5-letter words containing ai
- plaid — any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern.
- plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- plait — a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- pohai — a gulf in the Yellow Sea, on the NE coast of China.
- praia — a republic consisting of a group of islands (Cape Verde Islands) in the Atlantic, W of Senegal in W Africa: formerly an overseas territory of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 1557 sq. mi. (4033 sq. km). Capital: Praia.
- psoai — either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- qaids — (in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
- quair — a book
- rains — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rainy — characterized by rain: rainy weather; a rainy region.
- raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- raita — an Indian condiment consisting of yogurt, spices, and diced or grated vegetables or fruits: cucumber raita.
- reais — real3 (sense 2)
- rmail — (messaging) A MUA written in Emacs Lisp to run within Emacs.
- rubai — a verse form of Persian origin consisting of four-line stanzas
- saice — (in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- saida — a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- saids — sayyid.
- saiga — a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
- saint — any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- saite — a native or citizen of Saïs.
- saith — third person singular present of say1 .
- saiva — Shaiva.
- sakai — a member of a tribal people of Malaya.
- sarai — an earlier name of Sarah. Gen. 17:15.
- scail — a scattering or dispersion
- serai — (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- shair — a person, especially a poet, endowed with unique perception or insight.
- shiai — a judo contest
- sinai — Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- skaif — a wheel on which diamonds and other gems are ground or polished.
- skail — a scattering or dispersal
- slain — past participle of slay.
- smaik — a Scots word for a rascal or rogue
- 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.
- spain — a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- staid — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- stain — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair — one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stoai — Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- swain — a male admirer or lover.
- taiga — the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- taihu — a lake in E central China, W of Shanghai: noted for scenery. 869 sq. mi. (2250 sq. km).
- taiko — a large Japanese drum
- tails — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- taine — Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- taino — a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taint — the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.