchanalia | 20 | an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) | - |
| azoospermia | 24 | - | - |
| bacillaemia | 17 | - | - |
| autotoxemia | 20 | - | - |
| bibliomania | 17 | preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books | - |
| bibliotheca | 20 | a collection of books | - |
| bathophobia | 23 | - | - |
| blennorrhea | 16 | - | - |
| bimillennia | 15 | - | - |
| bradycardia | 20 | abnormally slow heartbeat | - |
| carcinomata | 17 | - | - |
| calceamenta | 17 | - | - |
| calceolaria | 15 | any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip | - |
| cenesthesia | 16 | - | - |
| cephalalgia | 19 | pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs | - |
| carpentaria | 15 | a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia | - |
| chondromata | 19 | - | - |
| choreodrama | 19 | - | - |
| chuckawalla | 25 | - | - |
| cicatricula | 17 | - | - |
| chrysocolla | 21 | - | - |
| chaulmoogra | 19 | East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy | - |
| chiliahedra | 20 | - | - |
| chimichanga | 24 | - | - |
| coenenchyma | 23 | - | - |
| cladosporia | 16 | - | - |
| cleptomania | 17 | - | - |
| collectanea | 15 | - | - |
| coleorrhiza | 25 | - | - |
| collenchyma | 23 | - | - |
| condylomata | 19 | - | - |
| conjunctiva | 25 | a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid | - |
| albuminuria | 15 | the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder | - |
| allocheiria | 16 | - | - |
| androclinia | 14 | - | - |
| aniseikonia | 15 | visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes | - |
| anemophobia | 20 | - | - |
| anglophilia | 17 | admiration for Britain and British customs | - |
| anglophobia | 19 | dislike (or fear) of Britain and British customs | - |
| anacoluthia | 16 | an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another | - |
| amenorrhoea | 16 | absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow | - |
| amphitricha | 23 | - | - |
| amphithecia | 23 | - | - |
| amphisbaena | 20 | type genus of the Amphisbaenidae | - |
| acronymania | 18 | - | - |
| acetonaemia | 15 | - | - |
| acidanthera | 17 | - | - |
| hypnophobia | 26 | a morbid fear of falling asleep | - |
| hybridomata | 22 | - | - |
| epirrhemata | 18 | - | - |
| encheiridia | 17 | - | - |
| haemophobia | 23 | - | - |
| folktronica | 20 | - | - |
| rhinophonia | 19 | - | - |
| rhododendra | 17 | - | - |
| perispomena | 17 | - | - |
| deinotheria | 15 | - | - |
| alexithymia | 26 | - | - |
| transphobia | 18 | - | - |
| heterokarya | 21 | - | - |
| cladophylla | 22 | - | - |
| chikungunya | 24 | - | - |
| phytoplasma | 23 | - | - |
| definientia | 15 | - | - |
| cyclopaedia | 21 | a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | - |
| cycloplegia | 21 | - | - |
| cyclothymia | 26 | a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time | - |
| demonomania | 16 | - | - |
| differentia | 18 | distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) | - |
| diencephala | 19 | - | - |
| dolphinaria | 17 | - | - |
| diverticula | 17 | - | - |
| dodecahedra | 19 | - | - |
| dyssynergia | 19 | inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait | - |
| dyspareunia | 17 | - | - |
| dyscalculia | 19 | impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics | - |
| dromophobia | 21 | - | - |
| empyreumata | 20 | - | - |
| emetophobia | 20 | - | - |
| encephaloma | 20 | - | - |
| enchondroma | 19 | benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet) | - |
| electronica | 15 | - | - |
| ejectamenta | 22 | - | - |
| epicheirema | 20 | - | - |
| epencephala | 20 | - | - |
| epithalamia | 18 | - | - |
| epithelioma | 18 | a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue | - |
| entomofauna | 16 | - | - |
| entoplastra | 13 | - | - |
| exanthemata | 23 | - | - |
| erythropsia | 19 | - | - |
| erythraemia | 19 | - | - |
| erotophobia | 18 | - | - |
| etheromania | 16 | - | - |
| etymologica | 19 | - | - |
| fashionista | 17 | - | - |
| francomania | 18 | - | - |
| fritillaria | 14 | fritillary | - |
| fothergilla | 18 | any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains | - |
| counterplea | 15 | a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea | - |
| contrayerva | 19 | - | - |
| coprophilia | 20 | - | - |
| cryptomeria | 20 | Japanese cedar; sugi | - |
| cyberphobia | 25 | irrational fear of computers or technology | - |
| crassamenta | 15 | - | - |
| necrophobia | 20 | - | - |
| mycodomatia | 21 | - | - |
