Rhymes with nail
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N n One-syllable rhymes
- ail — If something ails a group or area of activity, it is a problem or source of trouble for that group or for people involved in that activity.
- ale — Ale is a kind of strong beer.
- bail — Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money will be lost.
- baile — (in the southwestern US and parts of Central and South America) a gathering for dancing.
- bale — A bale is a large quantity of something such as hay, cloth, or paper, tied together tightly.
- bayle — Pierre (pjɛr). 1647–1706, French philosopher and critic, noted for his Dictionnaire historique et critique (1697), which profoundly influenced Voltaire and the French Encyclopedists
- braille — Braille is a system of printing for blind people. The letters are printed as groups of raised dots that you can feel with your fingers.
- dale — A dale is a valley.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- faile — Archaic spelling of fail.
- flail — an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
- frail — having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now.
- gael — a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- gail — a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- gale — Zona [zoh-nuh] /ˈzoʊ nə/ (Show IPA), 1874–1938, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet.
- galle — a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.
- gayle — a female or male given name.
- grail — (usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- hail — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- hale — free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous: hale and hearty men in the prime of life.
- jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- kael — Pauline, 1919–2001, U.S. film critic.
- kail — Also called borecole. a cabbagelike cultivated plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, of the mustard family, having curled or wrinkled leaves: used as a vegetable.
- kale — Also called borecole. a cabbagelike cultivated plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, of the mustard family, having curled or wrinkled leaves: used as a vegetable.
- mail — monetary payment or tribute, especially rent or tax.
- maile — a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- maille — Alternative form of mail.
- male — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- pail — bucket.
- pale — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
- quale — a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
- quayle — James Danforth ("Dan") born 1947, vice president of the U.S. 1989–93.
- rail — any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
- sail — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sale — the act of selling.
- scale — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- shale — a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- smail — snail mail.
- snail — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- stale — not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- tail — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- tale — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
- they'll — They'll is the usual spoken form of 'they will'.
- trail — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- vail — to veil.
- vale — a valley.
- veil — a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- wail — to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
- wale — something that is selected as the best; choice.
- weyl — Hermann [hur-muh n;; German her-mahn] /ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1885–1955, German mathematician, in the U.S. after 1933.
- whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- yale — Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
Two-syllable rhymes
- air mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
- avail — If you avail yourself of an offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity.
- black whale — a black, dolphinlike whale, Globicephala melaena, of the North Atlantic.
- blue whale — the largest mammal: a widely distributed bluish-grey whalebone whale, Sibbaldus (or Balaenoptera) musculus, closely related and similar to the rorquals: family Balaenopteridae
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- carrell — Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.
- chain mail — Chain mail is a kind of armour made from small metal rings joined together so that they look like cloth.
- curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
- derail — To derail something such as a plan or a series of negotiations means to prevent it from continuing as planned.
- detail — The details of something are its individual features or elements.
- email — (obsolete, circa 13th century) a raised or embossed image pressed into metal, such as a seal pressed into a foil and attached to a document.
- entail — A settlement of the inheritance of property over a number of generations so that it remains within a family or other group.
- exhale — Breathe out in a deliberate manner.
- fee tail — a charge or payment for professional services: a doctor's fee.
- fife rail — a rail surrounding or next to the mast of a sailing vessel for use in holding the pins to which some of the running rigging is belayed.
- fin whale — finback.
- fire sale — a special sale of merchandise actually or supposedly damaged by fire.
- forced sale — a sale held as a result of a judicial order.
- fresh gale — a wind of 39–46 miles per hour (17–33 m/sec). Compare gale1 (def 2).
- gray whale — a grayish-black whalebone whale, Eschrichtius robustus, of the North Pacific, growing to a length of 50 feet (15.2 meters): now rare.
- impale — to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- inhale — to breathe in; draw in by breathing: to inhale the polluted air.
- jarrell — Randall, 1914–65, U.S. poet and critic.
