11-letter words that end in il
- microfibril — a microtubule, microfilament, or other fine threadlike structure of a cell.
- microfossil — a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope.
- mineral oil — a colorless, oily, almost tasteless, water-insoluble liquid, usually of either a standard light density (light mineral oil) or a standard heavy density (heavy mineral oil) consisting of mixtures of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum by distillation: used chiefly as a lubricant, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and in medicine as a laxative.
- monkey tail — any of various light or short ropes or lines.
- moving coil — denoting an electromechanical device in which a suspended coil is free to move in a magnetic field. A current passing through the coil causes it to move, as in loudspeakers and electrical measuring instruments, or movement of the coil gives rise to induced currents, as in microphones and some record-player pick-ups
- muslin kail — barley broth or barley and vegetable soup.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- nannofossil — any fossil so small that it is near or below the limit of resolution of a light microscope.
- neurofibril — a fibril of a nerve cell.
- nic.ddn.mil — (networking) Defense Data Network's Network Information Center.
- on the nail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- paper trail — a written or printed record, as of transactions or judicial opinions, especially when used to incriminate someone.
- perilla oil — a light yellow oil, obtained from the seeds of mints of the genus Perilla, used in Asia as a cooking oil and elsewhere in the manufacture of varnish, printing ink, and artificial leather.
- port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- quinquefoil — cinquefoil (def 2).
- racket-tail — any of several birds with a racket-shaped tail, such as certain hummingbirds and kingfishers
- rice weevil — a brown weevil, Sitophilus oryzae, that infests, breeds in, and feeds on stored grains, especially rice.
- ricinus oil — castor oil.
- riding sail — a triangular sail set on the aftermost mast of a vessel, especially a fishing vessel, to head it into the wind; trysail.
- roman snail — a large edible European snail, Helix pomatia, the usual escargot of menus, erroneously thought to have been introduced to northern Europe by the Romans
- roostertail — a full spray or cloud, as of water in the wake of a speeding boat or dust from a speeding car
- rose weevil — Fuller rose beetle.
- scissortail — Also called scissortailed flycatcher [siz-er-teyld] /ˈsɪz ərˌteɪld/ (Show IPA). a flycatcher, Muscivora forficatus, of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America, having a long, deeply forked tail.
- silver foil — silver or silver-colored metal in foil form.
- social evil — prostitution.
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- soybean oil — a pale-yellow oil derived from soybeans by expression or solvent extraction: used as a food and in the manufacture of soap, candles, inks, paints, varnishes, etc.
- square sail — a sail set beneath a horizontal yard, the normal position of which, when not trimmed to the wind, is directly athwartships.
- swallowtail — the tail of a swallow or a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow.
- sweet basil — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
- to no avail — unsuccessfully, in vain
- to set sail — When a ship sets sail, it leaves a port.
- trundletail — a dog with a curly tail.
- underfulfil — to fall short of satisfaction
- vapor trail — contrail.
- virgin soil — land uncultivated previously
- water snail — Archimedes' screw.
- wiggle nail — a fastener consisting of a piece of corrugated sheet steel with one wavy edge sharpened, for uniting two pieces of wood, as in a miter joint.
- wiggle-tail — wriggler (def 2).