5-letter words containing ai
- laith — loath.
- laity — the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- laius — a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- lanai — a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- litai — a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- maida — A finely milled, refined and bleached wheat flour, used in making many Indian foods.
- maide — Obsolete spelling of maid.
- maids — Plural form of maid.
- maidu — a member of a tribe of North American Indians of northeastern California.
- maiko — an apprentice geisha
- maile — a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- maill — monetary payment or tribute, especially rent or tax.
- mails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mail.
- maily — (rare) rough, rugged.
- maims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maim.
- maine — a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta. Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains — a river in central and W Germany, flowing W from the Bohemian Forest in N Bavaria into the Rhine at Mainz. 305 miles (490 km) long.
- mainz — a state in W Germany: formerly part of Rhine Province. 7655 sq. mi. (19,825 sq. km). Capital: Mainz.
- maira — Maera.
- maire — a tall native New Zealand tree, olea cunninghami, with dark brown wood
- maise — a measure of herring
- maist — (Geordie) most.
- maize — (chiefly in British and technical usage) corn1 (def 1).
- makai — toward or by the sea; seaward: He agreed to purchase the land makai of Diamond Head Road.
- malai — In Indian cooking, cream.
- masai — a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
- matai — A Samoan chief.
- mulai — A title for the ruler of Morocco.
- naiad — (sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- naida — a female given name.
- naifs — Plural form of naif.
- nails — Fasten to a surface or to something else with a nail or nails.
- naily — Full of nails (the fastener).
- naima — a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- naira — a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- nairn — a historic county in N Scotland.
- nairu — the nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment: the lowest level of unemployment an economy can handle without causing inflation.
- naive — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- nanai — Nanay.
- ngaio — An evergreen tree, Myoporum laetum, native to New Zealand.
- nogai — a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- nsaid — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, as ibuprofen.
- paige — Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pains — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- paint — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pairs — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- paisa — Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- paise — Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- pirai — a piranha fish