| negrophobia | 19 | - | - |
| neutropenia | 13 | leukopenia in which the decrease is primarily in number of neutrophils (the chief phagocytic leukocyte) | - |
| nyctophobia | 23 | a morbid fear of night or darkness | - |
| ochlophobia | 23 | - | - |
| orthodontia | 15 | the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth | - |
| oneirodynia | 15 | - | - |
| orchestrina | 16 | - | - |
| opisthosoma | 18 | - | - |
| pachysandra | 22 | any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover | - |
| pachydermia | 24 | - | - |
| paludamenta | 16 | - | - |
| paronomasia | 15 | a humorous play on words | - |
| paresthesia | 16 | abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage | - |
| paraphraxia | 25 | - | - |
| paraphrenia | 18 | a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner | - |
| parataniwha | 19 | - | - |
| pathophobia | 23 | - | - |
| passacaglia | 16 | - | - |
| pasteurella | 13 | - | - |
| pantophobia | 20 | - | - |
| papillomata | 17 | - | - |
| panesthesia | 16 | - | - |
| paranthelia | 16 | - | - |
| paragraphia | 19 | - | - |
| paragenesia | 14 | - | - |
| perinephria | 18 | - | - |
| perionychia | 21 | - | - |
| periodontia | 14 | the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth | - |
| periselenia | 13 | - | - |
| perichaetia | 18 | - | - |
| pericynthia | 21 | - | - |
| philodendra | 18 | - | - |
| phantasmata | 18 | - | - |
| phonophobia | 23 | a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice | - |
| phagophobia | 24 | - | - |
| petalomania | 15 | - | - |
| plasmalemma | 19 | - | - |
| plasmodesma | 18 | - | - |
| pleiochasia | 18 | - | - |
| plerophoria | 18 | - | - |
| pleurodynia | 17 | pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs | - |
| phyllomania | 21 | - | - |
| pinacotheca | 20 | - | - |
| postliminia | 15 | - | - |
| metasequoia | 22 | large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China | - |
| menorrhagia | 17 | abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged | - |
| mesogastria | 14 | - | - |
| miscellanea | 15 | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | - |
| pseudopodia | 17 | - | - |
| psychodelia | 22 | - | - |
| pyritohedra | 20 | - | - |
| prothalamia | 18 | - | - |
| proteinuria | 13 | the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder | - |
| protonemata | 15 | - | - |
| prosenchyma | 23 | - | - |
| prosopopeia | 17 | - | - |
| pseudologia | 15 | - | - |
| quadriennia | 21 | - | - |
| pyrrhuloxia | 26 | crested grey-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico | - |
| quinquennia | 29 | - | - |
| receptacula | 17 | - | - |
| rejoneadora | 19 | - | - |
| retrophilia | 16 | - | - |
| retinospora | 13 | - | - |
| retinispora | 13 | - | - |
| rhabdomyoma | 24 | benign tumor of striated muscle | - |
| rhinorrhoea | 17 | - | - |
| rhombohedra | 22 | - | - |
| rhizoctonia | 25 | - | - |
| scleroderma | 16 | genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles | - |
| scopophilia | 20 | - | - |
| scopophobia | 22 | - | - |
| scolopendra | 16 | - | - |
| saltimbocca | 19 | - | - |
| saintpaulia | 13 | east African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated | - |
| sansevieria | 14 | grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber | - |
| sanguinaria | 12 | one species: bloodroot | - |
| saprolegnia | 14 | aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains | - |
| selaginella | 12 | type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae; evergreen moss-like plants: spike moss and little club moss | - |
| scyphistoma | 23 | - | - |
| sideropenia | 14 | a deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage | - |
| sialorrhoea | 14 | - | - |
| sinfonietta | 14 | - | - |
| sitiophobia | 18 | - | - |
| somesthesia | 16 | the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs | - |
| somatotonia | 13 | - | - |
| sporangiola | 14 | - | - |
| spanakopita | 19 | - | - |
| spanokopita | 19 | - | - |
| spermagonia | 16 | - | - |
| spermatheca | 20 | - | - |
| spermogonia | 16 | - | - |
| stomatodaea | 14 | - | - |
| stereotaxia | 18 | - | - |
| steatopygia | 17 | an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks | - |
| steatorrhea | 14 | the presence of greater than normal amounts of fat in the feces which are frothy and foul smelling and floating; a symptom of disorders of fat metabolism and malabsorption syndrome | - |
| stenocardia | 14 | - | - |
| progymnasia | 19 | - | - |
| prolegomena | 16 | - | - |
