Phrase Hound found 63 phrases and 170 compound words that contain tails. The most common are listed below. Open tails in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 63
- heads or tailsThe practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.
- cat-o'-nine-tailsA scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.
- beaver tailsplural of beaver tail: A snack consisting of a piece of fried dough.
- coat-tailsplural of coat-tail: The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist.
- comet tailsplural of comet tail: A display artifact consisting of a smear of color that appears to follow a moving object in the picture.
- dove-tailsplural of dove-tail: The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
- fat tailsplural of fat tail: A mass of fat stored in the rump of a beast as an adaptation to heat and harsh environmental conditions or selection by man.
- heavy tailsplural of heavy tail: Fat tail.
- long tailsplural of long tail: Sales made for less usual goods within a very large choice, which can return a profit through reduced marketing and distribution costs.
- pig-tailsplural of pig-tail: The tail of a pig.
- shirt-tailsplural of shirt-tail: The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.
- triple-tailsplural of triple-tail: Alternative form of tripletail (Lobotes spp.)
- whale tailsplural of whale tail: An unintentional display of a thong above the waistband of trousers etc.
- yellow-tailsplural of yellow-tail: Sphrageidus similis, a moth of the family Erebidae.
- top and tailsthird-person singular simple present indicative of top and tail: The top and bottom of something.
- tops and tailsplural of top and tail: The top and bottom of something.
- racquet-tailsplural of racquet-tail: Any of several species of hummingbirds of the genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia (formerly Steganura or Spathura), having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.
- mares' tailsA cirrus cloud formation resembling horse tails.
- bang-tailsplural of bang-tail: The tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail.
- box tailsplural of box tail: An aircraft's tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.
- cross-tailsplural of cross-tail: A bar in a steam engine connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
- de-tailsthird-person singular simple present indicative of de-tail: To remove the tail from.
- fish-tailsplural of fish-tail: The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
- green-tailsplural of green-tail: Brachycentrus subnubilus, a species of caddis fly.
- horse tailsplural of horse tail: A tail of a horse.
Compound words 170
- cocktailsplural of cocktail: A mixed alcoholic beverage.
- pigtailsplural of pigtail: The tail of a pig.
- whitetailsplural of whitetail: A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.
- cattailsplural of cattail: Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
- dovetailsplural of dovetail: The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail.
- coattailsplural of coattail: The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist.
- ponytailsplural of ponytail: A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.
- fishtailsplural of fishtail: The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
- springtailsplural of springtail: Any of various wingless hexapods, of the subclass Collembola, with spring-like legs.
- curtailsthird-person singular simple present indicative of curtail: To cut short the tail of (an animal).