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14-letter words containing ll

  • can ill afford — If you say that someone can ill afford to do something, or can ill afford something, you mean that they must prevent it from happening because it would be harmful or embarrassing to them.
  • capillary tube — a glass tube with a fine bore and thick walls, used in thermometers, etc
  • carry the ball — to assume responsibility; take command
  • cataleptically — in a trancelike or cataleptic manner
  • cathedral hull — a motorboat hull having a bottom characterized by two or more, usually three, V -shaped hull profiles meeting below the waterline.
  • cell reference — (spreadsheet)   A string identifying a particular cell in a spreadsheet, possibly relative to the cell containing the reference. A cell reference may be absolute (denoted by a "$" prefix in Excel) or relative (no prefix) in each dimension, thus, e.g. B$6 refers to the second cell across in the sixth row. The distinction between absolute and relative is only significant when the referring cell is copied, e.g. if cell A1, which refers to B$6, is copied to cell B1, then B1 will refer to C6. If the reference is to a cell in a different sheet then it is prefixed with the target sheet's name and an exclamation mark. E.g. "Sheet 1!B3".
  • cellini's halo — Heiligenschein.
  • cellular phone — A cellular phone or cellular telephone is a type of telephone which does not need wires to connect it to a telephone system.
  • cellular radio — radio communication based on a network of transmitters each serving a small area known as a cell: used in personal communications systems in which the mobile receiver switches frequencies automatically as it passes from one cell to another
  • central valley — the chief wine-producing region of California, centered in San Joaquin County.
  • chancellorship — The chancellorship is the position of chancellor. Someone's chancellorship is the period of time when they are chancellor.
  • chantilly lace — a delicate ornamental lace
  • chenille plant — an East Indian plant, Acalypha hispida, of the spurge family, having long, drooping, reddish-purple spikes of flowers.
  • chicken fillet — a fillet cut from a chicken
  • chiller-diller — chiller (def 2).
  • chiltern hills — a range of low chalk hills in SE England extending northwards from the Thames valley. Highest point: 260 m (852 ft)
  • chippewa falls — a city in W Wisconsin.
  • chlorophyllase — an enzyme found in plants that decomposes chlorophyll by removing the phytol chain.
  • chlorophyllous — of or containing chlorophyll.
  • circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
  • citronella oil — the yellow aromatic oil obtained from citronella grass, used in insect repellents, soaps, perfumes, etc
  • clamshell door — Often, clamshell doors. a door consisting of two panels that spread open vertically, as those located on the underside of some cargo planes.
  • climb the wall — If you say that you are climbing the walls, you are emphasizing that you feel very frustrated, nervous, or anxious.
  • cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • coincidentally — You use coincidentally when you want to draw attention to a coincidence.
  • collaborations — Plural form of collaboration.
  • collapsibility — (uncountable) The condition of being collapsible (or collapsable).
  • collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
  • collateralized — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralize.
  • collectibility — The quality of being collectible.
  • collecting box — a box for the temporary storage of examples or specimens
  • collecting tin — a tin for donations of money for charity or another particular purpose
  • collection box — A collection box is a box or tin that is used to collect money for charity.
  • collectiveness — The state or quality of being collective.
  • collectivistic — the political principle of centralized social and economic control, especially of all means of production.
  • collectivities — Plural form of collectivity.
  • collectivizing — Present participle of collectivize.
  • colliquescence — the potential for turning to liquid
  • colloquialisms — Plural form of colloquialism.
  • colloquialness — The state or quality of being colloquial.
  • colon bacillus — coliform bacillus.
  • coloristically — In terms of, or in relation to, color; in a coloristic way.
  • come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
  • comma bacillus — a comma-shaped bacterium, Vibrio comma, that causes cholera in man: family Spirillaceae
  • common swallow — Hirundo rustica, a passerine songbird of the family Hirundinidae, having long pointed wings, a forked tail, short legs, and a rapid flight
  • companion cell — any of a number of specialized parenchymal cells adjacent to a sieve tube in the phloem of flowering plants, believed to regulate the flow of nutrients through the tube.
  • concentrically — having a common center, as circles or spheres.
  • conclusionally — the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached.
  • condemned cell — A condemned cell is a prison cell for someone who is going to be executed.
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