9-letter words containing ain
- chainsman — a person who stands in the chains to take soundings; leadsman.
- chainwork — any work linked or looped in the manner of or resembling a chain or chains
- champlain — Samuel de (samyɛl də). ?1567–1635, French explorer; founder of Quebec (1608) and governor of New France (1633–35)
- chaplains — Plural form of chaplain.
- chatelain — the keeper or governor of a castle
- chieftain — A chieftain is the leader of a tribe.
- chilblain — Chilblains are painful red swellings which people sometimes get on their fingers or toes in cold weather.
- cocainise — Alt form cocainize.
- cocainism — addiction to cocaine
- cocainist — a cocaine addict
- cocainize — to anaesthetize with cocaine
- cockswain — coxswain
- coleraine — a town in N Northern Ireland, in Coleraine district, Co Antrim, on the River Bann; light industries; university (1965). Pop: 24 089 (2001)
- complains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain.
- complaint — A complaint is a statement in which you express your dissatisfaction with a particular situation.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- contained — kept from going beyond certain limits; confined
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- copataine — (of a hat) high-crowned
- coxswains — Plural form of coxswain.
- cuchulain — a legendary hero of Ulster
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- daintiest — Superlative form of dainty.
- defleaing — Present participle of deflea.
- destained — Simple past tense and past participle of destain.
- detainees — Plural form of detainee.
- detainers — Plural form of detainer.
- detaining — Present participle of detain.
- detrained — Simple past tense and past participle of detrain.
- dibucaine — a compound, C 20 H 29 N 3 O 2 , used as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- disdained — Simple past tense and past participle of disdain.
- distained — to discolor; stain; sully.
- distraint — the act of distraining; a distress.
- dog train — a sleigh drawn by a team of dogs
- domainist — (jargon) /doh-mayn'ist/ 1. Said of a domain address (as opposed to a bang path) because the part to the right of the "@" specifies a nested series of "domains"; for example, [email protected] specifies the machine called snark in the subdomain called thyrsus within the top-level domain called com. See also big-endian. 2. Said of a site, mailer or routing program which knows how to handle domainist addresses. 3. Said of a person (especially a site admin) who prefers domain addressing, supports a domainist mailer, or proselytises for domainist addressing and disdains bang paths. This term is now (1993) semi-obsolete, as most sites have converted.
- drain off — liquid: remove
- drain rod — one of a series of flexible rods with threaded ends that screw together and can be pushed to and fro in a drain to clear a blockage
- drainable — Capable of being drained.
- drainages — Plural form of drainage.
- drainless — inexhaustible.
- drainpipe — a large pipe that carries away the discharge of waste pipes, soil pipes, etc.
- drainplug — A plug for a drain.
- draintrap — A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
- encainide — An antiarrhythmic drug.
- enchained — Simple past form of enchain.
- encurtain — to cover or surround with curtains or a veil
- engrained — Simple past tense and past participle of engrain.
- entertain — Provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.
- entrained — Simple past tense and past participle of entrain.
- entrainer — a device that facilitates the saturation of a gas or steam current by means of liquid