2-Letter Words Ending in A

Spiritual powers

Personal magnetisms

*Rural educational gathering

New York lake and colony

Cultural center in N.Y. State

Facial fur (wordplay)

Pearly-gray fur

Feature cool on a rodent

Glory-of-the-snow

Chloasma

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

Type of iguana

Large dark-bodied lizard living in Mexico and the southern USA

Grayish lizard once used as food by Native Americans

Summer-theater circuit

Additive in some bug repellents

Insect repellent sprayed into cellar

""Pl. clostridia (- - ) Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming, chiefly anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, such as the nitrogen-fixing bacteria found in soil and those causing botulism and tetanus.""

Plural of coelenteron .

Beetles' order

Genus of insects that includes beetles and weevils

""A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.""

Coloboma

Trill-a-minute performer (wordplay)

Musical runs and trills.

Elaborate vocal ornamentation

Pl. columbaria (- - ) also columbaries a. A vault with niches for urns containing ashes of the dead.

Harmony in a musical instrument

Cousin of the accordion.

Accordion's cousin.

Range rider, callow out West, shot!

Chain I left among red coral at sea

Group of mountain ranges

Thanksgiving Day centerpiece

Emblem of abundance.

Souvenir of Almathea, a gift from Zeus

A recording for rectification (wordplay)

Errors to be corrected (in book)

List of fixed mistakes

Venues for funeral ceremonies

Would they issue stardust in Hollywood (wordplay)

""Cyclop\'91dia The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven socalled liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia. as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia.""

English word

Pl. definienda (-d ) A word or expression that is being defined.

Things sought for.

Things needed and wanted.

Very necessary things

Diastema

Highly infectious throat disease

Immerse the hair for treating disease

Complaint: 'Doctor hit her with iPad'

Alcoholism - so dim a pain (anagram)

Problem for A.A.

Sot's cravings

Fly has upset his poor lad

Poorish lad used as subject for genetic research

Fruit fly

""Difficulty in articulating words, caused by impairment of the muscles used in speech.""

An abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements.

Pl. enchiridions or enchiridia (- - ) A handbook; a manual.

Plural of endocardium .

Plural of endometrium .

""Pl. endothecia (-s - , -sh - ) The inner tissue of an anther or a moss capsule.""

""Pl. endothelia (-l - ) A thin layer of flat epithelial cells that lines serous cavities, lymph vessels, and blood vessels.""

States of adjustment.

English word

Young 6 said to be ending life

Painless method of killing

Young Burmese at home

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an evergreen garden shrub with shiny green leaves and umbels of pale green flowers; a bigeneric hybrid between Fatsia japonica moseri and Hedera hibernica : family Araliaceae

Plant bearing dense clusters of flowers

Rose with clusters of flowers

Rose with flower clusters

""Pl. florilegia (-j - ) A collection of excerpts from written texts, especially works of literature.""

Herb with white flowers that emit hot flammable vapour in hot weather

Blanket-flower

Blanketflower

Pl. gametangia (-j - ) An organ or a cell in which gametes are produced.

Same as Gluoosuria. Gluoosuria.

Spanish city storing bad fruit

Passion flower in Spanish city is diseased

Passion fruit not well received by Andalusian city

It has little flowers happily arranged on a string like this inside

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

Hematoma

A palsy that affects one side only of the body.

Genetic disorder carried by Queen Victoria

Hepatoma

""Pl. hesperidia (- - ) A berry having a thickened leathery rind and juicy pulp divided into segments, as an orange or other citrus fruit.""

Theme in "Philadelphia"

Pl. hormogonia (-n - ) A part of a filament of a cyanobacterium that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament.

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

Books printed before 1500.

Books printed before 1500

Some very early impressions

Periods between reigns

Pre-coronation periods

Leaderless periods

A small evergreen tropical tree (Myrciaria cauliflora) native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern U. S.; it is grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches.Myrciaria cauliflora) native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern U. S.; it is grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches.

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

Tokyo two-wheeler

Eastern taxi variable

Oriental carriage.

Keratoma

English word

"Laughing" Australian bird

Down Under kingfisher

'Laughing' Australian bird

""Pl. latifundia (-d - ) A great landed estate, especially of the ancient Romans.""

""(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]""

Pl. leprosariums or leprosaria (- - ) A hospital for the treatment of leprosy.

An abnormally low number of white blood cells in the circulating blood.

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

Lymphoma

Bother in big house having a plant with narcotic properties

Reader's notes, at times

Reader's notes

Notes written beside text

See title (wordplay)

Small North American rattlesnake

Small rattlesnake

""Pl. mediastina (-n ) The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.""

Melanoma

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

""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.""

""Normal transformation of tissue from one type to another, as in the ossification of cartilage to form bone.""

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

English word

Extremely small plants

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

A sausage originally made in Bologna

Italian pork sausage

Smoked Italian sausage

In a way, say cheese!

Cheese for a scat singer (wordplay)

Mild, white cheese

Mail tedium (anagram)

On many platforms

Like high-tech gaming experiences

Abnormal muscular weakness or fatigue.

