8-Letter Nouns Ending With A

1. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

2. the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

1. (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants

1. data about data

1. a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy

2. a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets

1. the visual percept of a region

2. a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene

1. malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer

1. any plant of the genus Veronica

1. a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer

1. dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine

2. any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms

1. mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

1. an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness

1. the academic world

1. frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

1. a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes

1. any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes

1. a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court

1. impaired ability to learn to read

1. a badge worn to show official position

1. a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

1. an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness)

1. a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite

1. any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels

2. candied stalks of the angelica plant

1. the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel

2. the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)

1. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way

2. a mechanism that can move automatically

1. a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others

1. a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries

2. the main house on a ranch or large estate

1. a shop where pizzas are made and sold

1. a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

1. a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes

1. local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism

1. extreme excess

1. that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form

2. the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

1. a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

1. anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form

2. something transitory; lasting a day

1. a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other

1. thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour

1. state of violent mental agitation

2. excessive or uncontrollable fear

1. a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation

1. large arboreal boa of tropical South America

1. an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges

2. a Roman building used for public administration

1. any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico

1. a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

2. suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture

1. a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae

2. any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma

1. greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties

2. deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms

1. additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same; entity, other pronoun; pronoun, entity; quantifier: other

1. an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000

1. an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior

1. any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers

1. any species of the genus Listeria

1. any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers

1. loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer)

1. a detested person

2. a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

1. a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts

1. any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria

1. neuralgia along the sciatic nerve

1. a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja

1. abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation)

1. rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon

1. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

1. state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror

2. a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror

1. a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships

2. a fleet of small craft

1. sauce for pasta; contains tomatoes and garlic and herbs

1. a short amusing opera

1. a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra

1. a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar

2. a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox

1. a localized swelling filled with blood

1. the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease

1. marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ

2. the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil

1. a kind of sideboard or buffet

1. one of the bony segments of the spinal column

1. highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide

1. a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve

1. cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever

1. a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium

1. blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease

1. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

2. a schematic or preliminary plan

1. large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief

1. the seed of the chickpea plant

2. Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds

1. a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

1. a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas

1. a farewell remark

1. a grotesque product of the imagination

2. a deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail

1. carcinoma of the liver

1. a whip used to inflict punishment

2. a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)

1. loud confused noise from many sources

2. a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits