10-letter words containing elli
- propelling — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
- pummelling — the action of striking repeatedly with or as with the fists
- rappelling — (in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- rebellious — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- refuelling — to supply again with fuel: to refuel an airplane.
- respelling — to spell again or anew.
- rossellini — Roberto [ruh-bair-toh;; Italian raw-ber-taw] /rəˈbɛər toʊ;; Italian rɔˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–77, Italian motion-picture director.
- russellite — a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
- satellitic — relating to a satellite or smaller planet that revolves around a larger planet
- shelliness — the state or quality of being covered with shells
- signorelli — Luca [loo-kah] /ˈlu kɑ/ (Show IPA), c1445–1523, Italian painter.
- snivelling — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- spellingly — one letter at a time
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- subsellium — misericord (def 2).
- torricelli — Evangelista [e-vahn-je-lee-stah] /ɛˌvɑn dʒɛˈli stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1608–47, Italian physicist.
- tortellini — navel-shaped pasta
- travelling — to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
- tunbellied — having a tunbelly
- tunnelling — an underground passage.
- vermicelli — a kind of pasta in the form of long, slender, solid threads, resembling spaghetti but thinner. Compare macaroni (def 1).
- vitellicle — the sac of a yolk
- weaselling — (British) present participle of weasel.
- wellington — a country in the S Pacific, SE of Australia, consisting of North Island, South Island, and adjacent small islands: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 103,416 sq. mi. (267,845 sq. km). Capital: Wellington.
- whewellite — a white or colorless mineral of organic origin, calcium oxalate monohydrate, Ca(C 2 O 4)⋅H 2 O, one of the main crystalline components of kidney stones and urinary precipitates; also found in coal deposits.
- zeffirelli — Franco (ˈfraŋko). born 1923, Italian stage and film director and designer, noted esp for his work in opera; awarded an honorary knighthood (2004)