sunflower
A microorganism is 13 letters and is a living thing.
try Goldcrest
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albatross
Sagebrush has nine letters. Shorthand has nine letters.
whitefish, washcloth
headache. Here's one with 9 letters - heartache
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No. Pi has a beginning (3) but not an end (that we know of). A line that's drawn, and goes into a loop (like a number 9 or 6) has a beginning but no end. If you're talking about every living thing, then we don't know. All living things that we know of have an end, but is the 'life entity' that controls a body eternal? No one knows (yet...)
Two countries beginning with the letter A contain 9 letters. The countries are Argentina and Australia.
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Calcium phosphate is a bone-like substance that has 9 letters.