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16-letter words that end in l

  • fantasy baseball — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
  • fantasy football — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
  • feedback control — (electronics)   A control system which monitors its effect on the system it is controlling and modifies its output accordingly. For example, a thermostat has two inputs: the desired temperature and the current temperature (the latter is the feedback). The output of the thermostat changes so as to try to equalise the two inputs. Computer disk drives use feedback control to position the read/write heads accurately on a recording track. Complex systems such as the human body contain many feedback systems that interact with each other; the homeostasis mechanisms that control body temperature and acidity are good examples.
  • fertile material — material which can be converted into a fissile material by a neutron-induced nuclear reaction, as uranium-238 or thorium-232
  • fertility symbol — an object, esp a phallic symbol, used in fertility-cult ceremonies to symbolize regeneration
  • find one's level — to find one's most suitable place socially, professionally, etc
  • finishing school — a private school, usually at the high-school or junior-college level, that teaches young women social graces and prepares them for life in society.
  • flettner control — servocontrol (def 3).
  • football special — a train service provided specially to transport football supporters to and from a match
  • foreign national — citizen of another country
  • four-course meal — A four-course meal is a meal that consists of four parts served one after the other.
  • four-dimensional — of a space having points, or a set having elements, which require four coordinates for their unique determination.
  • four-star petrol — petrol containing lead, formerly sold in the UK
  • franco-provencal — a Romance dialect group of western Switzerland and neighboring parts of France: closely related to both Provençal and northern French.
  • frankfurt school — a school of thought, founded at the University of Frankfurt in 1923 by Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and others, derived from Marxist, Freudian, and Hegelian theory
  • frederic mistral — Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
  • freight terminal — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
  • freshwater pearl — any of the small pearls produced especially by freshwater mussels.
  • frigate mackerel — a small, blue-green, black-striped fish, Auxis thazard, abundant in tropical seas, having dark, oily flesh that is sometimes used as food.
  • frontier orbital — the highest-energy occupied orbital or lowest-energy unoccupied orbital in a molecule. Such orbitals have a large influence on chemical properties
  • garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
  • gastroesophageal — Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.
  • gastrointestinal — of, relating to, or affecting the stomach and intestines.
  • general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
  • genetic material — material that stores genetic information; DNA
  • geochronological — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
  • geomorphological — Of or pertaining to geomorphology.
  • gerard de nerval — Gérard de [zhey-rar duh] /ʒeɪˈrar də/ (Show IPA), (Gérard Labrunie) 1808–55, French writer.
  • glossopharyngeal — of or relating to the tongue and pharynx.
  • go over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
  • governor general — a governor who is chief over subordinate or deputy governors.
  • governor-general — A Governor-General is a person who is sent to a former British colony as the chief representative of Britain.
  • great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
  • greater sand eel — a large species of sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus
  • grounded neutral — Grounded neutral is the situation in which the neutral wire of an electrical supply system is connected to ground.
  • growth potential — capability of expanding
  • harvest festival — religious celebration of crops gathered
  • hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
  • high-speed steel — an especially hard, heat-resistant steel for use in lathe tools and for other applications involving high friction and wear.
  • historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
  • hit a brick wall — unable to continue or make progress because of a hindrance
  • hole in the wall — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • hole-in-the-wall — A hole-in-the-wall machine is a machine built into the wall of a bank or other building, which allows people to take out money from their bank account by using a special card.
  • holographic will — a will that is entirely in the handwriting of the testator: in some states recognized as valid without the attestation of witnesses.
  • home heating oil — fuel oil for domestic central heating
  • hybrid perpetual — a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.
  • ice-cream social — a social gathering, usually to raise money for a local church or school, where ice cream is the principal refreshment.
  • in the long haul — in a future time
  • incentive travel — a vacation awarded to employees as a bonus in order to motivate them.
  • infinite decimal — nonterminating decimal.
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