11-letter words that end in l
- boll weevil — a greyish weevil, Anthonomus grandis, of the southern US and Mexico, whose larvae live in and destroy cotton bolls
- boring mill — a large vertical lathe having a rotating table on which work is secured. Tools are held on a fixed post and the work is rotated around it
- boston bull — Boston terrier
- botany wool — a fine wool from the merino sheep
- bottle bill — a legislative bill that requires the charging of a refundable deposit on certain beverage bottles and cans, to encourage the return of these containers for recycling while at the same time reducing littering.
- brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brain coral — a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain
- brake pedal — (in a vehicle) a pedal that connects to the brake cable and thus operates the braking mechanism
- brake wheel — (in a windmill) a bevel gearwheel rotating with the wind shaft.
- breast wall — a retaining wall built to hold back a bank of earth
- bridge roll — a soft bread roll in a long thin shape
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- bright wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
- bristletail — any primitive wingless insect of the orders Thysanura and Diplura, such as the silverfish and firebrat, having a flattened body and long tail appendages
- broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
- broken hill — a town in SE Australia, in W New South Wales: mining centre for lead, silver, and zinc. Pop: 19 834 (2001)
- bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
- bubble bowl — a spherical, usually clear glass vessel with a wide circular top opening, used as a vase, especially for displaying a single floating blossom.
- buffet meal — meal at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
- bull's wool — nonsense
- bumper pool — a pool game played on a small, often octagonally shaped table with two pockets, having strategically placed cushioned pegs on the playing surface, usually necessitating bank shots to sink balls.
- bunker hill — the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers
- bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
- busy signal — If you try to make a telephone call and get a busy signal, it means that you cannot make the call because the line is already being used by someone else.
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
- cachectical — cachetic
- calendrical — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
- camino real — a main road; highway.
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- camphor oil — a colorless liquid obtained from the wood of the camphor tree by distillation and separation from the solid camphor, used in varnish, soaps, and shoe polish, and in medicine chiefly as a rubefacient.
- cannabidiol — (organic compound) A non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.
- cannel coal — a dull coal having a high volatile content and burning with a smoky luminous flame
- cannon-ball — a missile, usually round and made of iron or steel, designed to be fired from a cannon.
- cantharidal — relating to or made of cantharides
- capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
- career girl — a woman whose main priority in life is achieving success in her career or profession
- caricatural — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- carnificial — relating to or belonging to an executioner or butcher
- carrom ball — a ball with a spinning action created by keeping the middle finger bent and flicking it outwards at the moment of release
- casing nail — a nail having a small, conical head, slenderer than a common nail of the same length, used for laying floors, fastening matchboarding, and other work in which the head may remain visible.
- casuistical — Casuistic.
- cataclysmal — of, relating to, or resulting from a cataclysm.
- catalogical — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- catalytical — Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
- catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
- categorical — If you are categorical about something, you state your views very definitely and firmly.
- cathartical — Cathartic.
- cattle call — an audition that is open to any interested actor or performer
- causational — the action of causing or producing.