8-letter words containing ain
- quaintly — having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
- quatrain — a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
- quintain — an object mounted on a post or attached to a movable crossbar mounted on a post, used as a target in the medieval sport of tilting.
- rain off — If a sports game is rained off, it has to stop, or it is not able to start, because of rain.
- rain out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rain-out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rainband — a dark band in the solar spectrum caused by water vapor in the atmosphere.
- rainbird — any of several birds, especially the black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) and the yellow-billed cuckoo (C. americanus), that are said to call frequently before a rainstorm.
- rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
- raincoat — a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- raindate — an alternative date proposed in case of rain
- raindrop — a drop of rain.
- rainfall — a fall or shower of rain.
- rainwash — material eroded or swept away by rain.
- rainwear — waterproof or water-repellent clothing.
- reattain — to attain (a goal, aim, level of achievement, etc) again
- refrains — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- remained — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- reobtain — 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.
- reordain — to ordain again
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- retained — to keep possession of.
- retainer — the act of retaining in one's service.
- sainfoin — a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.
- saint-lô — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- saintess — a female saint
- saintish — resembling a saint
- saintism — the practices and principles of the Puritans
- seatrain — a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- staining — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- strainer — a person or thing that strains.
- suzerain — a sovereign or a state exercising political control over a dependent state.
- swaining — courtship
- tainaron — Cape, a cape in the Ionian Sea, S Greece, at the S tip of the Peloponnesus.
- tainture — a taint or stain; contamination
- the wain — Charles's Wain
- thebaine — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 19 H 21 NO 3 , present in opium in small quantities, but having a strychninelike rather than a narcotic effect.
- touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- train up — If someone trains you up, they teach you new skills or give you the necessary preparation so that you will reach the standard required for a particular job or activity.
- trainers — shoes that people wear, especially for running and other sports
- training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trainman — a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
- trainway — a railway track; the channel in a built-up area through which a train passes
- ungainly — not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy: an ungainly child; an ungainly prose style.
- unpained — not suffering pain
- unsained — not blessed
- vainesse — vainness