13-letter words containing ile
- ile du diable — French name of Devil's Island.
- Île-de-france — a region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
- ileocolostomy — the surgical formation of an artificial opening between the ileum and the colon.
- interquartile — Situated between the first and third quartiles of a distribution.
- life of riley — a carefree, comfortable, and thoroughly enjoyable way of living: Since winning the lottery, he's led the life of Riley.
- mercilessness — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- metrical mile — (in track and swimming) a race of 1500 meters, nearly equivalent to a mile.
- mobile device — a portable, wireless computing device that is small enough to be used while held in the hand; a handheld: a large selection of smartphones, PDAs, and other mobile devices.
- mobile number — a set of figures identifying the mobile telephone of a particular subscriber, and used in making connections to that telephone
- mobile studio — a van, truck, etc equipped as a recording, broadcasting etc studio
- mobile triton — (processor) (Official name 82430MX) A version of Intel's Triton I processor chip set intended for mobile computers. Mobile Triton consists of one 82437MX and two 82438MX.
- myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
- nautical mile — a unit of distance used chiefly in navigation, equal to 6080.20 feet (1853.25 meters) in the U.S., now replaced by the international nautical mile.
- neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
- nonretractile — capable of being drawn back or in, as the head of a tortoise; exhibiting the power of retraction.
- norc compiler — Early system on NORC machine. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
- perl profiler — (tool) (pprof) A tool by Anthony Iano-Fletcher of Nottingham University, UK to profile, and collate data from, Perl scripts. Version: 1? Source posted on comp.lang.perl in mid-June 1993.
- physical file — (file system) A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
- pile dwelling — a house raised on long columns of timber over the surface of the soil or a body of water
- polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
- postepileptic — after an epileptic seizure
- primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
- quarter-miler — an athlete who specializes in running the quarter mile or the 400 metres
- radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
- rank and file — the members of a group or organization apart from its leaders or officers.
- rat-tail file — a long, narrow file having a circular cross section.
- reconcilement — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
- silent barter — dumb barter.
- silent butler — a small receptacle having a handle and a hinged lid, used for collecting the contents of ashtrays, crumbs from a dinner table, etc., for disposal.
- silent killer — a disease that has no obvious symptoms or indications
- spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
- stiletto heel — spike heel.
- still trailer — any dog that follows the trail of its quarry silently.
- telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
- thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
- toile de jouy — a cotton or linen fabric characterized by monochromatic prints on a light background.
- toilet humour — scatological or vulgar jokes
- toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
- trailer trash — poor white person
- trailer truck — a trailer designed to be drawn by a truck tractor or other motor truck.
- upper silesia — a highly industrialized region divided between Germany and Poland after World War I.
- vertical file — a collection of pamphlets, pictures, clippings, or other materials stored upright, as in a filing cabinet or cabinets.
- victoria nile — a section of the upper Nile River in central Uganda between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert. 260 miles (418 km) long.
- werecrocodile — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crocodile.