tail

The back part of a ship or boat

The area at the back of a ship

A part that sticks out at the back of something like an animal's rear

The tail part of a plane with small flat parts that help keep it steady

The rear part of a plane that helps it stay steady and turn

The back part of a ship

To follow someone closely and keep bothering them

A small, unimportant part that controls the whole thing

A very short time that means something will happen soon

To keep doing the same task without getting anywhere

To feel very successful and have control of your life

Beat someone by a lot

To waste time on busy work and make no progress

The last part of something, especially a period or event

A tall marsh plant with a brown sausage-shaped seed head and long flat leaves used for making mats and seats

The tail meat of a lobster that people eat

A feather that grows on a bird's tail

A small spinning blade at the tail of a helicopter that keeps it from spinning

A market where many rare items, each sold in small numbers, together make a large part of sales

A tail that is long and helps an animal or kite keep balance

A tail that curves into a small spiral

A part that sticks out at the back of something like an animal's rear

A tail moving from side to side to show happiness or excitement

A decorative metal piece on a car's rear that looks like a small wing

A vertical surface at the plane's tail that helps keep it steady in flight

The upright fin on a plane's tail that keeps it pointed straight

A deer with white fur under its tail

A small brown and white moth whose caterpillars eat the leaves of fruit and shade trees

A large animal with sharp spines and a brush of stiff hairs at the end of its tail

A wild pigeon from western North America that is larger than city pigeons

A way of owning land that passes only to family and cannot be sold

A strip attached to the end of a kite to keep it steady in the air

A plant that grows near water with long curved spikes of small white flowers

A group of herbs that have a strong smell and live for many years

A long thin white cloud high in the sky that looks like a horse's tail

A small flying insect with a white furry body and a yellow tuft at the tail

A flat surface at the tail of a plane that keeps the nose level and controls up-and-down movement

A tropical American plant with long, hanging stems and bright red flowers

A thin metal tool with a round taper used to smooth small round holes and curves

A small brown tree shrew from Malaysia with a bare tail fringed by stiff hairs at the tip

Someone treated only for sex, not as a real person

A flat fin at a fish's rear used to push and steer it in water

A red light at the back of a car that shows it to drivers behind

The rear part of a plane that helps it stay steady and turn

The small bone at the very end of the spine

A formal evening jacket for men with a short front and long tails at the back

A tropical plant with large bright leaves and a long showy flower spike

A large brown bird with long, pointed tail feathers that lives in open grasslands

A tail design for an aircraft with four moving parts in an X shape that help control its direction