16-letter words containing ll
- to tell the time — If a child can tell the time, they are able to find out what the time is by looking at a clock or watch.
- tollhouse cookie — a crisp cookie containing bits of chocolate and sometimes chopped nuts.
- torricelli's law — the law that states that the speed of flow of a liquid from an orifice is equal to the speed that it would attain if falling freely a distance equal to the height of the free surface of the liquid above the orifice.
- torvill and dean — two British ice dancers, Jayne Torvill, born 1957, and Christopher Dean, born 1958. They won the world championships in 1981–84, the European championships in 1981–82, 1984, and 1994, and the gold medal in the 1984 Olympic Games
- training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
- transcendentally — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
- transcrystalline — situated within or passing through the crystals of a substance.
- transilluminator — to cause light to pass through.
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- trichotillomania — a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncoincidentally — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
- unconventionally — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- under sb's spell — If you are under someone 's spell, you are so fascinated by them that you cannot think about anything else.
- unlawful killing — Unlawful killing is used to refer to crimes which involve one person killing another.
- unproportionally — having due proportion; corresponding.
- unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
- unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- valles marineris — a canyon on Mars, 3100 miles (5000 km) in length, named after the Mariner spacecraft.
- vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
- vauxhall gardens — a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
- vegetable cellar — a usually underground storage room where fresh vegetables can be stored at normally cool temperatures for later use.
- vegetable tallow — any of several tallowlike substances of vegetable origin, used in making candles, soap, etc., and as lubricants.
- vitruvian scroll — a scroll forming a stylized wave pattern.
- vitruvius pollio — Marcus, flourished 1st century b.c, Roman architect, engineer, and author.
- way of all flesh — a novel (1903) by Samuel Butler.
- well conditioned — existing under or subject to conditions.
- well thought out — produced by or showing the results of much thought: a carefully thought-out argument.
- well-appreciated — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- well-articulated — made clear or distinct: articulated sounds.
- well-baby clinic — a health-service clinic for preventive monitoring, health education and advice for parents of babies
- well-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- well-conditioned — existing under or subject to conditions.
- well-constructed — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- well-disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- well-diversified — distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects: diversified activity.
- well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.
- well-experienced — wise or skillful in a particular field through experience: an experienced teacher.
- well-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- well-illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.
- well-intentioned — well-meaning.
- well-ordered set — a totally ordered set in which every nonempty subset has a smallest element with the property that there is no element in the subset less than this smallest element.
- well-recommended — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- well-represented — having good or sufficient representation
- well-thought-out — produced by or showing the results of much thought: a carefully thought-out argument.
- well-upholstered — (of a person) fat
- wellington boots — a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.
- west valley city — city in NC Utah, near Salt Lake City: pop. 109,000