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9-letter words containing ile

  • difficile — hard to deal with, satisfy, or please.
  • dilettant — Alternative form of dilettante.
  • dissimile — a comparison of two dissimilar objects for the purpose of illustration
  • domiciled — a place of residence; abode; house or home.
  • domiciles — Plural form of domicile.
  • dormobile — a vanlike vehicle specially equipped for living in while travelling
  • embroiled — Simple past tense and past participle of embroil.
  • entrailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entrail.
  • epileptic — Of, relating to, or having epilepsy.
  • erstwhile — Former.
  • europhile — One who loves Europe, Europeans, or European culture.
  • expansile — Of, relating to, or capable of expansion.
  • exsertile — (biology) Capable of being thrust out or protruded.
  • extensile — Capable of being stretched out or protruded.
  • extrusile — being thrust or forced out
  • facsimile — an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
  • fanciless — Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination.
  • fertilely — In a fertile manner.
  • file away — in folder
  • file band — an endless steel band to which straight lengths of steel files are attached, used on a band mill or band saw.
  • file card — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
  • file name — an arrangement of characters that enables a computer system to permit the user to have access to a particular file
  • file type — (file format)   The kind of data stored in a file. Most modern operating systems use the filename extension to determine the file type though others store this information elsewhere in the file system. The file type is used to choose an appropriate icon to represent the file in a GUI and the correct application with which to view, edit, run, or print the file. Different operating systems support different sets of file types though most agree on a large common set and allow arbitrary new types to be defined. See also MIME.
  • filemaker — (software)   A database application developed by Claris. It is currently the leading database application for the Macintosh and is the second most popular standalone package for Windows.
  • filenames — Plural form of filename.
  • flat file — (operating system, storage)   A single file containing flat ASCII representing or encoding some structure, e.g. a database, tree or network. Flat files can be processed with general purpose tools such as Perl and text editors but are less efficient than binary files if they must be parsed repeatedly by a program. Flat files are more portable between different operating systems and application programs than binary files, and are more easily transmitted in electronic mail. See also flatten, sharchive.
  • flat-file — noting or pertaining to a database system in which each database consists of a single file not linked to any other file.
  • food mile — a unit used to measure the distance that a food product travels from where it is produced to where it is sold or consumed
  • fool file — (jargon)   A term found on Usenet for a notional repository of all the most dramatically and abysmally stupid utterances ever. An entire subgenre of sig blocks consists of the header "From the fool file:" followed by some quote the poster wishes to represent as an immortal gem of dimwittery; for this usage to be really effective, the quote has to be so obviously wrong as to be laughable. More than one Usenetter has achieved an unwanted notoriety by being quoted in this way.
  • fractiles — Plural form of fractile.
  • fragilely — In a fragile way or manner.
  • gileadite — a member of a branch of the Israelite tribe descended from Manasseh.
  • guileless — free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
  • half-mile — a half of a mile (0.8 kilometer).
  • halophile — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
  • hemophile — a hemophiliac.
  • hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
  • homiletic — of or relating to preaching or to homilies.
  • homophile — a homosexual.
  • hostilely — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
  • hypermile — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
  • ileocecal — of, relating to, or involving the ileum and cecum.
  • ileocolic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the ileum and colon.
  • ileostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall, permitting drainage of the contents of the small intestine.
  • imperiled — to put in peril or danger; endanger.
  • inductile — not ductile; not pliable or yielding.
  • infantile — characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish: infantile behavior.
  • infertile — not fertile; unproductive; sterile; barren: infertile soil.
  • insectile — pertaining to or like an insect.
  • interfile — to combine two or more similarly arranged sets of items, as cards or documents, into a single file.
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