10-letter words that end in l
- boat drill — practice in launching the lifeboats and taking off the passengers and crew of a ship
- boiled oil — any of several oils, esp. linseed, that are heated (not boiled) and mixed with driers to form a thick, dark, quick-drying oil
- bonus ball — (in the National Lottery draw) a ball randomly selected after the first six balls, containing a number which influences the amount of prize money paid
- booty call — a meeting arranged for the purpose of having sex
- botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
- bowlingual — a device that allegedly translates a dog’s barks and grunts into a human language
- box social — a fund-raising event at which donated box meals are auctioned
- brain cell — a nerve cell that is situated in the brain
- bread roll — a small piece of bread dough made into a circular shape and baked
- breastrail — the upper rail of any parapet on a ship
- brick wall — a wall made out of brick
- bridalveil — a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, California. 620 feet (189 meters) high.
- bridgewall — (in a furnace or boiler) a transverse baffle that serves to deflect products of combustion.
- broad seal — the official seal of a nation and its government
- brown coal — a low-quality coal intermediate in grade between peat and lignite
- brushwheel — a toothless wheel with bristles attached to its circumference, used to turn another wheel by friction
- buff wheel — a wheel for buffing, consisting of a number of leather or canvas disks.
- bugger all — Bugger all is a rude way of saying 'nothing'.
- bugger-all — absolutely nothing; nothing at all: Those reckless investments left him with bugger-all.
- bull wheel — any large driving gear among smaller gears.
- bunker oil — Nautical. oil taken on board a tanker as fuel, as distinguished from the oil carried as cargo.
- bunny girl — a night-club hostess whose costume includes a rabbit-like tail and ears
- bunny hill — a nursery slope
- bush basil — See under basil.
- butterball — a chubby or fat person
- buttonball — a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis
- bytesexual — (jargon) /bi:t" sek"shu-*l/ An adjective used to describe hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem.
- calciferol — a fat-soluble steroid, found esp in fish-liver oils, produced by the action of ultraviolet radiation on ergosterol. It increases the absorption of calcium from the intestine and is used in the treatment of rickets. Formula: C28H43OH
- calcitriol — Biochemistry. a vitamin D compound, C 27 H 44 O 3 , occurring in humans as a hormone derived from cholesterol, that acts in the regulation and absorption of calcium.
- camberwell — a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Southwark.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- candy pull — a social gathering at which taffy or molasses candy is made.
- cannabinol — a non-psychoactive cannabinoid, C21H26O
- cannonball — A cannonball is a heavy metal ball that is fired from a cannon.
- canola oil — rapeseed oil
- cap pistol — a toy gun using caps to imitate the sound of a real pistol.
- cape coral — city in SW Fla.: pop. 102,000
- carapacial — relating to a carapace
- care label — a label attached to a garment providing information on how to wash, dry, and iron the garment
- carmichael — Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929)
- carnassial — of, relating to, or designating the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of carnivores, which have sharp edges for tearing flesh
- carom ball — the ball struck by the cue ball in rebounding off the object ball. Compare object ball (def 1).
- carron oil — an ointment of limewater and linseed oil, formerly used to treat burns
- cast steel — steel containing varying amounts of carbon, manganese, phosphorus, silicon, and sulphur that is cast into shape rather than wrought
- castor oil — Castor oil is a thick yellow oil that is obtained from the seeds of the castor oil plant. It has a very unpleasant taste and in former times was used as a medicine.
- cataclinal — (of streams, valleys, etc) running in the direction of the dip of the surrounding rock strata
- catacumbal — of or resembling catacombs
- catamenial — Of or relating to the menses or menstruation.
- catch hell — to receive a severe scolding, punishment, etc.
- categorial — of or relating to a category