Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 27 compound words that contain mains. The most common are listed below. Open mains in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- mains humA sound associated with alternating current which has a frequency a multiple of that of the mains electricity.
- Davidson's MainsA western suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2075).
- water mainsplural of water main: The principal pipe, usually underground, for conveying water to residential and business properties.
- electric mainsplural of electric main: The principal or main electrical supply line that distributes electricity from the utility grid to a building or home.
- fire mainsplural of fire main: A pipe conveying water to extinguish a fire.
- gas mainsplural of gas main: The conduit through which coal gas or natural gas is conveyed to users.
- left mainsplural of left main: Ellipsis of left main coronary artery.
- rising mainsplural of rising main: The pipe through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated reservoir.
- baise-mainsAlternative form of baisemains: respects; compliments
Compound words 27
- mainsborneCarried by mains electricity.
- mainsailThe largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.
- Balmainsplural of Balmain: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- Bremainsthird-person singular simple present indicative of Bremain: The fact of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union.
- didomainsplural of didomain: A discrete structure formed from two domains of a protein dimer
- mainsailsplural of mainsail: The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.
- mainspacedsimple past and past participle of mainspace
- mainspacesplural of mainspace: The primary namespace of a wiki, excluding secondary content such as discussion pages.
- mainspacingpresent participle and gerund of mainspace
- mainspansplural of mainspan: The length of suspended roadway between the towers of a bridge.