12-letter words that end in ail
- balloon sail — a large light bellying sail used in light winds
- bearing rail — a transverse rail carrying a drawer or drawers.
- british rail — the organization that ran the British railway system from 1948 until privatization in the mid-1990s
- burro's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- button quail — any small quail-like terrestrial bird of the genus Turnix, such as T. sylvatica (striped button quail), occurring in tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World: family Turnicidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)
- clapper rail — a long-billed rail, Rallus longirostris, of coastal marshes of the Americas, having a harsh, cackling cry.
- coat of mail — a protective garment made of linked metal rings (mail) or of overlapping metal plates; hauberk
- curtain rail — a rail from which a curtain is hung
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- express mail — mail delivered quicker than normal mail
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- forestaysail — a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a vessel.
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- free on rail — (of a consignment of goods) delivered to a railway station and loaded onto a train without charge to the buyer
- gaff topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- gaff-topsail — Also called fore-and-aft topsail. a jib-headed fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff.
- garden snail — Zoology
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- hiking trail — a specially designated route for hikers to use
- horse's tail — burro's tail.
- lifting sail — a sail that when filled tends to raise the hull of a ship or boat (opposed to driving sail).
- lobster tail — the flesh of the tail of any of various crustaceans, esp. the Cape crawfish, prepared as food, often by broiling in the shell
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- main-topsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- metered mail — mail on which the postage is printed directly on an envelope or label by a machine licensed by the postal service.
- nature trail — a path through a forest, wildlife preserve, or the like, especially one designed to provide opportunities for observing and learning about the flora and fauna.
- nose to tail — If vehicles are nose to tail, the front of one vehicle is close behind the back of another.
- oregon trail — a route used during the U.S. westward migrations, especially in the period from 1840 to 1860, starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. About 2000 miles (3200 km) long.
- picture rail — bar from which pictures are hung
- pied wagtail — a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
- roofing nail — a short nail for nailing asphalt shingles or the like, having a broad head.
- rooster tail — the wake thrown up behind a speeding boat or the dust thrown up behind a speeding vehicle.
- spotted tail — (Sinte-galeshka) 1833?–81, Brulé Sioux leader.
- studdingsail — a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- take in sail — to lower sails, as in order to reduce the area of sail set
- tie-off rail — trim rail.
- to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- top and tail — method of washing a baby
- vapour trail — A vapour trail is a white line of water vapour left in the sky by an aeroplane, a rocket, or a missile.
- without fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- working rail — fly rail (def 2).
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