12-letter words containing il
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- circular mil — a unit of area of cross section of wire, equal to the area of a circle whose diameter is one thousandth of an inch. 1 circular mil is equal to 0.785 × 10–6 square inch or 0.2 × 10–9 square metre
- circumfusile — able to be diffused or poured around
- city council — a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
- civil rights — Civil rights are the rights that people have in a society to equal treatment and equal opportunities, whatever their race, sex, or religion.
- civil unrest — Civil unrest is fighting between different groups of people living in the same country, and losses caused by this fighting are usually not covered by insurance.
- civilianized — Simple past tense and past participle of civilianize.
- civilisation — Alternative spelling of civilization.
- civilization — Civilization is the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life.
- clapper rail — a long-billed rail, Rallus longirostris, of coastal marshes of the Americas, having a harsh, cackling cry.
- cleanability — the ability to be cleaned
- clickability — (computing) The quality of being clickable, of causing a particular action when clicked.
- clubbability — The quality of being clubbable.
- coachability — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coat of mail — a protective garment made of linked metal rings (mail) or of overlapping metal plates; hauberk
- coccobacilli — a spherelike bacillus.
- cockeysville — a town in N Maryland.
- cocktail bar — a bar which serves cocktails
- coconut milk — Coconut milk is the milky juice inside coconuts.
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- collinsville — a city in SW Illinois.
- color filter — colored glass, dyed gelatin, etc., used to produce certain color or light effects, as in photography
- compilations — Plural form of compilation.
- compile time — (programming) The period of time during which a program's source code is being translated into machine code, as opposed to run time when the program is being executed. As well as the work done by the compiler, this may include macro preprocessing as done by cpp for example. The final stage of program construction, performed by the linker, would generally also be classed as compile time but might be distinguished as link time. For example, static data in a C program is allocated at compile time whereas non-static data is allocated at run time, typically on the stack.
- compiliation — Misspelling of compilation.
- compulsorily — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- conciliating — to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over: to conciliate an angry competitor.
- conciliation — Conciliation is willingness to end a disagreement or the process of ending a disagreement.
- conciliative — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- conciliatory — When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone.
- connersville — a city in E Indiana.
- cooking film — a plastic film used for wrapping or covering food
- cooking foil — a thin sheet of aluminium used for wrapping or covering food
- coprophiliac — of or relating to coprophilia
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- coquilla nut — the nut of a South American palm tree, Attalea funifera, having a hard brown shell used for carving
- council area — any of the 32 unitary authorities into which Scotland has been divided for administrative purposes since April 1996
- council fire — a fire kept burning continually during a council of American Indians.
- council flat — a flat built or owned by a local council
- councilmanic — of or relating to a councilman or councilwoman
- councilwoman — A councilwoman is a woman who is a member of a local council.
- councilwomen — Plural form of councilwoman.
- countability — the fact of being countable
- counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- country mile — a long way
- crack willow — a species of commonly grown willow, Salix fragilis, with branches that snap easily
- craveability — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- crocodilians — Plural form of crocodilian.