16-letter words containing ai
- roadside repairs — repairs to a vehicle that has broken down on the road
- robin's plantain — the rattlesnake weed, Hieracium venosum.
- roundabout chair — corner chair.
- sailmaker's palm — palm1 (def 4).
- saint catharines — a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
- saint crispinian — Saint, See under Crispin, Saint.
- saint peter port — a port and resort in the Channel Islands: the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, on the E coast of the island of Guernsey. Pop: 28 310 (2001)
- saint petersburg — Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
- saint-john perse — (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- saint-john-night — Midsummer Eve.
- saint-ulmo-light — St. Elmo's fire.
- sauce americaine — a sauce prepared with tomatoes, garlic, wine, shallots, and herbs. See also à l’américaine.
- savonarola chair — a chair of the Renaissance having a number of transverse pairs of curved legs, crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
- self-maintenance — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- self-sustainment — self-supporting.
- semi-mountainous — abounding in mountains: a mountainous wilderness.
- shepherd's plaid — a checkered black and white pattern
- simeon ben yohai — flourished 2nd century a.d, Palestinian rabbi.
- singapore strait — a strait between Singapore Island and the Riau Archipelago at the S end of the Malay Peninsula: shipping channel between the South China Sea and the Malacca Strait. 65 miles (105 km) long and 10 miles (16 km) wide.
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- spiral staircase — stairs that wind round
- spring mountains — a mountain range in S Nevada extending to the California border. Highest peak, Charleston Peak. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
- st. clair shores — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- state of affairs — situation
- state-maintained — publicly funded
- straight shooter — a person who is forthright and upstanding in behavior.
- straight whiskey — pure, unblended whiskey of 80 to 110 proof.
- strain at a gnat — to hesitate or have scruples about trifles: Matt. 23:24
- strain hardening — a process in which a metal is permanently deformed in order to increase its resistance to further deformation
- strait-lacedness — the state or quality of being strait-laced
- strike a bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
- surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- sustaining pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
- taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
- take a raincheck — to accept the postponement of an offer
- taunus mountains — a mountain range in W Germany, bounded by the Rhine, Main, and Lahn river valleys. Highest peak, Grosser Feldberg. 2628 feet (801 meters).
- taurus mountains — a mountain range in S Turkey, parallel to the Mediterranean coast: crossed by the Cilician Gates; continued in the northeast by the Anti-Taurus range. Highest peak: Kaldi Dağ, 3734 m (12 251 ft)
- teacher training — practical teaching course
- terminal moraine — a moraine marking the farthest advance of a glacier or ice sheet.
- the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
- the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
- the marseillaise — the French national anthem. Words and music were composed in 1792 by C. J. Rouget de Lisle as a war song for the Rhine army of revolutionary France
- theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
- thick-tailed ray — Ichthyology. any ray of the order Rajiformes, having a relatively thick, fleshy tail, including the guitarfishes and the skates.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- to blaze a trail — If someone blazes a trail, they discover or develop something new.