12-letter words containing ai
- davis strait — a strait between Baffin Island, in Canada, and Greenland
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- decocainized — From which all cocaine has been removed.
- demimondaine — a woman of the demimonde
- deny a claim — If an insurance company denies a claim, it refuses to pay a claim submitted by a policyholder.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- detailedness — the quality of being detailed
- diesel train — a train hauled by a diesel locomotive or powered by a diesel engine
- dining chair — high-backed chair used at dinner table
- disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- distrainable — Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- domain model — (systems analysis) 1. A definition of the functions, objects, data, requirements, relationships and variations in a particular domain. 2. A product of domain analysis which provides a representation of the requirements of the domain. The domain model identifies and describes the structure of data, flow of information, functions, constraints and controls within the Domain that are included in software systems in the domain. The Domain Model describes commonalities and variabilities among requirements for software systems in the domain.
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- draw curtain — a curtain, opening at the middle, that can be drawn to the sides of a stage.
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- easter daisy — a nearly stemless composite plant, Townsendia exscapa, of the Rocky Mountain regions, having stalkless purplish or white flowers in a rosette of narrow leaves.
- eden prairie — a town in SE Minnesota.
- enamel paint — a type of paint that has a very hard and shiny finish once it is dry
- entertainers — Plural form of entertainer.
- entertaining — Providing amusement or enjoyment.
- entrainement — the occurrence of one species of bacteria growing close to another acquiring characteristics of the other
- explain away — If someone explains away a mistake or a bad situation they are responsible for, they try to indicate that it is unimportant or that it is not really their fault.
- express mail — mail delivered quicker than normal mail
- failed state — a nation in which the government has lost political authority and control and is unable to fulfill the basic responsibilities of a sovereign state.
- failing that — You say failing that to introduce an alternative, in case what you have just said is not possible.
- fainthearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- fainting fit — a faint; a blackout
- faintishness — The quality of being faintish; slight faintness.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- fair-skinned — having pale skin; pale-complexioned
- fair-weather — used in or intended for fair weather only.
- fairchild f8 — (processor) An 8-bit microprocessor. The processor itself had no address bus - program and data memory access were contained in separate units, which reduced the number of pins and the associated cost. It also featured 64 registers, accessed by the ISAR register in cells (register windows) of eight, which meant external RAM wasn't always needed for small applications. In addition, the 2-chip processor didn't need support chips, unlike others which needed seven or more. The F8 inspired other similar CPUs, such as the Intel 8048. The use of the ISAR register allowed a subroutine to be entered without saving a bunch of registers, speeding execution - the ISAR would just be changed. Special purpose registers were stored in the second cell (regs 9-15), and the first eight registers were accessed directly. The windowing concept was useful, but only the register pointed to by the ISAR could be accessed - to access other registers the ISAR was incremented or decremented through the window.
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- fairy lights — Fairy lights are small, coloured electric lights that are hung up as decorations, for example on a Christmas tree.
- fairy shrimp — any member of the crustacean order Anostraca, characterized by an elongate trunk with more than 20 segments and the absence of a carapace, typically found swimming ventral side up in fresh water.
- faith healer — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- faith school — a school that provides a general education within a framework of a specific religious belief
- faith-healer — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
- faithfullest — Superlative form of faithful.
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
- featherbrain — a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.
- feel no pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- file a claim — If you file a claim, you make a request to an insurance company for payment of a sum of money according to the terms of an insurance policy.