9-letter words containing ail
- entailing — Involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.
- entrailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entrail.
- face-nail — to secure with nails driven perpendicular to the surface. Compare toenail (def 4).
- fail-safe — Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly.
- fail-soft — pertaining to or noting facilities built into a system, as in an automobile or a computer, for continuing operations on an interim basis and probably with reduced efficiency, if parts of the system fail.
- failingly — an act or instance of failing; failure: His failing is due to general incompetence.
- fife rail — a rail surrounding or next to the mast of a sailing vessel for use in holding the pins to which some of the running rigging is belayed.
- fine nail — a short steel finishing nail from 1 to 1½ inches (2.5 to 3.8 cm) long.
- fish tail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fish-tail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fishtails — Plural form of fishtail.
- foot rail — a stretcher connecting the legs of a piece of furniture, as a chair or table, upon which the feet may be rested.
- foresails — Plural form of foresail.
- form nail — a nail used in building temporary structures, having a stop on its shank to prevent its being driven in all the way and to leave the head free for pulling.
- frailness — The state of being frail; frailty; weakness.
- frailties — Plural form of frailty.
- fuel rail — A fuel rail is high pressure tubing which takes fuel to the injectors in an internal combustion engine.
- full sail — all the sails of a vessel: All three ships had full sail set.
- gaff sail — an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish.
- greenmail — the practice of buying a large block of a company's stock in order to force a rise in stock prices or an offer by the company to repurchase that block of stock at an inflated price to thwart a possible takeover bid.
- grisaille — monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
- guardrail — Also, guardrailing. a protective railing, as along a road or stairway.
- hail from — to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
- hail mary — Ave Maria.
- hailstone — a pellet of hail.
- hailstorm — a storm with hail.
- handrails — Plural form of handrail.
- hangnails — Plural form of hangnail.
- harestail — a species of cotton grass, Eriophorum vaginatum, more tussocky than common cotton grass and having only a single flower head
- hate mail — letters, telegrams, etc., that express prejudice or disagreement in abusive or threatening terms.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- headsails — Plural form of headsail.
- high-tail — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- in detail — an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- intailing — Present participle of intail.
- interrail — to travel through Europe using an international rail pass, which permits unlimited travel through most European countries via train
- ismailian — a member of the Ismaʿiliya sect.
- ismailiya — a branch of Shiʿism, including in its number the Assassins and the Druses, having an esoteric philosophy and asserting Ismaʿil to be the seventh divinely inspired imam in the succession from Ali.
- jail bait — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jail cell — a small room in a jail where a prisoner is kept
- jail-bait — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jailbaits — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jailbirds — Plural form of jailbird.
- jailbreak — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
- jaileress — a female jailer
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- jump bail — property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.