- jumble sale — rummage sale.
- land rail — corn crake.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- modell — Obsolete form of model.
- near gale — a wind of force seven on the Beaufort scale or from 32–38 mph
- oil shale — a black or dark-brown shale or siltstone rich in bitumens, from which shale oil is obtained by destructive distillation.
- plate rail — a rail or narrow shelf fixed along a wall to hold plates, especially for ornament or display.
- prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- sea kale — a European broad-leaved maritime plant, Crambe maritima, of the mustard family, having fleshy, blue basal leaves, used as a pot plant.
- sea snail — any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
- short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
- slop pail — a pail for conveying slop in feeding livestock, especially pigs.
- soft scale — any of numerous homopterous insect pests of the family Coccidae, as leafhoppers, aphids, and whiteflies, that are destructive to crops, shade and fruit trees, and various houseplants.
- sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
- split rail — a wooden rail split lengthwise from a log and commonly used in rustic rail and post fencing.
- square sail — a sail set beneath a horizontal yard, the normal position of which, when not trimmed to the wind, is directly athwartships.
- strong gale — a wind of 47–54 miles per hour (21–24 m/sec).
- surveil — to place under surveillance.
- tall tale — far-fetched story
- third rail — Railroads. a rail laid parallel and adjacent to the running rails of an electrified railroad to provide electric current to the motors of a car or locomotive through contact shoes. an additional running rail laid on the same ties as the two regular rails of a railroad track to provide a multigauge capability.
- toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
- travail — painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- turn tail — the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- unveil — to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal: The woman unveiled herself.
- wage scale — a schedule of wages paid workers performing related tasks in an industry or shop.
- white sale — a sale of sheets, pillowcases, and other white goods.
- white whale — beluga (def 2).
- whole gale — a wind of 55–63 miles per hour (24–28 m/sec).
- wind scale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
Three-syllable rhymes
- armored scale — any of a family (Diaspididae) of scale insects characterized by a hard, waxy secretion that covers the body: many armored scales are serious pests of trees and shrubs
- baleen whale — any of an order (Mysticeta) of whales with toothless jaws, baleen in the mouth, and a symmetrical skull, consisting of the gray whale, the right whales, and rorquals
- balloon sail — a large light bellying sail used in light winds
- beaufort scale — an international scale of wind velocities ranging for practical purposes from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane force). In the US an extension of the scale, from 13 to 17 for winds over 64 knots, is used
- bill of sale — a deed transferring personal property, either outright or as security for a loan or debt
- bustard quail — button quail.
- 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)
- celsius scale — a scale of temperature in which 0° represents the melting point of ice and 100° represents the boiling point of water
- coat of mail — a protective garment made of linked metal rings (mail) or of overlapping metal plates; hauberk
- garden snail — Zoology
- ginger ale — a carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger extract.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
- killer whale — any of several predatory dolphins, especially the black-and-white Orcinus orca, found in all seas.
- major scale — a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
- rankine scale — William John Macquorn [muh-kwawrn] /məˈkwɔrn/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist.
- richter scale — a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.
- rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.
- san jose scale — a scale insect, Aspidiotus perniciosus, that is highly destructive to fruit trees and shrubs throughout the U.S.
- sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- towel rail — a rail or frame in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- vernier scale — Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- fahrenheit scale — Gabriel Daniel [German gah-bree-el dah-nee-el] /German ˈgɑ briˌɛl ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
- moderate gale — a wind of 32–38 miles per hour (14–17 m/sec).
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- priority mail — (in the U.S. Postal Service) mail consisting of merchandise weighing more than 12 ounces sent at first-class rates.
- santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- california quail — a quail, Callipepla californica, of the western coast of the U.S., having grayish-brown plumage with black, white, and chestnut markings.
- condensation trail — contrail.
- conditional sale — a sale in which the title of a property remains with the seller until some condition is met, as the payment of the full purchase price.