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16-letter words containing ail

  • airmail envelope — an envelope made of the very thin blue paper that is used to send letters by airmail
  • avail oneself of — to make use of to one's advantage
  • bite one's nails — to chew off the ends of one's fingernails
  • blacktailed deer — a mule deer, esp. the subspecies (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) found from N Calif. to British Columbia
  • braille embosser — Braille printer
  • california quail — a quail, Callipepla californica, of the western coast of the U.S., having grayish-brown plumage with black, white, and chestnut markings.
  • circular sailing — a method of navigation in which the curvature of the earth is taken into consideration.
  • cocktail cabinet — a cupboard in which glasses and bottles are kept
  • cocktail sausage — a small sausage served with drinks
  • direct-mail shot — the posting of unsolicited sales literature to potential customers' homes or business addresses
  • ducktail-haircut — DA.
  • elevated railway — an urban railway track built on supports above a road
  • fantail goldfish — an artificially bred, hardy variety of goldfish, usually oval-shaped and deep orange or calico, with a deeply cleft, four-lobed tail held in line with the body.
  • fat-tailed sheep — one of a class of sheep with much fat along the sides of the tail bones, raised for their meat and widely distributed in southeast Europe, northern Africa, and Asia.
  • go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
  • gravity railroad — a railroad depending partly on the force of gravity for motive power.
  • gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
  • haile selassie i — (Ras Tafari) 1891–1975, emperor of Ethiopia 1930–74: in exile 1936–41.
  • hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
  • horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
  • inclined railway — a cable railway used on particularly steep inclines unsuitable for normal adhesion locomotives
  • jailhouse lawyer — a prisoner who has taught himself or herself law while serving time, is knowledgeable about technical legal matters, and gives legal advice, especially to fellow prisoners.
  • japanese bobtail — any of a breed of domestic cat, originating in Japan, with a very short, fluffy tail, and a soft, silky coat often in three colors, white, black, and red
  • long-tail claims — Long-tail claims are claims that are made or settled a long time after the insurance policy has expired.
  • mail-order house — a retail firm that conducts its business by receiving orders and shipping its merchandise through the mail and that supplies its customers with catalogs, circulars, etc.
  • mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
  • molotov cocktail — a crude incendiary grenade consisting of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid and a wick that is ignited before throwing: used originally for setting fire to enemy tanks during the Spanish Civil War.
  • non-availability — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
  • overhead railway — elevated railroad.
  • parallel sailing — sailing along a parallel of latitude.
  • personal details — details about a person such as their name and address
  • point of sailing — the bearing of a sailing vessel, considered with relation to the direction of the wind.
  • railroad station — railway station, train stop
  • railway carriage — a railway coach for passengers
  • retail analytics — Retail analytics is any information that allows retailers to make smarter decisions and manage their businesses more effectively.
  • sailmaker's palm — palm1 (def 4).
  • 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.
  • topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
  • trail commission — A trail commission is a further commission of between 0.1 and 1 percent that is paid to an advisor provided that the client’s funds remain invested in the product for a specified time.
  • trail one's coat — to invite a quarrel by deliberately provocative behaviour
  • trailing arbutus — Also called arbutus, mayflower. a creeping eastern North American plant, Epigaea repens, of the heath family, having leathery, oval leaves and terminal clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers.
  • trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
  • trim one's sails — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
  • twelvepenny nail — a nail that is 3 1/4 inches (8.25 cm) long.
  • two-tailed pasha — a distinctive vanessid butterfly of S Europe, Charaxes jasius, having mottled brown wings with a yellow-orange margin and frilled hind edges
  • whiptail wallaby — a wallaby of NE Australia, Macropus parryi, with a long slender tail

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