13-letter words containing il
- applicability — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- april showers — showers falling in April, generally considered a showery month
- archaic smile — a conventional representation of the mouth characterized by slightly upturned corners of the lips, found especially on Greek sculpture produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- arctic willow — a low-growing shrub, Salix arctica, of the tundra
- arcus senilis — an opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often seen in elderly people
- argilliferous — containing or yielding clay
- arshile gorky — Arshile [ahr-sheel] /ˈɑr ʃil/ (Show IPA), (Vosdanig Adoian) 1904–48, American painter, born in Armenia.
- aspergillosis — a rare fungal infection, esp of the mucous membranes or lungs, caused by various species of Aspergillus
- assertability — The quality of being assertable.
- assessability — The quality of being assessable.
- assignability — The quality of being assignable.
- assimilations — Plural form of assimilation.
- associability — the condition of or the capacity to be associable or linked or related in thinking
- atamasco lily — any of a genus (Zephyranthes) of bulbous plants of the lily family, with hollow stems, grassy leaves, and funnel-shaped flowers of yellow, pink, red, or purple-tinged white
- atrabilarious — Characterized by melancholy or gloom.
- attachability — The quality of being attachable.
- attainability — capable of being attained.
- aubervilliers — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 63 136 (1999)
- aulic council — a council, founded in 1498, of the Holy Roman Emperor. It functioned mainly as a judicial body
- autostability — the property of being stable either as a result of inherent characteristics or of built-in devices
- availableness — Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.
- avila camacho — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1897–1955, president of Mexico 1940–46.
- bacillophobia — The fear of microbes. Also known as germaphobia.
- back and fill — to manoeuvre the sails by alternately filling and emptying them of wind to navigate in a narrow place
- bail bondsman — an individual or firm that lends bail money to defendants awaiting trial
- bailey bridge — a temporary bridge made of prefabricated steel panels that can be rapidly assembled
- baily's beads — the brilliant points of sunlight that appear briefly around the moon, just before and after a total eclipse
- balsam family — the plant family Balsaminaceae, typified by succulent stems, alternate, opposite, or whorled simple leaves, and irregular solitary or clustered flowers, including the balsam and jewelweed.
- banana family — the plant family Musaceae, characterized by large treelike herbaceous plants of tropical regions, having a trunk formed by spiraling leaf sheaths, and bearing large leaves, flower clusters above leathery red-to-purple bracts, and fleshy fruit in clusters, including the banana and plantain.
- banderilleros — Plural form of banderillero.
- banker's bill — a banknote
- bar billiards — a table game in pubs, etc, in which short cues are used to pocket balls into holes scoring various points and guarded by wooden pegs that incur penalties if they are knocked over
- bar-and-grill — a place where food and alcoholic drinks are served to customers; a combined barroom and grillroom.
- basso rilievo — bas-relief
- bazillionaire — (humorous) An incredibly rich person.
- be wild about — If you are wild about someone or something, you like them very much.
- beef bouillon — a broth made either by straining water in which bits of lean beef have been cooked or by dissolving beef extract in hot water.
- beer-swilling — in the habit of drinking a lot of beer
- believability — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- betweenwhiles — betweentimes.
- beverly hills — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles: famous as the home of film stars. Pop: 34 941 (2003 est)
- bewilderingly — extremely confusing: a bewildering schedule of events.
- big enchilada — enchilada (def 2).
- bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
- bilinear form — a function or functional of two variables that is linear with respect to each variable when the other variable is held fixed.
- bill of costs — a statement of the total costs that are the responsibility of a party to a suit or action
- bill of entry — a list of goods received at a customs house for export or import
- bill of goods — a list of items for sale, consignment, shipment, etc
- bill-sticking — a person who posts bills and advertisements.
- billiard ball — a hard ball used in billiards