2-Letter Words Ending in A

MANIA an excessive or unreasonable desire; a craze

Pathology The state of being hypertonic.

""The layer of water in a thermally stratified lake that lies below the thermocline, is noncirculating, and remains perpetually cold.""

""Size a condition in which tissue or an organ of the body fails to grow to normal size. Cf. hypertrophy . ; hypoplastic ,""

Some dice, geometrically

Twenty-sided solids

20-faced solids

""A small, two-wheeled carriage drawn by one or two persons.""

Tokyo two-wheeler

Eastern taxi variable

Oriental carriage.

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania : infects humans and animals and causes diseases ranging from skin lesions to potentially fatal organ damage [New Latin, named after Sir W.B. Leishman (1865-1926), Scottish bacteriologist]""

""A thick, whitish discharge from the vagina or cervical canal.""

Lymphoma

""Pl. mesothelia (-l - ) The layer of flat cells of mesodermal origin that lines the embryonic body cavity and gives rise to the squamous cells of the peritoneum, pericardium, and pleura.""

""A drug, C 10 H 13 NO 4 , used in the treatment of high blood pressure.""

""Pl. monochasia (-z - , -zh - , -zh ) A cyme having a single flower on each axis.""

Abnormal muscular weakness or fatigue.

""Pl. mycorrhizae or mycorhizae (-z ) or mycorrhizas or mycorhizas The symbiotic association of the mycelium of a fungus with the roots of certain plants, such as conifers, beeches, or orchids.""

Propensity for exaggerating

* Obsession with lying

Of or relating to the making of myths.

Inflammation of the eye

Inflammation of the eye, especially conjunctivitis

Seeing limitation work, one brought into game after half-time

Grasshoppers and crickets

""The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.""

""A sexual perversion in which children rather than adults most strongly excite sexual desire, and are used as sexual partners.""

Pl. pentahedrons or pentahedra (-dr ) A solid having five plane faces.

""Pl. perithecia (-sh - , -s - ) A small flask-shaped fruiting body in ascomycetous fungi that contains the ascospores.""

Bug that destroyed wines worldwide

Vine's lethal enemy

Insect similar to the greenfly that is destructive to vines

""Food and Nutrition Pathology. excessive appetite or excessive eating. Disease and Illness the tendency to eat a wide variety of food. ; polyphagist , ; polyphagic,""

""Pl. prothalli (-th l ) or prothallia (-th l - ) A small, flat, delicate structure produced by a germinating spore and bearing sex organs. It is the gametophyte of ferns and some other plants.""

Thorny plant with small fruit clusters

Thorny evergreen shrub related to the hawthorn

Thorny evergreen shrub with white flowers and bright red or yellow berries

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Passive resistance, to Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi's policy of passive resistance to British rule

Norwegian group supports gay star active in non-violent resistance

""The blending into one syllable of two successive vowels of adjacent syllables, especially to fit a poetic meter; for example, th' elite for the elite.""

Four-sided dice, for example

Pyramids, and the like

'D4' dice in role-playing games, e.g

Launderette

Laundromat

Launderette

Xanthoma

Excessive fear of foreigners

Fear of anything foreign or strange

Dislike of foreigners

Recluse's problem, maybe

Cause of some reclusion

Morbid fear of open spaces

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

Lack of feeling.

Insensitivity to pain induced by drugs

Literally "without sensation"

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Do without restraint (wordplay)

Drunken revels - a China cabal (anagram)

Roman festival; wild revelry

A library.

Compassionate person delaying attainment of nirvana (Buddhism)

""Any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Hydnocarpus, whose seeds contain an oil formerly used to treat skin lesions caused by leprosy and other diseases.""

A type of deep-fried burrito

Tortilla appetizer

Name of Oslo from 1624 to 1877

Former name for Oslo

Ex-name of Oslo

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A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.

""An abnormal, often obsessive interest in excrement, especially the use of feces for sexual excitement.""

A mild bipolar disorder.

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Desk-calendar shapes

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

Songs or poems celebrating a marriage

A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; called also epithelial cancer. epithelial cancer.

Pl. exanthemata (-th m -t ) or exanthemas also exanthems A skin eruption accompanying certain infectious diseases.

""A type of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms, senseless laughter, delusions, hallucinations, and regressive behavior.""

""Pl. hibernacula (-l ) Biology A protective case, covering, or structure, such as a plant bud, in which an organism remains dormant for the winter.""

""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.""

Fear of rinsing (wordplay)

A symptom of rabies

Rabies; aversion to water

""An antineoplastic drug, CH 4 N 2 O 2 , that suppresses the production of blood cell precursors in the bone marrow and is used in the treatment of certain leukemias, carcinomas, and sickle cell anemia.""

Order of ants

Order of four-winged insects

Order of insects with four transparent wings

A condition marked by an unusually high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood as a result of hypoventilation.

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

""Abnormally increased appetite for and consumption of food, thought to be associated with a lesion or injury in the hypothalamus.""

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

An abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the blood.

