| AILS | • ails n. Plural of ail. • ails v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ail. • AIL v. to be indisposed. |
| BAIL | • bail n. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of… • bail n. (Law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money. • bail n. (Law, UK) The person providing such payment. |
| FAIL | • fail v. (Intransitive) To be unsuccessful. • fail v. (Transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is… • fail v. (Transitive) To neglect. |
| HAIL | • hail n. (Meteorology, uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. • hail n. (Meteorology, countable) An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm. • hail n. (Countable, by extension) A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects. |
| JAIL | • jail n. A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention… • jail n. (Uncountable) Confinement in a jail. • jail n. (Horse racing) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not… |
| KAIL | • kail n. Alternative form of kale. • kail n. (Scotland, archaic) Any cabbage, greens, or vegetables. • kail n. A broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a dinner. |
| MAIL | • mail n. (Now regional) A bag or wallet. • mail n. A bag containing letters to be delivered by post. • mail n. The material conveyed by the postal service. |
| NAIL | • nail n. The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. • nail n. The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. • nail n. The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds. |
| PAIL | • pail n. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for… • pail n. (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container. • PAIL n. a watertight cylindrical container. |
| RAIL | • rail n. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing. • rail n. The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad. • rail n. A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation. |
| SAIL | • sail n. (Nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the… • sail n. (Nautical, uncountable) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance. • sail n. (Uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport. |
| TAIL | • tail n. (Anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. • tail n. An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o’-nine-tails. • tail n. The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything. |
| VAIL | • vail n. (Obsolete) Profit; return; proceeds. • vail n. (Chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale. • vail n. (Obsolete) Submission. |
| WAIL | • wail v. (Intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish. • wail v. (Intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly. • wail v. (Intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying. |