11-letter words containing ai
- repairwoman — a woman whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
- retail park — A retail park is a large specially built area, usually at the edge of a town or city, where there are a lot of large shops and sometimes other facilities such as cinemas and restaurants.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retrainable — able to be retrained
- riding sail — a triangular sail set on the aftermost mast of a vessel, especially a fishing vessel, to head it into the wind; trysail.
- right brain — the right cerebral hemisphere of the human brain, which includes areas associated with abstraction, artistic ability, and emotional response
- ring-tailed — having the tail ringed with alternating colors, as a raccoon.
- rion strait — Lepanto (def 3).
- role strain — the stress or strain experienced by an individual when incompatible behavior, expectations, or obligations are associated with a single social role.
- roman snail — a large edible European snail, Helix pomatia, the usual escargot of menus, erroneously thought to have been introduced to northern Europe by the Romans
- roostertail — a full spray or cloud, as of water in the wake of a speeding boat or dust from a speeding car
- rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
- sailboarder — windsurfer
- sailboating — the sport of using a sailing boat
- sailor suit — naval uniform
- sailplaning — the sport of flying sailplanes
- saint clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- saint croix — Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
- saint denis — 3rd century ad, first bishop of Paris; patron saint of France. Feast day: Oct 9
- saint felix — Saint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
- saint kilda — a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic, in the Outer Hebrides: uninhabited since 1930; bird sanctuary
- saint kitts — one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 68 sq. mi. (176 sq. km).
- saint louis — Saint, 1214?–70, king of France 1226–70.
- saint lucia — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- saint's day — a day of celebration commemorating a particular saint.
- saint-cloud — a city in central Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- saint-denis — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar: an overseas department of France. 970 sq. mi. (2512 sq. km). Capital: St. Denis.
- saint-louis — a port in E Missouri, on the Mississippi.
- saint-saens — Charles Camille [sharl ka-mee-yuh] /ʃarl kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1835–1921, French composer and pianist.
- saint-simon — Comte de, 1760–1825, French philosopher and social scientist.
- scambaiting — the practice of pretending to fall for fraudulent online schemes in order to waste the time of the perpetrators
- scissortail — Also called scissortailed flycatcher [siz-er-teyld] /ˈsɪz ərˌteɪld/ (Show IPA). a flycatcher, Muscivora forficatus, of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America, having a long, deeply forked tail.
- sea captain — the master of a seagoing vessel.
- sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- self-mailer — an advertisement, booklet, or the like, that has space for a name, address, and postage and can be mailed without a wrapper or envelope.
- self-praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- semitrailer — Also called semi. a detachable trailer for hauling freight, with wheels at the rear end, the forward end being supported by the rear of a truck tractor when attached. Compare full trailer.
- set against — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shanghaiing — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
- shanhaiguan — a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Gulf of Liaodong: strategically located at the E end of the Great Wall.
- shirt-waist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- short hairs — pubic hair.
- shorthaired — (of an animal) having hair that is short and lies close to the body.
- shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- sling chair — any of several varieties of chairs having a seat and back formed from a single sheet of canvas, leather, or the like, hanging loosely in a frame.
- snail fever — schistosomiasis.
- snail shell — the spirally coiled shell of a snail
- snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.