16-letter words containing ll
- interventionally — In terms of, or by means of, intervention.
- intervocalically — (phonology) Between vowels.
- it is as well to — You say it is as well to think or do something when you are advising someone to think in a particular way or to take a particular action.
- it's all up with — there is no further hope for; the end is near for
- jeweller's rouge — a finely powdered form of ferric oxide used as a metal polish
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- karyokinetically — In a karyokinetic manner; by means of karyokinesis.
- kellner eyepiece — a Ramsden eyepiece having an achromatic lens, used in binoculars.
- killer satellite — an orbiting satellite that can be maneuvered to approach a target satellite and destroy it by exploding
- king of the hill — a game in which each player attempts to climb to the top of some point, as a mound of earth, and to prevent all others from pushing or pulling him or her off the top.
- kirribilli house — the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister
- laparoscopically — By means of laparoscopy.
- leave well alone — to refrain from interfering with something that is satisfactory
- levallois-perret — a suburb of Paris, in N France, on the Seine.
- literalistically — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- lithographically — In the manner of lithography.
- little smalltalk — A line-oriented near-subset of Smalltalk-80 written in C by Tim Budd <[email protected]>. Version 3 runs on Unix, IBM PC, Atari and VMS.
- lleu llaw gyffes — the son of Gwydion and Arianhrod, provided with a name, weapons, and a wife through the magic and trickery of Gwydion in spite of the curses of Arianhrod.
- lloyd's register — a publication, issued annually by Lloyd's, consisting of a list of all of the world's seagoing vessels and including such information as their age, tonnage, and classification.
- local oscillator — the oscillator in a superheterodyne receiver whose output frequency is mixed with the incoming modulated radio-frequency carrier signal to produce the required intermediate frequency
- machiavellianism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- mad-dog skullcap — a North American skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora, having underground stems and one-sided clusters of blue to white flowers.
- magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
- mahalla el kubra — a city in Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- maid of all work — a maid who does all types of housework
- maitre de ballet — ballet master.
- mallowpuff māori — a Māori who is considered to behave like a white person
- mammographically — Using a mammograph, by means of mammograph.
- marseille prolog — (language) One of the two main dialects of Prolog, the other being Edinburgh Prolog. The difference is largely syntax. The original Marseille Interpreter (1973) was written in Fortran.
- marshall islands — a republic, consisting of a group of 34 coral islands in the W central Pacific: formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947–87); status of free association with the US from 1986; consists of two parallel chains, Ralik and Ratak. Official languages: Marshallese and English. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: Delap-Uliga-Djarrit, on Majuro atoll. Pop: 69 747 (2013 est). Area: (land) 181 sq km (70 sq miles); (lagoon) 11 655 sq km (4500 sq miles)
- marshalling yard — a place or depot where railway wagons are shunted and made up into trains and where engines, carriages, etc, are kept when not in use
- maximilien sully — Maximilien de Béthune [mak-see-mee-lyan duh bey-tyn] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ də beɪˈtün/ (Show IPA), Duc de, 1560–1641, French statesman.
- medium artillery — guns and howitzers of more than 105mm and less than 155mm caliber, sometimes including the 155mm howitzers. Compare heavy artillery (def 2), light artillery (def 2).
- medullary sheath — Botany. a narrow zone made up of the innermost layer of woody tissue immediately surrounding the pith in plants.
- medulloblastomas — Plural form of medulloblastoma.
- megalomaniacally — In a megalomaniacal manner.
- melodramatically — In a melodramatic manner.
- meristematically — In a meristematic way.
- meritocratically — In a meritocratic way.
- metallofullerene — (chemistry) A fullerene containing an enclosed metal atom.
- meteorologically — In meteorological terms; in the context of weather.
- methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methyl cellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
- microsporophylls — Plural form of microsporophyll.
- midair collision — a crash, such as a plane crash, that takes place in the air
- militaristically — a person imbued with militarism.
- miller's disease — osteofibrosis of horses due to low concentration of phosphorus in the blood caused by eating bran exclusively
- minstrel gallery — a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event