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14-letter words containing il

  • testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
  • the guillotine — a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts
  • the milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
  • the millennium — the period of a thousand years of Christ's awaited reign upon earth
  • the royal mail — the national postal service of the United Kingdom
  • the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
  • the slush pile — the unsolicited manuscripts sent by hopeful authors to a publisher, considered as a whole
  • the very devil — something very difficult or awkward
  • the wild geese — the Irish expatriates who served as professional soldiers with the Catholic powers of Europe, esp France, from the late 17th to the early 20th centuries
  • the wilderness — the barren regions to the south and east of Palestine, esp those in which the Israelites wandered before entering the Promised Land and in which Christ fasted for 40 days and nights
  • theodore bilbo — Theodore Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1877–1947, U.S. Southern populist politician: senator 1935–47.
  • thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
  • third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
  • till all hours — until very late
  • tilt-top table — a pedestal table having a top that can be tilted vertically.
  • time will tell — sth will be revealed
  • toilet cubicle — a very small enclosed area containing a toilet
  • toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
  • tooth and nail — with all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost.
  • tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • trafficability — the condition of soil or terrain with regard to its being traveled over, as by people, vehicles, or machinery.
  • trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
  • travel trailer — trailer (def 2).
  • treasury bills — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
  • twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
  • twilight sleep — a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.
  • twilight world — a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories
  • uitzilopochtli — the Aztec god of war and of the sun.
  • ujamaa village — communally organized village in Tanzania
  • ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
  • umbilical cord — Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus.
  • unalterability — the state or quality of not being alterable or not being able to be changed
  • unavailability — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
  • unavailingness — the state or quality of being unavailing or useless
  • unconciliatory — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
  • undecidability — the quality of being undecidable
  • under-building — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
  • underfulfilled — falling short of having achieved one's potential or desires
  • underutilizing — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
  • unflappability — not easily upset or confused, especially in a crisis; imperturbable.
  • unilluminating — not serving to instruct or give insights
  • universal mill — a rolling mill having both horizontal and vertical rolls.
  • unmalleability — an unmalleable state or condition
  • unpalatability — the quality or state of being unpalatable
  • unreconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
  • unreconcilably — in an unreconcilable manner
  • untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
  • upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
  • utilitarianism — the ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility, and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons.
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