4-letter words that end in l
- isbl — (language) A mathematical query language.
- isil — Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. See ISIS.
- ispl — Instruction Set Processor Language. The original ISP language, written in BLISS ca 1971.
- ital — (Jamaica, Iyaric) Inexpensive, salt-free, one-pot, pure, natural food, as developed and eaten by Rastafarians.
- itil — Information Technology Infrastructure Library
- jael — a woman who killed Sisera by hammering a tent pin into his head as he slept. Judges 4:17–22.
- jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- jarl — a chieftain; earl.
- jeel — (of jelly, jam, etc) to congeal or become firm
- jell — to congeal; become jellylike in consistency.
- jfcl — /jif'kl/, /jaf'kl/, /j*-fi'kl/ (obsolete) To cancel or annul something. "Why don't you jfcl that out?" The fastest do-nothing instruction on older models of the PDP-10 happened to be JFCL, which stands for "Jump if Flag set and then CLear the flag"; this does something useful, but is a very fast no-operation if no flag is specified. Geoff Goodfellow, one of the jargon-1 co-authors, had JFCL on the licence plate of his BMW for years. Usage: rare except among old-time PDP-10 hackers.
- jhil — Alternative form of jheel.
- jill — a female given name, form of Juliana.
- jodl — Alfred [ahl-freyt] /ˈɑl freɪt/ (Show IPA), 1892?–1946, German general: signed the surrender of Germany on behalf of the German high command in World War II.
- joel — a Minor Prophet of the postexilic period.
- joul — Alternative form of jowl.
- jowl — a fold of flesh hanging from the jaw, as of a very fat person.
- kaal — naked
- kael — Pauline, 1919–2001, U.S. film critic.
- kail — Also called borecole. a cabbagelike cultivated plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, of the mustard family, having curled or wrinkled leaves: used as a vegetable.
- karl — a male given name, form of Charles.
- kcal — kilocalorie
- keel — a red ocher stain used for marking sheep, lumber, etc.; ruddle.
- kell — (obsolete) The caul.
- kerl — Alternative form of carl.
- kewl — (Internet slang) alternative spelling of cool.
- kiel — two contiguous duchies of Denmark that were a center of international tension in the 19th century: Prussia annexed Schleswig 1864 and Holstein 1866.
- kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- koel — any of several cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys, of India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia.
- kohl — Helmut [hel-moo t] /ˈhɛl mʊt/ (Show IPA), born 1930, German political leader: chancellor of West Germany (1982–90); chancellor of Germany 1990–98.
- kool — (slang, informal) alternative spelling of cool.
- kqml — Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language
- lall — to make imperfect l- or r- sounds, or both, often by substituting a w- like sound for r or l or a y- like sound for l.
- lanl — Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
- lawl — (Internet) alternative spelling of lol.
- leal — loyal; true.
- lill — (obsolete, dialect) To loll.
- lipl — Linear IPL. A linearised (i.e. horizontal format) version of IPL-V.
- llnl — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- lmol — Leonard Mayzel Ontario Lodge
- loll — to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge: to loll on a sofa.
- lool — A vessel used to receive the washings of metallic ores.
- lowl — (language) The abstract machine for bootstrapping ML/1, developed by P.J. Brown of the University of Kent at Canterbury.
- lsml — Lazy Standard ML
- lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
- macl — Macintosh Allegro CL. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- mael — a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- mail — monetary payment or tribute, especially rent or tax.
- mall — Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building. Compare shopping center.
- marl — Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.