wordgame: words ending with A

Originally posted by wolfgang59
addenda 7 (was agenda 6)
bourkha 6 (alternative spelling of burka) was boa 3
comma 5 (was coma 4)
delta 5
enchilada 9
fantasia 8 (was feta 4)
guerrilla 9
hysteria 8
iota 4
jura 4 or 5
karma 5
lytta 5
myopia 6 (was mania 5)
nirvana 7
ocarina 7
phobia 6
quanta 6
replica 7
salsa 5
tuba 4
uvula 5
vendetta 8
whoa 4
xenia 5
yea 3
zebra 5

Thats +10

total 153

Originally posted by Green Paladin
Oh, I thought you were talking about 200 words. What do you mean medical words (dysmenorrhoea)?

Algebra, brouhaha, cafeteria, dystopia, enchilada, fraxinella, guerrilla, hyperthermia, insomnia, junta, kookaburra, lollapalooza, mycorrhiza, nirvana, penumbra, quadriplegia, rubella, salmonella, telaesthesia, urticaria, vendetta, woomera, xerostomia, yakuza, zoophilia.

222

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Impressive

But no compound names else its too easy and the medical doctors win hands down!

I disallow
hyperthermia
quadriplegia
xerostomia
zoophilia

Had to look up lallapalooza ... what a wonderful word! Anyone know its etymology?

I thought 200 a decent target. Well Done!

Orchestrina.

221

Diorama 7

mitochondria??? 12

intelligensia 13?

analgesia (9), bacchanalia (11)

That's 5 on top of whatever the current total was.

encyclopedia 12

bronchopnuemonia

Edit: think I spelt it right.

balla
hatea
gangsta
yella
playa
n....evermind 😞

This is the current list, yes?

Algebra, brouhaha, cafeteria, dystopia, enchilada, fraxinella, guerrilla, Hybridoma, insomnia, junta, kookaburra, lollapalooza, mycorrhiza, nirvana, penumbra, quotha, rubella, salmonella, telaesthesia, urticaria, vendetta, woomera, xylorimba, yakuza, zareeba.

I'm going to propose:
anesthesia
referenda
quinquina

etc. 8