16-letter words containing ll

selling expenses — Selling expenses are expenses that are related to sales activities, such as delivery costs and salespeople's wages.
shark repellents — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
shopping trolley — A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop.
shopping village — a shopping centre that designed to look like a village
silver medallist — a competitor who comes second in a contest or race and is awarded a medal of silver
single-barrelled — (of a firearm) having a single barrel
slubberdegullion — a slovenly or worthless person
small/fine print — The small print or the fine print of something such as an advertisement or a contract consists of the technical details and legal conditions, which are often printed in much smaller letters than the rest of the text.
snoqualmie falls — falls of the Snoqualmie River, in W Washington. 270 feet (82 meters) high.
solid propellant — a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer.
sounding balloon — a balloon carrying instruments aloft to make atmospheric measurements, especially a radiosonde balloon.
spanish bluebell — a bulbous plant, Endymion hispanicus, of the lily family, native to Spain and Portugal, having blue, white, or pink, bell-shaped flowers.
spelling mistake — error in writing a word
spill one's guts — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
spongy-mesophyll — the lower layer of the ground tissue of a leaf, characteristically containing irregularly shaped cells with relatively few chloroplasts and large intercellular spaces.
stalked puffball — a puffball-like mushroom of the genus Tulestoma, maturing in early winter.
stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.
stamp collection — the act of collecting postage stamps as a hobby
state-controlled — controlled by the government
sth rings a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
still photograph — a photograph taken from a cinema film which is used for publicity purposes
stock allocation — Stock allocation is the decisions made about how quantities held at a central point will be distributed amongst several outlets in a retail chain.
stock controller — someone employed to monitor and manage goods and stock so that new stock can be ordered as required and the right numbers and quantities made available all the time
sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
swedish vallhund — a small sturdy dog of a Swedish breed with a long body and pricked pointed ears
sweeten the pill — If someone does something to sweeten the pill or sugar the pill, they do it to make some unpleasant news or an unpleasant measure more acceptable.
teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
tell one's beads — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
tent caterpillar — any of the larvae of several moths of the genus Malacosoma, which feed on the leaves of orchard and shade trees and live colonially in a tentlike silken web.
tequendama falls — a waterfall in central Colombia, on the Bogota River, SW of Bogota. 515 feet (157 meters) high.
terminal illness — A terminal illness cannot be cured, and causes death.
tertiary college — a college system incorporating the secondary school sixth form and vocational courses
thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
the hill of tara — the historic seat of the ancient Irish kings, in Co Meath near Dublin
the marseillaise — the French national anthem. Words and music were composed in 1792 by C. J. Rouget de Lisle as a war song for the Rhine army of revolutionary France
the mendip hills — a range of limestone hills in SW England, in N Somerset: includes the Cheddar Gorge and numerous caves. Highest point: 325 m (1068 ft)
the open college — (in Britain) a college of art founded in 1987 for mature students studying foundation courses in arts and crafts by television programmes, written materials, and tutorials
the worried well — people who are healthy but are concerned about becoming ill and so take medication or see a medical practitioner when they don't need to
the yellow press — (formerly) popular newspapers publishing sensational stories
three-ball match — a match among three players each of whom plays a ball.
thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
through the mill — a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
ticket collector — transport worker who checks tickets
tinnevelly senna — any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
to call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
to call it quits — If you say that you are going to call it quits, you mean that you have decided to stop doing something or being involved in something.
to call the tune — If you say that a person or organization is calling the tune, you mean that they are in a position of power or control in a particular situation.
to foot the bill — If you have to foot the bill for something, you have to pay for it.
to stand or fall — If an idea, claim, or attempt stands or falls on something, its truth or success depends on that thing.

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