18-letter words that end in l
- ferrite-rod aerial — a type of aerial, normally used in radio reception, consisting of a small coil of wire mounted on a ferrite core, the coil serving as a tuning inductance
- finite-dimensional — (of a vector space) having a basis consisting of a finite number of elements.
- flat-bottomed rail — a rail having a cross section like an inverted T, with the top extremity enlarged slightly to form the head
- foundling hospital — an institutional home for foundlings.
- good conduct medal — a medal awarded an enlisted person for meritorious behavior during the period of service.
- governor's council — a council chosen to assist or inform a governor on legislative or executive matters.
- gravitational pull — force of gravity
- grist for the mill — If you say that something is grist for the mill, you mean that it is useful for a particular purpose or helps support someone's point of view.
- half-open interval — a set of numbers between two given numbers but including only one endpoint.
- handyman's special — fixer-upper.
- hebdomadal council — the governing council or senate of Oxford University
- hexachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of forty-two isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing six chlorine atoms.
- high-grade mineral — a mineral fulfilling certain conditions as regards purity or other physical properties
- high-tensile steel — low-alloy steel which can withstand great strain without breaking or becoming deformed, having a yield strength range of 50,000 to 100,000 pounds per square inch
- histomorphological — histology.
- home of the hirsel — Baron, title of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home. 1903–95, British Conservative statesman: he renounced his earldom to become prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1963–64); foreign secretary (1970–74)
- hyper-intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- hyper-metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- hypermodern school — a style of chess characterized by control of the centre from the flanks
- immunohistological — the microscopic study of tissues with the aid of antibodies that bind to tissue components and reveal their presence.
- independent school — (in Britain) a school that is neither financed nor controlled by the government or local authorities
- inquisitor-general — the head of the Spanish court of Inquisition
- instruction manual — how-to, usage guide
- interinstitutional — Between institutions.
- isolation hospital — a hospital used to isolate or quarantine people with a contagious disease
- italian provincial — designating or of a style of rural, Italian furniture of the 18th and 19th cent., with straight lines and simple decoration, usually of fruitwood or mahogany
- junior high school — a school attended after elementary school and usually consisting of grades seven through nine.
- kingston upon hull — official name of Hull.
- kingston-upon-hull — official name of Hull.
- knotted cranesbill — a British wildflower, Geranium nodosum, an meadow geranium with bright pink or purple flowers
- language universal — a trait or property of language that exists, or has the potential to exist, in all languages.
- lieutenant colonel — a commissioned officer ranking next below a colonel and next above a major.
- lieutenant general — a commissioned officer ranking next below a general and next above a major general.
- logarithmic spiral — log r = aθ
- long-distance call — phone call: not local area
- lunitidal interval — the period of time between the moon's transit and the next high lunar tide.
- magnetic potential — a scalar quantity, analogous to the electric potential, defined at each point in a given magnetic field to be equal to the work done in bringing a unit north pole from infinity to the point.
- magnetorheological — (physics) describing a substance whose rheological properties are modified by a magnetic field.
- maternity hospital — birthing facility
- mathematical model — a representation of a system, process, etc, in mathematical terms
- mato grosso do sul — a state of W central Brazil: formed in 1979 from part of Mato Grosso state. Capital: Campo Grande. Pop: 2 140 624 (2002). Area: 350 548 sq km (135 318 sq miles)
- methylcyclohexanol — a colorless, aromatic, viscous liquid mixture, chiefly of the ortho and para forms of CH 3 C 6 H 1 0 OH, derived from cresol by hydrogenation: used chiefly as a solvent for rubber, cellulose, esters, and phenols.
- microenvironmental — Pertaining to a microenvironment.
- microgravitational — Of or pertaining to microgravitation.
- monochlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of three isomers of a chlorinated derivative of biphenyl containing one chlorine atom.
- morning-after pill — a contraceptive pill containing only an estrogen and used by women within a few hours after sexual intercourse.
- mozambique channel — a channel in SE Africa, between Mozambique and Madagascar. 950 miles (1530 km) long; 250–550 miles (400–885 km) wide.
- nailed to the wall — [like a trophy] Said of a bug finally eliminated after protracted, and even heroic, effort.
- neurodevelopmental — Of or pertaining to the development of neurological pathways in the brain.
- neurophysiological — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.