Mycetoma

""Any of numerous parasitic, pathogenic microorganisms of the genus Mycoplasma that lack a true cell wall, are gram-negative, and need sterols such as cholesterol for growth. In humans, one species is a primary cause of nonbacterial pneumonia. Also called pleuropneumonia-like organism .""

""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.

The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.

English word

""A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness.""

Inflammation of the eye

Inflammation of the eye, especially conjunctivitis

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

Grasshoppers and crickets

""Pl. ostensoria (-sôr - , -s r -) also ostensories Roman Catholic Church See monstrance .""

Distortion of memory

Illusion of remembering events experienced for the first time.

""Complete paralysis of the lower half of the body including both legs, usually caused by damage to the spinal cord.""

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

Prepared with a certain Italian cheese

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

Things kept secret

Innermost parts

A plural of penicillium .

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

Pl. pericardia (-d - ) The membranous sac filled with serous fluid that encloses the heart and the roots of the aorta and other large blood vessels.

Pl. pericrania (-n - ) The external periosteum that covers the outer surface of the skull.

""Pl. perineuria (-n r - , -ny r -) The sheath of connective tissue enclosing a bundle of nerve fibers.""

Sudden turn of events

Unexpected turn of events, as in a literary work

Unexpected turn of events, especially in a literary work

""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

Evergreen herb

North American plant of the wintergreen family

English word

Hayden, Fels, Adler, etc.

Places to see the stars

Places for star gazers

Leaves for the holidays (wordplay)

Plant isn't opiate, sadly

Plant petition as ordered

Excessive thirst

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

Flower a.k.a. cinquefoil

P, as in these roses

Mighty harmful, a plant

""Pl. praenomens or praenomina (-n m -n , -n m -) A first or given name.""

""A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxill\'91 become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.""

Form of long-sightedness

Pl. proctodea (-d ) or proctodeums also proctodaea (-d ) or proctodaeums An inward fold on the surface of the embryonic ectoderm that develops into part of the anal passage.

Disease and Illness ()

A socially correct goose (wordplay)

Artificial intelligence (wordplay)

A socially correct goose?

""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

Presidential terms.

Amazing Aldi's equal for food

Grilled Mexican snack

Cheesy Mexican snack

Pl. retinacula (-l ) Biology A band or bandlike structure that holds an organ or a part in place.

""Pl. rickettsiae (-s - ) Any of various bacteria of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by many ticks, fleas, and lice, that cause diseases such as typhus, scrub typhus, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans.""

English word

Your food inspector (wordplay)

A cause of food poisoning

Bacteria associated with food poisoning

It contains abundant sodium channels

A genus of American perrenial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.

Period of revelry

Exotic Australian festival

Ancient Roman December festival

Passive resistance, to Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi's policy of passive resistance to British rule

Norwegian group supports gay star active in non-violent resistance

Mark on tongue seen before a fever

Injure tongue with a complaint

Disease is to disfigure Roman Adonis, initially

Scleroma

""Pl. scriptoriums or scriptoria (-tôr - , -t r -) A room in a monastery set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records.""

Aria from "Carmen."

Fast Spanish dance

That which can be sensed

""Poison blood poisoning caused by pathogenic microorganisms and their toxic products in the bloodstream. ; septicemic, ; septicaemic,""

A highly potent form of marijuana obtained from unpollinated female plants.

""A crisp, puffy, deep-fried pastry often served with honey or syrup.""

English word

""Pl. staminodes also staminodia (-n d - ) A sterile stamen, sometimes resembling a petal, as in the canna.""

Sterigma

Pl. stylopodia (-d - ) An enlargement at the base of the style of flowers in certain plants of the parsley family.

Pl. succedanea (-n - ) A substitute.

""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.""

Syntagma

Southern Italian folk dance

Dance with Jack before everyone retires

Steps aren't at all problematic

Tumorous growths

Pl. termitaria (- - ) A nest built by a colony of termites. Also called termitary .

Four-sided dice, for example

Pyramids, and the like

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

""A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.""

""Any of various parasitic sporozoans of the genus Toxoplasma, including some that cause disease in birds and mammals.""

VACUA vacuum

""An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing.""

""Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellid\'91. They have a more or less bellshaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched. Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellid\'91. They have a more or less bellshaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.""

Launderette

Laundromat

Launderette

Xanthoma

Excessive fear of foreigners

Fear of anything foreign or strange

Dislike of foreigners

The magic word!

Magic word - gibberish!

Spelling word (wordplay)

Recluse's problem, maybe

Cause of some reclusion

Morbid fear of open spaces

A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

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.

MALARIA an infectious disease

""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

Do without restraint (wordplay)

Drunken revels - a China cabal (anagram)

Roman festival; wild revelry

The presence of bacteria in urine.

Book-collecting urge

A library.

Compassionate person delaying attainment of nirvana (Buddhism)

""Slowness of the heart rate, usually fewer than 60 beats per minute in an adult human.""

Cancer

""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

English word

""Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.""

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

""Pl. condylomas or condylomata (-m -t ) A wartlike growth on the skin or mucous membrane, usually in the area of the anus or the external genital organs.""

Mucous membrane of the front of the eye

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

Feed me

'Feed me'

See Japanese cedar .

Books

A mild bipolar disorder.