9-Letter Words Ending in A

Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma). (Nepeta Glechoma).

A tree, the common mesquite

""Pl. ambulacra (-l k r , -l kr ) One of the five radial areas on the undersurface of the starfish and similar echinoderms, from which the tube feet are protruded and withdrawn.""

Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.

""Pl. androecia (-sh - , -sh ) The stamens of a flower considered as a group.""

Dead Roman, perhaps, or mythical Greek

Princess attached to rock stars in group

The Chained Lady

Writings of dubious authorship

Secret things books left out

Writings not considered genuine

* Song about goldfish (nearly)

Monkey puzzle tree (or Chile pine)

Evergreen song about golden vehicle

Plural of argumentum .

Aromatic plant related to wormwood

Genus of herbaceous perennial plants

Bitter tasting plant

Eg, concert halls

They are found in schools

School meeting places

Bare all in dancing? Not me!

She's winning on points!

She may be winning on points!

Plymouth muscle car

Predatory fish found in tropical seas

'68 Plymouth with optional Mod Top roof

Genus of parasitic worms

Care if tea spilled here (wordplay)

The only waiting here is at the counter!

Eatery where there's no waiting!

A queen protected by duchess and coterie

Secret advisers

Intriguing group around the old lady artist, grabbing improperly

Star-fruit tree

Star fruit

Type of pasta sauce

A sauce for pasta

Bacony pasta dish

A major type of cancer

Carrion Virginia mixed for flesh-eaters

Wolves etc mostly fair when tackling men

Order soldiers to stop endless festivity

Mostly relaxed, artist captures popular tree

""The use of a linguistic unit, such as a pronoun, to refer ahead to another unit, for example, the use of him to refer to John in the sentence Near him, John saw a snake.""

Fabulous creature presses on each star thistle, for example

Parts of brains

Lower posterior parts of the brain

Occupiers of the skull's posterior fossa

""One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.""

Luscious fruit of tropical America.

Variant of cherimoya .

An alga responsible for turning stagnant water an opaque green

""Poisoning caused by ingesting fish contaminated with ciguatoxin, characterized by gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms.""

Plant ashes in these places (wordplay)

Flower for the (say) sinner and the song

Showy flower from the Canary Islands.

Ancient water clock

Dry places, not right for this to work

Dry places damaged this timekeeper

Businesses producing iron coats

Spies entrap working-class associations

Groups require actions or else

Pl -lae [-ˌliː] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the technical name for pollen basket

Prawns and lobster perhaps act as cure

A class made up of hard cases (wordplay)

Shrimp, lobsters, etc.

Pl. cuadrillas The group of assistants to the matador in a bullfight.

Programme of activities? Of course!

Courses of study.

Pictures representing a continuous scene

Pictorial landscape encircling a viewer

Curved wall used as a stage background

Pl. decahedrons or decahedra (-dr ) A polyhedron with ten faces.

Administer a horrid enema to be purged of this (wordplay)

Motions not welcomed from her radio broadcast at one

A small creeping herb (Dichondra micrantha) commercially cultivated as a substitute for lawn grass.

Play for real (wordplay)

Program that rings true

'Based on a true story' movie

An ill habit or state of the constitution; formerly regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors.

Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets.

""Any of numerous tropical American plants of the genus Echeveria, having thick, succulent leaves often clustered in a showy rosette.""

Parts of sacs around hearts

Mysterious items - ciao trees (anagram)

Dark matter (wordplay)

Words not ideal for crossword puzzles

Bush perhaps began in excessive optimism

Great feeling about key plant

Plant for bishop in high spirits

Fibroma

""Pl -ture [-ˈtʊəreɪ] (Music, other) Music embellishment, esp ornamentation added by the performer [Italian: a blossoming]""

Early spring bloom

Shrub with showy bell-shaped flowers

A frosty hi to the flowering shrub

See yaws .

Clap for American turn and not South American bird

The burning in the "Seinfeld" episode "The Burning"

""Pl. granulomas or granulomata (-m -t ) A mass of inflamed granulation tissue, usually associated with ulcerated infections.""

