6-letter words containing ai
- akhaïa — department of modern Greece, corresponding approximately to ancient Achaea
- alcaic — of or relating to a metre used by the 7th-century bc Greek lyric poet Alcaeus, consisting of a strophe of four lines each with four feet
- almain — a German
- altaic — a postulated family of languages of Asia and SE Europe, consisting of the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic branches, and perhaps also Japanese, Korean, and Ainu
- altair — the brightest star in the constellation Aquila. Visual magnitude: 0.77; spectral type: A7V; distance: 16.8 light years
- ao dai — the traditional costume of Vietnamese women, consisting of a long, high-necked, closefitting tunic split along the sides from waist to hem: it is worn over loosefitting trousers
- appair — to make or become worse
- araise — to raise
- assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
- assain — (obsolete): To heal or save.
- assais — any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
- attain — If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.
- atwain — into two parts
- avails — to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
- awaits — Plural form of await.
- baaing — The bleating of a sheep.
- bacaic — Boeing Airplane Company Algebraic Interpreter Coding system. A pre-Fortran system on the IBM 701 and IBM 650.
- baicai — Alternative spelling of bok choy.
- baikal — a type of Russian-made handgun, designed to fire tear-gas cylinders but often modified to fire bullets
- bailed — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- bailee — a person to whom the possession of goods is transferred under a bailment
- bailer — to dip (water) out of a boat, as with a bucket.
- bailey — the outermost wall or court of a castle
- bailie — (in Scotland) a municipal magistrate
- bailor — a person who retains ownership of goods but entrusts possession of them to another under a bailment
- báinín — Irish collarless jacket made of white wool
- bairam — either of two Muslim festivals, one (Lesser Bairam) falling at the end of Ramadan, the other (Greater Bairam) 70 days later at the end of the Islamic year
- baited — food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- baiter — someone who baits or teases
- baizes — Plural form of baize.
- banzai — a patriotic cheer, battle cry, or salutation
- bejaïa — seaport in NE Algeria, on the Mediterranean: pop. 115,000
- bewail — If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it.
- bhilai — a city in S Madhya Pradesh, in central India.
- blaine — James G(illespie)1830-93; U.S. statesman: secretary of state (1881, 1889-92)
- blains — an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- blaise — a male given name.
- bo hai — arm of the Yellow Sea, north of Shandong peninsula in NE China: c. 300 mi (483 km) long
- bolyai — János [yah-nawsh] /ˈyɑ nɔʃ/ (Show IPA), 1802–60, Hungarian mathematician.
- bonsai — A bonsai or a bonsai tree is a tree or shrub that has been kept very small by growing it in a little pot and cutting it in a special way.
- braide — given to deceit
- braids — to weave together strips or strands of; plait: to braid the hair.
- braila — a port in E Romania: belonged to Turkey (1544–1828). Pop: 192 000 (2005 est)
- braine — John (Gerard). 1922–86, English novelist, whose works include Room at the Top (1957) and Life at the Top (1962)
- braino — thinko
- brains — an animal's brain, cooked and eaten as food
- brainy — Someone who is brainy is clever and good at learning.
- braird — the first shoots of grass or crops
- braise — When you braise meat or a vegetable, you fry it quickly and then cook it slowly in a covered dish with a small amount of liquid.
- caille — (in cookery) a quail