8-letter words containing ain
- mainboom — the spar for the mainsail
- maindoor — a door giving access to a house from the street
- mainland — the largest of the Shetland Islands. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km).
- mainline — to inject a narcotic, especially heroin, directly into a vein.
- mainmast — the second mast from forward in any ship having two or more masts, except for a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
- mainsail — the lowermost sail on a mainmast.
- mainstay — Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- mainyard — (sailing) The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung.
- maritain — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, French philosopher and diplomat.
- marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- maulmain — Moulmein.
- membrain — Misspelling of membrane.
- midbrain — the middle of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue; mesencephalon.
- migraine — an extremely severe paroxysmal headache, usually confined to one side of the head and often associated with nausea; hemicrania.
- mispaint — to paint badly or wrongly
- mistrain — to train or guide incorrectly
- mondaine — a woman who moves in fashionable society
- morainal — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- moraines — Plural form of moraine.
- morainic — Pertaining to a moraine.
- mortmain — the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- mountain — heap of sth
- murrains — Plural form of murrain.
- nainsell — own self
- nainsook — a fine, soft-finished cotton fabric, usually white, used for lingerie and infants' wear.
- novocain — Dated spelling of novocaine.
- obtained — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- obtainer — One who obtains.
- ordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- ordainee — a person who has been recently ordained as a new member of the clergy.
- ordainer — A person (usually a clergyman) who ordains.
- outpaint — to exceed in painting
- overlain — past participle of overlie.
- painless — without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.
- paintbox — container of artist's colours
- painting — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- paintpot — a container for holding paint while it is being applied
- painture — the art or act of painting
- pearmain — any of several varieties of apple having a red skin
- pertains — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- plainant — a plaintiff
- plainful — sad and mournful
- plaining — to complain.
- plainish — rather ordinary-looking
- plantain — any plant of the genus Plantago, especially P. major, a weed with large, spreading leaves close to the ground and long, slender spikes of small flowers.
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- pretrain — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.