14-letter words containing ile
- shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
- silent auction — an auction at which previously submitted written bids of prospective buyers are opened and compared, with each item being sold to the highest bidder.
- silent partner — a partner taking no active part in the conduct of a business.
- silent service — the submarine service (usually preceded by the).
- silent witness — a person who observes but makes no comment on or has no involvement in an action
- silver jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
- slamming stile — doorstop (def 2).
- spoiled priest — a person who was a student for the priesthood but who has withdrawn or been dismissed
- swallow-tailed — having a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow, as various birds.
- tandem trailer — Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another.
- tensile stress — stress which pulls apart an (elastic) material or structure
- the slush pile — the unsolicited manuscripts sent by hopeful authors to a publisher, considered as a whole
- 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.
- 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.
- travel trailer — trailer (def 2).
- value retailer — A value retailer is a retail outlet in which the premises and décor are without frills and where prices are cheaper.
- worthwhileness — such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.