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Definition rail

Etymology 1

From Middle English rail, rayl, *re?el, *re?ol (found in re?olsticke (�a ruler�)), partly from Old English regol (�a ruler, straight bar�) and partly from Old French reille; both from Latin regula (�rule, bar�), from regere (�to rule, to guide, to govern�); see regular.

Noun

rail (plural rails)

  1. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
  2. The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.
  3. A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
  4. A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
  5. (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
  6. (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
  7. (drugs) A large line.

Verb

rail (third-person singular simple present rails, present participle railing, simple past and past participle railed)

  1. (intransitive) To travel by railway.
  2. (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
  3. (transitive) To range in a line.
  4. to criticize severely.

Etymology 2

From French r�le, Old French rasle. Compare Medieval Latin rallus. Named from its harsh cry, Vulgar Latin *rasculum, from Latin r?dere (�to scrape�).

Noun

rail (plural rails)

Wikispecies

  1. Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

Etymology 3

From Middle French railler.

Verb

rail (third-person singular simple present rails, present participle railing, simple past and past participle railed)

  1. To complain violently (against, about).

Etymology 4

From Middle English rail, reil, from Old English hr�?l (�garment, dress, robe�). Cognate with Old Frisian hreil, reil, Old Saxon hregil, Old High German hregil (�clothing, garment, dress�).

Noun

rail (plural rails)

  1. (obsolete) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
  2. (obsolete) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.

Etymology 5

Probably from Anglo-Norman raier, Middle French raier.

Verb

rail (third-person singular simple present rails, present participle railing, simple past and past participle railed)

  1. (obsolete, of a liquid) To gush, flow.

Results 155 Words with the letters RAIL

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6 letter words with the letters RAIL ↑
AERIAL 7
AERILY 9
AIRILY 9
ALDRIN 9
ALINER 8
ARCHIL 12
ARGALI 9
ARGILS 9
ARIDLY 10
ARIELS 7
ARILED 8
ARTILY 9
ASWIRL 10
ATRIAL 7
AWHIRL 12
BAILER 10
BAILOR 10
BRAILS 10
BRASIL 10
BRAZIL 19
BRIDAL 11
BURIAL 11
CARLIN 11
CAROLI 10
CHIRAL 12
CITRAL 10
CURIAL 11
DERAIL 8
DIALER 8
DRAILS 8
ECLAIR 10
FAIRLY 12
FERIAL 10
FLAIRS 10
FOLIAR 10
FRAILS 10
FRAZIL 19
GARLIC 12
GLAIRE 9
GLAIRS 9
GLAIRY 11
GLORIA 9
GRAILS 9
HAILER 9
IRREAL 7
JAILER 16
JAILOR 16
LACIER 10
LAIRDS 8
LAIRED 8
LAKIER 11
LARIAT 7
LARINE 8
LATRIA 7
LAZIER 16
LIARDS 8
LIBRAE 10
LIBRAS 10
LIDARS 8
LINEAR 8
LIZARD 17
LORICA 10
MAILER 10
MARLIN 11
MITRAL 10
NAILER 8
NARIAL 8
OORALI 7
PALIER 10
PILLAR 11
PRIMAL 13
RACIAL 10
RACILY 12
RADIAL 8
RAILED 8
RAILER 7
RAMTIL 10
RATLIN 8
REALIA 7
REDIAL 8
RELAID 8
REMAIL 10
RENAIL 8
RESAIL 7
RETAIL 7
RETIAL 7
RHINAL 10
RIALTO 7
RIBALD 11
RICTAL 10
RITUAL 8
RIVALS 11
RIYALS 9
SAILER 7
SAILOR 7
SERAIL 7
SERIAL 7
SPIRAL 10
TAILER 7
TAILOR 7
TRAILS 7
TRIALS 7
TRIBAL 10
TRINAL 8
URACIL 11
URIALS 8
URINAL 9
WAILER 10
WARILY 12
5 letter words with the letters RAIL ↑
ARGIL 8
ARIEL 6
ARILS 6
BRAIL 9
DRAIL 7
FILAR 9
FLAIR 9
FRAIL 9
GLAIR 8
GRAIL 8
HILAR 8
LAARI 6
LAIRD 7
LAIRS 6
LARIS 6
LIARD 7
LIARS 6
LIBRA 9
LIDAR 7
LIRAS 6
PILAR 9
RAILS 6
RIALS 6
RIVAL 10
RIYAL 8
TRAIL 6
TRIAL 6
URIAL 7
VIRAL 10
4 letter words with the letters RAIL ↑
ARIL 5
LAIR 5
LARI 5
LIAR 5
LIRA 5
RAIL 5
RIAL 5
3 letter words with the letters RAIL ↑
AIL 4
AIR 3
LAR 4
RAI 3
RIA 3
2 letter words with the letters RAIL ↑
AI 2
AL 3
AR 2
LA 3
LI 3

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