14-letter words containing il
- cotswold hills — range of hills in SW central England, mostly in Gloucestershire
- cottonseed oil — a yellowish or dark red oil with a nutlike smell, extracted or expelled from cottonseed, used in cooking and in the manufacture of paints, soaps, etc
- council bluffs — city in SW Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha, Nebr.: pop. 58,000
- council estate — a housing development built by a local council
- council of ten — the governing council of Venice from 1310 until its overthrow in 1797, composed originally of 10 and later 17 members.
- council of war — A council of war is a meeting that is held in order to decide how a particular threat or emergency should be dealt with.
- council school — (esp formerly) any school maintained by the state
- council tenant — a tenant who rents a council house or council flat
- councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- county council — A county council is an organization which runs local government in a county in Britain.
- court-bouillon — a stock made from root vegetables, water, and wine or vinegar, used primarily for poaching fish
- crawfordsville — a city in W central Indiana.
- crocodile bird — an African courser, Pluvianus aegyptius, that lives close to rivers and is thought to feed on insects parasitic on crocodiles
- crocodile clip — a clasp with serrated interlocking edges used for making electrical connections
- cross-compiler — a compiler able to create executable code for a platform different from the one the compiler is run on
- cruise missile — A cruise missile is a missile which carries a nuclear warhead and which is guided by a computer.
- curvilinearity — consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
- cyberthrillers — Plural form of cyberthriller.
- cyclosilicates — Plural form of cyclosilicate.
- daffadowndilly — a daffodil
- decamillennial — Occurring every ten thousand years.
- decivilization — those people or nations that have reached such a state.
- defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
- defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- deflagrability — the state or quality of being deflagrable
- dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
- deliverability — capable of delivery.
- demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
- demilitarizing — Present participle of demilitarize.
- demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
- demobilization — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
- developability — to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
- devil's island — one of the three Safety Islands, off the coast of French Guiana: formerly a leper colony, then a French penal colony from 1895 until 1938. Area: less than 2 sq km (1 sq mile)
- devil's tattoo — a rapid or nervous drumming with the fingers or feet
- devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
- devil-may-care — If you say that someone has a devil-may-care attitude, you mean that they seem relaxed and do not seem worried about the consequences of their actions.
- diagnosability — the quality of being diagnosable
- diamond willow — wood that may come from any species of willow and has a diamond pattern in the grain, used for making walking sticks, table lamps, etc
- dilly-dallying — wasting time by being indecisive
- disaffiliation — The termination of an affiliation; the act of ceasing to be associated with something.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
- discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
- disciplinarily — In a disciplinary way.
- disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.