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14-letter words containing ain

  • drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
  • drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • draining board — The draining board is the place on a sink unit where things such as cups, plates, and cutlery are put to drain after they have been washed.
  • draining spoon — a spoon with holes in it
  • effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
  • eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
  • electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
  • elevated train — a train that runs on an elevated railway
  • eminent domain — government seizure of property
  • entertainingly — In an entertaining manner.
  • entertainments — Plural form of entertainment.
  • ever and again — now and then; from time to time
  • featherbrained — Alternative spelling of feather-brained.
  • fountain grass — a perennial grass, Pennisetum setaceum, of Ethiopia, having bristly spikes, often rose-purple, grown as an ornamental.
  • fountain plant — Joseph's-coat.
  • genre painting — a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted
  • grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
  • grease-stained — stained with grease marks
  • great plantain — a N temperate plant, Plantago major, which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae
  • gunter'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.
  • harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
  • head restraint — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
  • highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
  • hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
  • immunostaining — (uncountable, immunology) Any of several staining techniques that are used to detect specific proteins.
  • in the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • irrestrainable — That cannot be restrained.
  • kings mountain — a ridge in N South Carolina: American victory over the British 1780.
  • lake champlain — a lake in the northeastern US, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains: linked by the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River and by the Richelieu River to the St Lawrence; a major communications route in colonial times
  • lorraine cross — cross of Lorraine.
  • luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
  • magic mountain — a novel (1924) by Thomas Mann.
  • main door flat — a flat in a tenement that can be accessed directly from outside rather than one which can only be accessed via a communal stairwell
  • maine coon cat — one of an American breed of large semi-longhaired domestic cats with a shaggy ruff and a long, bushy tail.
  • maine-et-loire — a department in W France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Angers.
  • mainland china — the People's Republic of China, as distinguished from Taiwan.
  • make a bargain — to agree on terms
  • medial moraine — a ridge of glacial drift formed by the junction of two converging valley glaciers.
  • morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
  • mountain avens — either of two trailing evergreen white-flowered rosaceous shrubs of the genus Dryas that grow on mountains in N temperate regions and in the Arctic
  • mountain chain — a series of ranges of mountains
  • mountain guide — a trained professional mountaineer who guides climbers up a mountain
  • mountain nyala — a similar and related Ethiopian animal, T. buxtoni, lacking the white crest
  • mountain range — series or chain of mountains
  • mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
  • mountain state — any of the eight states of the W U.S. through which the Rocky Mountains pass; Mont., Ida., Wyo., Nev., Utah, Colo., Ariz., or N.Mex.
  • mountaineering — The sport or activity of climbing mountains.
  • muslin delaine — mousseline de laine.
  • nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
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