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12-letter words containing ai

  • brain-teaser — a puzzle or problem whose solution requires great ingenuity.
  • brains trust — a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public or on radio or television
  • brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
  • brainwashing — the process of brainwashing.
  • breuer chair — a chair with a frame of continuous chrome tubing, no back legs, and cane seat and back
  • bridge chair — a lightweight folding chair, often part of a set of matching chairs and bridge table.
  • british rail — the organization that ran the British railway system from 1948 until privatization in the mid-1990s
  • buenos aires — the capital of Argentina, a major port and industrial city on the Río de la Plata estuary: became capital in 1880; university (1821). Pop: 13 349 000 (2005 est)
  • bull-baiting — the setting of dogs on a chained or confined bull, formerly a popular pastime in England
  • bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
  • buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
  • 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.
  • bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
  • 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)
  • cabot strait — a channel in Canada, connecting the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Atlantic Ocean. 68 miles (109 km) wide.
  • cafe au lait — coffee with milk
  • cafe curtain — a short curtain suspended directly downward from a series of rings sliding on a horizontal rod so as to cover the lower and sometimes upper portions of a window.
  • call waiting — Call waiting is a telephone service that sends you a signal if another call arrives while you are already on the phone.
  • camel's hair — the hair of the camel
  • camel's-hair — made of camel's hair.
  • campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
  • canvas chair — a chair in which the seat and back are made from canvas
  • capercaillie — a large European woodland grouse, Tetrao urogallus, having a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male
  • capercailzie — Alternative form of capercaillie.
  • capital gain — the amount by which the selling price of a financial asset exceeds its cost
  • capsaicinoid — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of irritant compounds, related to capsaicin, that are responsible for the heat of chilli peppers.
  • captain jack — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
  • caravanserai — (in some Eastern countries esp formerly) a large inn enclosing a courtyard providing accommodation for caravans
  • carver chair — a chair of 17th-century New England, having a frame formed entirely of turned pieces, a back filled with several spindles, and no spindles between the arms and the seat.
  • catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
  • chain letter — A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries.
  • chain locker — a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.
  • chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
  • chain stitch — an ornamental looped embroidery stitch resembling the links of a chain
  • chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
  • chained lady — the constellation Andromeda.
  • chair warmer — an officeholder, employee, or the like, who accomplishes little, especially a person who holds an interim position.
  • chair-warmer — an officeholder, employee, or the like, who accomplishes little, especially a person who holds an interim position.
  • chairmanship — The chairmanship of a committee or organization is the fact of being its chairperson. Someone's chairmanship can also mean the period during which they are chairperson.
  • chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
  • chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
  • chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
  • chieftainess — a female chieftain
  • claim-jumper — a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
  • claims ratio — The claims ratio is the percentage of claims costs incurred in relation to the premiums earned.
  • clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
  • clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
  • clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
  • clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
  • clapper rail — a long-billed rail, Rallus longirostris, of coastal marshes of the Americas, having a harsh, cackling cry.
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