8-letter words containing ail
- railhead — the farthest point to which the rails of a railroad have been laid.
- railings — a fence, balustrade, or barrier that consists of rails supported by posts
- raillery — good-humored ridicule; banter.
- railroad — a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
- rat tail — a hair style characterized by a long thin tail of hair growing at the back of the head
- rat-tail — grenadier (def 4).
- re-avail — to avail (someone or something) again
- reassail — to assail (someone or something) again
- retailer — the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retailor — to make (clothing) suitable for a new person or purpose by changing the details
- ringsail — ringtail (def 3).
- ringtail — any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
- rocaille — Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- sailfish — any of several large scombroid game fishes of the genus Istiophorus, such as I. albicans (Atlantic sailfish), of warm and tropical seas: family Istiophoridae. They have an elongated upper jaw and a long sail-like dorsal fin
- sailroom — the space on a ship for storing sails
- sailyard — a yard for a sail.
- seasnail — any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
- set sail — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- silktail — the waxwing
- sliprail — a rail in a fence that can be slipped out of place to make an opening
- snailery — a place where snails are bred
- spanrail — a rail connecting two legs of furniture; stretcher.
- squailer — a stick that has been specially weighted to use as a missile for throwing at something
- staysail — any sail set on a stay, as a triangular sail between two masts.
- stunsail — studdingsail.
- taffrail — the upper part of the stern of a ship.
- tail end — the hinder or rear part of anything.
- tail fan — the fanlike posterior appendage of crayfish and lobsters, consisting of a telson and two uropods, used for rapid backward propulsion.
- tail fin — a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
- tail off — diminish gradually
- tail out — to guide (timber) as it emerges from a power saw
- tailback — the offensive back who lines up farthest behind the line of scrimmage, as in a single wingback or double wingback formation.
- tailband — a band sewn or glued to the tail of a book. Compare headband (def 3).
- tailbone — the coccyx.
- tailcoat — A tailcoat is a man's coat which is short at the front with long pieces at the back. Tailcoats were popular in the 19th century and are now worn only for very formal occasions, such as weddings.
- taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
- tailgate — a style of playing the trombone, especially in Dixieland jazz, distinguished especially by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi.
- tailings — the part of a projecting stone or brick tailed or inserted in a wall.
- taillamp — the rear light of a motor vehicle
- tailless — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- tailleur — a tailored or tailor-made costume for women.
- tailor's — a shop where clothes can be repaired or altered
- tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- tailpipe — an exhaust pipe located at the rear of a motor vehicle or aircraft powered by an internal-combustion engine.
- tailrace — the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- tailskid — a runner under the tail of an airplane.
- tailspin — spin (def 23).
- tailwind — a wind coming from directly behind a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to headwind).
- tenaille — a low outwork in the main ditch between two bastions