12-letter words containing il
- camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
- canola (oil) — an oil derived from the seed of any of several varieties of the rape plant, used in cooking, salad dressings, etc.: it is low in saturated fats
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- cantillation — the traditional notation representing the various traditional Jewish melodies to which scriptural passages are chanted
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
- capercaillie — a large European woodland grouse, Tetrao urogallus, having a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male
- capercailzie — Alternative form of capercaillie.
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- capitol hill — the area around the Capitol in Washington, DC
- carillonneur — a person who plays a carillon
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
- castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- catilinarian — pertaining to or resembling Catiline.
- cavaco silva — Aníbal (aˈnibal). born 1939, Portuguese statesman; prime minister (1985–95); president (2006–16)
- cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- ceiling rose — decorative plaster centrepiece
- centillionth — (in Britain and Germany) a number equal to 10–600
- char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- child minder — a person who looks after children, esp those whose parents are working
- child record — (database) A record lower in the hierarchical tree than a parent record; it is also directly liked to the parent and hierarchical databases.
- child's play — something that is easy to do
- child-minder — a baby-sitter.
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childcrowing — a disease which causes spasms of the vocal cords
- childishness — of, like, or befitting a child: childish games.
- childminding — Childminding is looking after children when it is done by someone such as a childminder.
- childproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of childproof.
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chili pepper — chili (sense 1) chili (sense 3)
- chili powder — Chili powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chilies. It is used in cooking.
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chiliburgers — Plural form of chiliburger.
- chilien shan — Qilian Shan.
- chill factor — windchill factor
- chilli sauce — a highly seasoned sauce made of tomatoes cooked with chilli and other spices and seasonings
- chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- chlorambucil — an alkylating drug derived from nitrogen mustard, administered orally in the treatment of leukaemia and other malignant diseases. Formula: C14H19Cl2NO2
- chromatophil — Also, chromatophilic, chromatophilous [kroh-muh-tof-uh-luh s] /ˌkroʊ məˈtɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA). chromophil (def 1).
- chromophilia — the property of staining readily.
- chromophilic — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- churchillian — relating to, typical of or reminiscent of Winston Churchill