11-Letter Words Ending in A

A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body.

Lack of feeling.

Insensitivity to pain induced by drugs

Literally "without sensation"

A visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes.

""The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.""

English word

English word

""A tumor of nervous tissue derived from interstitial cells, in which the cells are relatively well-differentiated and resemble astrocytes. The occur primarily in the crebrum and cerebellum.""

(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol absence of spermatozoa in the semen azoospermic   adj AZOOSPERMIC (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol absence of spermatozoa in the semen azoospermic   adj BACILLAEMIA (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol the presence of bacilli in the blood

Compassionate person delaying attainment of nirvana (Buddhism)

Name of Oslo from 1624 to 1877

Former name for Oslo

Ex-name of Oslo

""An abnormality in an otherwise normal rhythmic pattern, as of brain waves being recorded by an electroencephalograph.""

Speaking in tongues, more formally

Speaking in tongues

""Any medusa or jellyfish which is produced by budding from a hydroid. They are called also Craspedota, and nakedeyed medus\'91. Craspedota, and nakedeyed medus\'91.""

""Exceptionally exact or vivid memory, especially as associated with certain mental illnesses.""

""An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.""

Perception

English word

Junk drawer's contents

Moving miles with a clean mixture

This and that

Evergreen ground cover

""Body, Human , Perception""

A technical name for a pun

Punster's activity

Art of punning

Composition on a ground bass

Composition with a repeating ground bass

Composition over a ground bass

Reform policy (in Soviet Union)

Gorbachev's reform policy

Soviet economic program begun in '88

Pl. phantasmata (-m -t ) See phantasm .

See cell membrane .

Pl. plasmodesmata (-m -t ) or plasmodesmas also plasmodesms A strand of cytoplasm that passes through openings in cell walls and connects the protoplasts of adjacent living plant cells.

Cell projections whose name literally means "false feet"

Pervasive in the '60s

Spellbound genre

Entertainment affecting the mind and emotions

Theater class taught by Alfred Hitchcock (wordplay)

Italian dish

Italian dish which translates as "it leaps into the mouth"

""A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite""

Mother-in-law's tongue

""A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin.""

A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped. Centiped.

""The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian.""

""A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories.""

Small symphony orchestra

Small orchestral piece

Small orchestra

Greek dish having spinach and feta cheese in filo pastry

In Greek cooking, a filo pastry stuffed with spinach and feta cheese

English word

Pl. spermagonia also spermogonia (-n - ) A cup-shaped cavity or receptacle in which the spermatia of certain lichens and fungi are produced.

""A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa.""

""Pl. spermatozoa (-z ) The mature fertilizing gamete of a male organism, usually consisting of a round or cylindrical nucleated cell, a short neck, and a thin motile tail. Also called sperm cell , zoosperm .""

""Body, Human""

Overaction of the sebaceous glands.

""The integument of the under surface of the bell, or diskshaped body, of a jellyfish.""

""Pl. superstrata (-str t , -str t ) One layer or stratum superimposed on another.""

The ability to hear colors, say

Phenomenon whose name means "union of the senses"

""An inherited form of anemia occurring chiefly among people of Mediterranean descent, caused by faulty synthesis of part of the hemoglobin molecule.""

""Pl. xiphisterna (-n ) The posterior and smallest of the three divisions of the sternum, below the gladiolus and the manubrium. Also called xiphoid , xiphoid process .""