| halleflinta | 17 | - | - |
| haemangioma | 19 | benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks | - |
| haematomata | 18 | - | - |
| haemostasia | 16 | surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | - |
| gubernacula | 16 | - | - |
| hemianopsia | 18 | blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes | - |
| heterotaxia | 21 | - | - |
| heterotopia | 16 | - | - |
| hemeralopia | 18 | inability to see clearly in bright light | - |
| hebephrenia | 21 | a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions | - |
| hibernacula | 18 | - | - |
| hierophobia | 21 | - | - |
| hypocorisma | 23 | - | - |
| hypnopaedia | 22 | - | - |
| hypogastria | 20 | - | - |
| hypoplastra | 21 | - | - |
| hypokalemia | 25 | abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics | - |
| hyperphagia | 25 | - | - |
| hypermnesia | 21 | - | - |
| hyperorexia | 26 | - | - |
| hypersomnia | 21 | an inability to stay awake | - |
| hypesthesia | 22 | impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity | - |
| hyperthymia | 27 | - | - |
| idioglossia | 13 | - | - |
| hyposthenia | 22 | - | - |
| hypsophobia | 26 | - | - |
| hydromedusa | 21 | - | - |
| hydrargyria | 22 | - | - |
| hypercapnia | 23 | the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood | - |
| hypercarbia | 23 | the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood | - |
| hydroxyurea | 28 | - | - |
| hydrosomata | 20 | - | - |
| hymenoptera | 21 | an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc. | - |
| incarvillea | 16 | - | - |
| infundibula | 17 | - | - |
| interlingua | 12 | an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language; based on words common to English and the Romance languages | - |
| isometropia | 15 | equality of refractive power in the two eyes | - |
| involucella | 16 | - | - |
| ipecacuanha | 20 | - | - |
| kotahitanga | 19 | - | - |
| kinesthesia | 18 | the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | - |
| kitchenalia | 20 | - | - |
| lalapalooza | 22 | - | - |
| kawanatanga | 19 | - | - |
| leukoplakia | 21 | - | - |
| leucoplakia | 19 | - | - |
| leucorrhoea | 16 | - | - |
| leucodermia | 16 | - | - |
| leiomyomata | 18 | - | - |
| lepidoptera | 16 | moths and butterflies | - |
| lymphopenia | 23 | an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood | - |
| maceranduba | 18 | - | - |
| liriodendra | 13 | - | - |
| logagraphia | 18 | a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | - |
| mammillaria | 17 | any cactus of the genus Mammillaria | - |
| malonylurea | 16 | a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs | - |
| maquiladora | 23 | an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border | - |
| mangalsutra | 14 | - | - |
| mantelletta | 13 | - | - |
| gentianella | 12 | genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana | - |
| granulomata | 14 | - | - |
| graphomania | 19 | - | - |
| grandiflora | 16 | - | - |
| glyptotheca | 22 | - | - |
| globigerina | 15 | marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes | - |
| glossodynia | 16 | pain in the tongue | - |
| glossolalia | 12 | repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor) | - |
| syphilomata | 21 | - | - |
| taphephobia | 23 | a morbid fear of being buried alive | - |
| taphophobia | 23 | - | - |
| taratantara | 11 | - | - |
| tachyphasia | 24 | - | - |
| suspensoria | 13 | - | - |
| synclinoria | 16 | - | - |
| terebratula | 13 | - | - |
| tetraplegia | 14 | - | - |
| thalassemia | 16 | an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin | - |
| tetrahymena | 19 | relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research | - |
| technomania | 18 | - | - |
| telesthesia | 14 | - | - |
| subopercula | 17 | - | - |
| subschemata | 20 | - | - |
| subumbrella | 17 | - | - |
| superstrata | 13 | - | - |
| supernacula | 15 | - | - |
| typographia | 22 | - | - |
| tuberculoma | 17 | - | - |
| tufftaffeta | 23 | - | - |
| tulipomania | 15 | - | - |
| understrata | 12 | - | - |
| unguentaria | 12 | - | - |
| utricularia | 13 | bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution | - |
| verumontana | 16 | - | - |
| welwitschia | 22 | curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old | - |
| timbromania | 17 | - | - |
| tibiofibula | 18 | - | - |
| treponemata | 15 | - | - |
| trichinella | 16 | - | - |
| toxicomania | 22 | - | - |
| xenoglossia | 19 | - | - |
| xiphisterna | 23 | - | - |
| xerostomata | 20 | - | - |
