12-letter words containing il
- antileukemic — acting against leukemia
- antiliterate — opposed to literacy, acting against literacy
- antilynching — opposed to lynching, acting against lynching
- antimilitant — opposing military power, especially its increase or development or the influence of military leaders.
- antimilitary — opposed to the military
- anton sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- archilochian — denoting or relating to the 7th century bc Greek poet Archilochus or his verse, esp the iambic trimeters or trochaic tetrameters used by him
- archive file — a single computer file that contains one or more files that have been compressed
- arctophilist — a collector of teddy bears
- argillaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc
- arousability — to stimulate sexually.
- art mobilier — small, movable art objects, especially primitive or prehistoric works of art.
- artillerists — Plural form of artillerist.
- artilleryman — a serviceman who serves in an artillery unit
- artillerymen — Plural form of artilleryman.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- assibilation — (linguistics) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.
- assimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- assimilation — an assimilating or being assimilated
- assimilative — of or causing assimilation; assimilating
- assimilators — Plural form of assimilator.
- assimilatory — characterized by assimilation; assimilating.
- assumability — a mortgage loan or a feature of such that allows the buyer of a property to assume or take on the existing mortgage from the property seller
- atrabilarian — Characterized by melancholy or glum; atrabilarious; atrabilious.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- automobilism — the use of automobiles, or the practices associated with them
- automobilist — Driver; person who uses a motor vehicle such as car, van or truck.
- automobility — the use of motor cars
- availability — the quality or condition of being available
- avoidability — The possibility of avoiding; the state or condition of being avoidable.
- axillary bud — a bud that is borne at the axil of a leaf and is capable of developing into a branch shoot or flower cluster.
- axis of evil — North Korea, Iraq, and Iran when considered together as a perceived threat to world stability
- balloon sail — a large light bellying sail used in light winds
- banderillero — a bullfighter's assistant who sticks banderillas into the bull
- barranquilla — a port in N Colombia, on the Magdalena River. Pop: 1 918 000 (2005 est)
- bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
- basilic vein — a large vein situated on the inner side of the arm
- basse-taille — of or relating to an enameling technique in which transparent enamels are fused over a background carved in low relief, or to a piece, as of jewelry, so enameled.
- bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
- bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
- bathophilous — (of an organism) living in very deep water
- bearing pile — a foundation pile that supports weight vertically
- bearing rail — a transverse rail carrying a drawer or drawers.
- bed of nails — a situation or position of extreme difficulty
- benzonitrile — a clear, colorless, viscous, poisonous liquid, C 7 H 5 N, used chiefly as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
- bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
- bewilderedly — in a bewildered manner
- bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- bibliophilic — pertaining to a bibliophile
- bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral