12-letter words that end in l
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- sure as hell — definitely, certainly
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- synaptosomal — pertaining to a synaptosome
- synchronical — happening at the same time
- systematical — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- take counsel — receive advice
- take in sail — to lower sails, as in order to reduce the area of sail set
- take-up reel — (on a projector) the reel onto which the film is wound after it has been projected.
- tammany hall — a Democratic political organization in New York City, founded in 1789 as a fraternal benevolent society (Tammany Society) and associated especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s with corruption and abuse of power.
- tautological — needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”.
- teleological — of or relating to teleology, the philosophical doctrine that final causes, design, and purpose exist in nature.
- telolecithal — having an accumulation of yolk near the vegetal pole, as the large-yolked eggs or ova of reptiles and birds.
- temptational — the act of tempting; enticement or allurement.
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- the faithful — the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity
- the good oil — true or reliable facts, information, etc
- the old bill — policemen collectively or in general
- the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
- theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- thiodiglycol — C4H10O2S, a yellowish viscous liquid used as a solvent
- thrash metal — a type of very fast, very loud rock music that combines elements of heavy metal and punk rock
- tick trefoil — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Desmodium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and jointed pods with hooked hairs by which they adhere to objects.
- tickler coil — the coil by which the plate circuit of a vacuum tube is inductively coupled with the grid circuit in the process of regeneration.
- tie-off rail — trim rail.
- tie-on label — a label that is fastened by tying on
- to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- to mean well — If you say that someone means well, you mean they are trying to be kind and helpful, even though they might be causing someone problems or upsetting them.
- to play ball — If someone refuses to play ball, they are unwilling to do what someone wants them to do.
- to walk tall — If you say that someone walks tall, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they have pride in themselves and in what they are doing.
- toe and heel — a technique used by racing drivers while changing gear on sharp bends, in which the brake is operated by the toe (or heel) of the right foot while the heel (or toe) simultaneously operates the accelerator
- tone control — a manual control used to adjust the relative responses of an amplifier to high, low, and intermediate audio frequencies.
- tooth chisel — a stonecutter's chisel having a toothed edge.
- top and tail — method of washing a baby
- total recall — the ability to remember with complete, detailed accuracy.
- town council — municipal government
- toynbee hall — a residential settlement in East London, named after Arnold Toynbee (1852–83), a British economist and social reformer
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- trans-sexual — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- transcranial — across or through the skull
- transitional — movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
- translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
- transnatural — beyond nature, spiritual
- transvaginal — through or via the vagina
- triacontanol — a long-chain alcohol, CH 3 (CH 2) 28 CH 2 OH, occurring in plant waxes and beeswax, that is a plant growth regulator.