| BACKSTAYS | • backstays n. Plural of backstay. • BACKSTAY n. a stay extending from ship's mastheads to the side of the ship. |
| CAPITAYNS | • capitayns n. Plural of capitayn. • CAPITAYN n. (Spenser) a captain. |
| ENTAYLING | • entayling v. Present participle of entayle. • ENTAYLE v. (obsolete) to carve. |
| FORESTAYS | • forestays n. Plural of forestay. • FORESTAY n. a rope or wire used to support a foremast. |
| HEADSTAYS | • headstays n. Plural of headstay. • HEADSTAY n. a support for a ship's foremast. |
| HOMESTAYS | • homestays n. Plural of homestay. • HOMESTAY n. the time during which a foreigner lives with a local family. |
| JACKSTAYS | • jackstays n. Plural of jackstay. • JACKSTAY n. an iron or wooden bar running along the yard of a ship to which sails are fastened. |
| MAINSTAYS | • mainstays n. Plural of mainstay. • MAINSTAY n. the principal support. |
| METAYAGES | • METAYAGE n. (French) a system of trading crops for rent. |
| OUTSTAYED | • outstayed v. Simple past tense and past participle of outstay. • OUTSTAY v. to surpass in staying power. |
| OVERSTAYS | • overstays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overstay. • OVERSTAY v. to stay beyond a time limit. |
| STAYAWAYS | • stayaways n. Plural of stayaway. • STAYAWAY n. in South Africa, a strike; a person participating in a strike. |
| STAYMAKER | • staymaker n. Someone who makes stays. • STAYMAKER n. one whose occupation is to make stays. |
| STAYSAILS | • staysails n. Plural of staysail. • STAYSAIL n. a fore-and-aft sail hoisted on a stay. |
| TAYASSUID | • tayassuid n. (Zoology) Any peccary of the family Tayassuidae. • TAYASSUID n. (Tupi) any member of the Tayassuid family of New World pigs. |
| UNSTAYING | • unstaying v. Present participle of unstay. • UNSTAYING adj. not staying. |
| UPSTAYING | • upstaying v. Present participle of upstay. • UPSTAY v. to sustain. |
| VENTAYLES | • ventayles n. Plural of ventayle. • VENTAYLE n. (Spenser) the movable front to a helmet, also AVENTAIL, AVENTAILE, VENTAIL, VENTAILE. |