12-Letter Words Ending in A

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""Pl. armamentariums or armamentaria (- - ) The complete equipment of a physician or medical institution, including books, supplies, and instruments.""

An ardent admirer of the ballet.

Plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chloroplasts.

Pl. chromonemata (-m -t ) The spirally coiled central filament of a chromatid along which the chromomeres are aligned.

The process of transferring pictures or designs printed on specially prepared paper to materials such as glass or metal.

A form of colorblindness characterized by insensitivity to green.

Difficult and painful menstruation.

Book of knowledge

Reference work

Reference book

Pl. endotheliomata (-m -t ) or endotheliomas Any of various neoplasms derived from endothelium.

An increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood.

Pl. epiphenomena (-n ) A secondary phenomenon that results from and accompanies another: "Exploitation of one social class or ethnic group by another [is] an epiphenomenon of real differences in power between social groups" (Harper's).

Elaborately staged light entertainment

Elaborately staged entertainment

Type of show.

""An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda. Rhizophoda.""

Abnormal enlargement of the breasts in a male.

""Pl. hemangiomas also hemangiomata (-m -t ) A benign skin lesion consisting of dense, usually elevated masses of dilated blood vessels.""

""Body, Human a condition of the body in which muscular movement is abnormally agitated. ; hyperkinetic ,""

Feeling sick in the head (wordplay)

Feeling virtually sick (wordplay)

Thinking ill of oneself (wordplay)

The fish of a particular region.

""Pl. meningiomas or meningiomata (-m -t ) A slow-growing tumor of the meninges, occurring most often in adults.""

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""Pl. metencephala (-l ) The anterior part of the embryonic hindbrain, which gives rise to the cerebellum and pons.""

Structures in cells that produce energy

In cell cytoplasm, organelles which store and release energy

Nervous condition

Nervous debility

What could make you uneasier than debilitation (wordplay)

Pl. neurofibromas or neurofibromata (-m -t ) A usually benign tumor originating in peripheral nerve fibers and composed chiefly of neurilemma cells.

Normal body temperature.

Formation of words from natural sounds.

Cuckoo or "whippoorwill," for example

Formation of words like "buzz" or "hiss"

See aplastic anemia .

Pl. perichondria (-dr - ) The fibrous membrane of connective tissue covering the surface of cartilage except at the endings of joints.

""Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic. Sclerotic.""

""Any of a group of hypoglycemic drugs, such as tolbutamide, that act on the beta cells of the pancreas to increase the secretion of insulin.""

Sensation crossing over between different senses

""Fear of or aversion to technology, especially computers and high technology.""

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Common house plant

A trained cat's cultivated plant

Spiderwort genus

Pl. zoosporangia (-j - ) A sporangium in which zoospores develop.

""Pl. zooxanthellae (-th l ) Any of various yellow-green algae that live symbiotically within the cells of other organisms, such as those of certain radiolarians and marine invertebrates.""