8-letter words starting with tail
- tail end — the hinder or rear part of anything.
- tail fan — the fanlike posterior appendage of crayfish and lobsters, consisting of a telson and two uropods, used for rapid backward propulsion.
- tail fin — a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
- tail off — diminish gradually
- tail out — to guide (timber) as it emerges from a power saw
- tailback — the offensive back who lines up farthest behind the line of scrimmage, as in a single wingback or double wingback formation.
- tailband — a band sewn or glued to the tail of a book. Compare headband (def 3).
- tailbone — the coccyx.
- tailcoat — A tailcoat is a man's coat which is short at the front with long pieces at the back. Tailcoats were popular in the 19th century and are now worn only for very formal occasions, such as weddings.
- taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
- tailgate — a style of playing the trombone, especially in Dixieland jazz, distinguished especially by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi.
- tailings — the part of a projecting stone or brick tailed or inserted in a wall.
- taillamp — the rear light of a motor vehicle
- tailless — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- tailleur — a tailored or tailor-made costume for women.
- tailor's — a shop where clothes can be repaired or altered
- tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- tailpipe — an exhaust pipe located at the rear of a motor vehicle or aircraft powered by an internal-combustion engine.
- tailrace — the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- tailskid — a runner under the tail of an airplane.
- tailspin — spin (def 23).
- tailwind — a wind coming from directly behind a moving object, especially an aircraft or other vehicle (opposed to headwind).
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