Damaging parts of accusations

""A light open-necked cotton shirt, often with large pockets and pleats down the front, that is typically worn outside the pants.""

Simian soldier (wordplay)

Che Guevara, for one

To lure a girl is highly irregular!

Blues player, maybe

Benjamin Franklin invented one

Small wind instrument

English word

Passage of urine mingled with blood.

English word

English word

Speakers' receptions (wordplay)

Guest speaker fees, say

Payments to speakers, say

Body harm I'll do (wordplay)

Garden flower - garden hay (anagram)

Shrub - garden hay (anagram)

Handy gear (anagram) - shrub

y=1/x, say

Par hole by playing for curve

Certain curve in math

Blood and Blood Vessels

Hypermetropia.

Abnormally deep or rapid breathing.

One with a Roman upset at a fiance, say

Woman in love

Cleopatra, to Antony

Plural of involucrum .

Region of one country claimed by another

English word

Tropical flowering tree

Tropical tree with fern-like leaves

Purple-blooming bignonia

English word

Lacunar

This is On the Beach - long song about dictator

1999's winning word: Verbosity

Nonstop talkativeness

Excessive talkativeness, perhaps incoherent

""A votive candle set into a small, decorative paper bag weighted with sand and placed in a row with others along a walkway, driveway, or rooftop as a holiday decoration. Also called regionally farolito .""

Tequila/citrus cocktail

Woman's drink

Type of tequila cocktail

Illegal drug (alt. spelling)

Alternative spelling for the hemp plant

""A strong-smelling Asian plant (Cannabis sativa), also called hemp, from which a number of euphorogenic and halucinogenic drugs are prepared. The euphoric effect is predominently due to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).Cannabis sativa), also called hemp, from which a number of euphorogenic and halucinogenic drugs are prepared. The euphoric effect is predominently due to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).""

Play that made moral, perhaps (wordplay)

Torme's theatrics (wordplay)

Soap ingredient (wordplay)

Work sheets (wordplay)

Flowers for secretaries (wordplay)

Reminders, of sorts

See midgut .

Gun collection

A limit arbitrarily imposed on IRA fixed weapons collection (wordplay)

Pl -ia [-ɪə] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the flat ciliated larva of flukes that hatches from the egg and gives rise asexually to other larval forms

Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape," for example

Beckett's 'Krapp's Last Tape,' for example

Old bird with no drink in singular performance

Rent freezes, say

Maria, root out stays!

Temporary bans on an activity

English word

Myocardium

Swimming-pools (US)

Swim-meet sites

US word for swimming-pools

""Pl. nephridia (- - ) A tubular excretory organ in many invertebrates, such as mollusks and earthworms.""

Aspirin target, maybe

Pain in the neck, perhaps

Broken rule again leads to complaint

The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.

Benign tumour, typically at the end of a severed nerve

Massive glass houses (wordplay)

Shark tanks, maybe

Water worlds (wordplay)

These solid figures heard Cato, perhaps

Solids with eight faces

Figures doctor had to care

Players with excited roar about 16, say

Boston Pops, for one

Musicians in a pit (wordplay)

Pl. osmeteria (-tîr - ) An eversible glandular sac on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that secretes an unpleasant-smelling substance to ward off predators.

Ruins in wrestling (wordplay)

Regularly spray leaders at break in gym

Roman gymnasium.

English word

Microscopic denizens of fresh water

One-celled animals.

Common protozoans

Pl. paraments or paramenta (-m n t ) An ecclesiastical vestment or hanging.

Pl. parapodia (-d - ) One of the fleshy paired appendages of polychete annelids that function in locomotion and breathing.

""Any of numerous succulent tropical herbs of the genus Peperomia, having simple, entire, palmately veined leaves and numerous minute, unisexual flowers densely grouped in cylindrical spikes.""

""Pl. perihelia (-h l - , -h l y ) The point nearest the sun in the orbit of a planet or other celestial body.""

