10-letter words containing ai
- airmailing — Present participle of airmail.
- airmanship — the skill or art of flying an aircraft
- airstreams — Plural form of airstream.
- airstrikes — Plural form of airstrike.
- airwaybill — An airbill.
- airy-fairy — If you describe someone's ideas as airy-fairy, you are critical of them because you think the ideas are vague, impractical, and unrealistic.
- aisi steel — any steel made to conform to the standard chemical compositions generally accepted by the U.S. steel industry and its principal customers.
- aisle seat — a seat, esp on a plane, situated at the end of a row, adjacent to the aisle
- alcaiceria — a silk market
- algebraist — an expert in algebra.
- altar rail — a rail around or in front of the altar table in church, often cushioned on top, at which worshippers kneel to take communion or vows
- angel hair — a kind of pasta in the shape of very fine long strands
- apotropaic — preventing or intended to prevent evil
- appertains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appertain.
- appledrain — a wasp
- appraisals — Plural form of appraisal.
- appraisers — Plural form of appraiser.
- appraising — critical, considering
- appraisive — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- archaicism — an archaism
- archaistic — something archaic, as a word or expression.
- arraigning — Present participle of arraign.
- as against — If you discuss a particular set of facts or figures as against another set, you are comparing or contrasting the two sets of facts or figures.
- ascertains — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- assailable — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- assailants — Plural form of assailant.
- assailment — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- attainable — Something that is attainable can be achieved.
- attainably — In a way that can be attained.
- attainment — The attainment of an aim is the achieving of it.
- attainting — Present participle of attaint.
- attainture — attainder
- azerbaijan — a republic in NW Asia: the region was acquired by Russia from Persia in the early 19th century; became the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936 and gained independence in 1991; consists of dry subtropical steppes around the Aras and Kura rivers, surrounded by the Caucasus; contains the extensive Baku oilfields. Language: Azerbaijani (or Azeri). Religion: Shiite Muslim. Currency: manat. Capital: Baku. Pop: 9 590 159 (2013 est). Area: 86 600 sq km (33 430 sq miles)
- back-trail — to backtrack.
- backstairs — a secondary staircase in a house, esp one originally for the use of servants
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- bailiwicks — Plural form of bailiwick.
- bain-marie — a vessel for holding hot water, in which sauces and other dishes are gently cooked or kept warm
- bainbridge — Beryl.1934–2010, British novelist and playwright. Novels include The Dressmaker (1973), Injury Time (1977), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001)
- balalaikas — Plural form of balalaika.
- bargain on — to rely or depend on (something)
- bargainers — Plural form of bargainer.
- bargaining — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- bath chair — a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- baudelaire — Charles Pierre (ʃarl pjɛr). 1821–67, French poet, noted for his macabre imagery; author of Les fleurs du mal (1857)
- be in pain — If you are in pain, you feel pain in a part of your body, because you are injured or ill.
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- benzocaine — a white crystalline ester used as a local anaesthetic; ethyl para-aminobenzoate. Formula: C9H11NO2