Abnormally low body temperature

Body condition caused by extreme cold

Condition with abnormally low body temperature

Natural emetic drug

Copper swallowed by uncouth Phaeacian as emetic

Perception

Deep long-lasting sadness

Feeling of deep sadness

Long-lasting sadness

Profuse menstruation.

""Sex an abnormal attraction, especially erotic, to corpses. ; necrophile, necrophiliac , n . Corpses an abnormal attraction, especially erotic, to corpses. ; necrophile, , adj. ; necrophiliac, , adj. -Phile, -Philia, -Phily an abnormal, often sexual attraction toward the dead or a dead body. ; necrophile , Death""

Fear of or contempt for Black people and their culture.

Uncontrollable sexual desire

Specialty that may be bracing (wordplay)

Branch of dentistry

The treatment of jaw and teeth irregularities

Evergreen ground cover

""Body, Human , Perception""

Pl. perionychia (- - ) The border of epidermal tissue surrounding a fingernail or toenail.

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

""Pl. philodendrons or philodendra (-dr ) Any of various climbing tropical American plants of the genus Philodendron, many of which are cultivated as houseplants.""

A dread or intolerance of light.

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Pervasive in the '60s

Spellbound genre

Entertainment affecting the mind and emotions

Theater class taught by Alfred Hitchcock (wordplay)

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""Pl. rhombohedrons or rhombohedra (-dr ) A prism with six faces, each a rhombus.""

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

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

Overaction of the sebaceous glands.

The ability to hear colors, say

Phenomenon whose name means "union of the senses"

Abnormally rapid heart rate

Abnormally rapid heartbeat

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""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 .""

Absence of hydrochloric acid in the gastric secretions of the stomach.

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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.

Difficult and painful menstruation.

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).

Excessive flow of milk from the breasts during lactation.

""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 ,""

""LIPEMIA excessive fat in the blood, also LIPAEMIA""

""A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.""

High body temperature

An abnormally low concentration of calcium in the blood.

Feeling sick in the head (wordplay)

Feeling virtually sick (wordplay)

Thinking ill of oneself (wordplay)

""GLYCEMIA glucose in the blood, also GLYCAEMIA""

The fish of a particular region.

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""Pl. mesotheliomata (-m -t ) or mesotheliomas A usually malignant tumor of mesothelial tissue, especially that of the pleura or peritoneum.""

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

""Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.""

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)

Normal body temperature.

""Body, Human , Perception""

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

American dopes lie on the sheets in this

Stock of drugs

The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine.

A condition marked by an abnormally large number of red blood cells in the circulatory system.

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

Drama ()

Sensation crossing over between different senses

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

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""(Medicine / Pathology) a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin Also called Cooley's anaemia [ˈkuːlɪz] [New Latin, from Greek thalassa sea + -aemia , from it being esp prevalent round the eastern Mediterranean Sea]""

Pl. trapezohedrons or trapezohedra (-dr ) Any of several forms of crystal with trapeziums as faces.

""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.""

Pl. chondrocraniums or chondrocrania (-n - ) The cartilaginous cranium of an embryo before ossification.

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A genus of evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants.

Disease and Illness

An abnormally high concentration of calcium in the blood.

Same as Hyper\'91sthesia. Hyper\'91sthesia.

""GLYCEMIA glucose in the blood, also GLYCAEMIA""

It affects view from new Tipperary home

Long-sightedness

""Excess uric acid in the blood, as in gout.""

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Same as Vertebrata. Vertebrata.

Various bits of equipment

Various gear for a certain job

Objects and accessories

A book containing an official list of medicinal drugs together with articles on their preparation and use.

Brain

""A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety. No longer in scientific use.""

""Pl. rhinencephala (-l ) The olfactory region of the brain, located in the cerebrum.""

A severe mental illness

Mental disorder, split mind in Greek

Disorder of Chopin's hazier works

""Pl. trisoctahedrons or trisoctahedra (-dr ) A solid figure having 24 equal faces, every three of which correspond to one face of an octahedron.""

An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by longcontinued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.

A skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism.

Pl. archaebacteria An archaeon.

Fear of confined spaces

Irrational fear of confined spaces

Fear of confinement

Fear of something

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

The presence of hemoglobin in the urine.

AESTHESIA

An excess of fats or lipids in the blood. Also called hyperlipemia .

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) Vet science too little magnesium in the blood, particularly in cattle, in which it is also known as lactation tetany""

""Pl. mesotheliomata (-m -t ) or mesotheliomas A usually malignant tumor of mesothelial tissue, especially that of the pleura or peritoneum.""

Illusory series about an atom is a graph

Fantastic dreamlike series of images

Dreamlike sequence

See phenylthiocarbamide .

Bible

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Pl. choriocarcinomas or choriocarcinomata (-m -t ) A malignant tumor that develops from trophoblast cells and usually occurs in the uterus.

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""Abbr. PKU A genetic disorder in which the body lacks the enzyme necessary to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine. Left untreated, the disorder can cause brain damage and progressive mental retardation as a result of the accumulation of phenylalanine and its breakdown products.""

An excessively rapid heartbeat accompanied by arrhythmia.