""Pl. perikarya (-k r - ) The cell body of a neuron, containing the nucleus and organelles.""

""Pl. perimysia (-m zh - , -m z - ) The sheath of connective tissue enveloping bundles of muscle fibers.""

Pl. periostea (-t - ) The dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones except at the joints and serving as an attachment for muscles and tendons.

Pl. peritonea also peritonaea (-tn- ) The serous membrane that lines the walls of the abdominal cavity and folds inward to enclose the viscera.

Many-faced bodies

Prisms, e.g

Solid figures of more than six faces

Ranch in "Bonanza"

Tall pine tree of North America

The Cartwrights' spread

""Any of several disorders of porphyrin metabolism, usually hereditary, characterized by the presence of large amounts of porphyrins in the blood and urine.""

Popular name of rose moss.

Succulent herb of the purslane family

Plant of the purslane family

English word

Prenomen

Proper pair treated a first-time mother

Pl. primordia (-d - ) An organ or a part in its most rudimentary form or stage of development.

Three-book Newton work

English word

Temple entrances

Pl. prostomia (-m - ) The portion of the head in earthworms and other annelids that is situated anterior to the mouth.

""The primary growth from the spore of a moss, usually consisting of branching confervoid filaments, on any part of which stem and leaf buds may be developed.""

Lower class compartments with first-class return taking drunken pals back

Birth

A burning passion (wordplay)

Lighting problem (wordplay)

Burning desire (wordplay)

Tropical Asian parasitic leafless plant

Plant with a large malodorous bloom

Plant smelling of carrion; flies afar (anagram)

Tropical tree or shrub, the powdered root of which yields valuable drugs

Dogbane

Votes put to country generally 9)

Whistler earned potential votes

Submissions to popular vote

Rhizoma

American growth perhaps irked Cuba

I back rude movement producing bloomer

Turn-of-the-century health resorts

Hospitals for recuperation

Supply AA with rations in clinics

Long-term care facilities

Hospitals for recuperation

Places for mending

Institutions providing rest for invalids

Sarcoma

Plural of sclerotium .

A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea.

Term of address to a Portuguese girl

Lisbon miss

Plural of sequestrum .

Thousand-sesterce amounts

Anc. Roman units of value.

Miss Italy (wordplay)

Miss cue on air - sorry!

Young lady from Rome (wordplay)

Representations (of someone/something)

Kind of light chemical is raising images

Curve on mineral is coming up in images

""A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.""

Non-motile male gametes in red seaweeds

Freshwater algae genus

Freshwater algae

""Pl. sporangia (-j - ) A single-celled or many-celled structure in which spores are produced, as in fungi, algae, mosses, and ferns. Also called spore case .""

Second bungee-jumping artist from the lower orders

Bear genus could be broken down into these groups

Grounds for raising a harlot's vehicle

Underlying (rock) layers

Foundation underneath the layers

""Pl. sudatoria (-tôr - , -t r - ) A hot-air room used for sweat baths. Also called sudatory .""

Turbo-charged old Chevy (wordplay)

Fabulous deli delicacy (wordplay)

Great old Chevy (wordplay)

Big, hairy spider

Hairy creepy-crawly

Spider is natural at spinning

Range of a part, vocally

Range of a vocal part

A vocal part's range

Brutal ace found out, put in cell (wordplay)

Rod-shaped cell or structure that bridges a cavity

More-southern brasserie (wordplay)

Where to get a Pisa pizza (wordplay)

Fare for Italians to get here (wordplay)

""Pl. treponemata (-m -t ) or treponemas Any of a group of spirochetes of the genus Treponema, including those that cause syphilis, pinta, and yaws.""

""Pl. triclinia (- - ) A couch facing three sides of a rectangular table, used by the ancient Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans for reclining at meals.""

Disease transmitted by the deer fly

Hives not restricted to apiarists

Nettle rash, an itchy skin eruption

Rash result of grasping the nettle (wordplay)

Shot cavalier infected by Latin disease

Chickenpox