12-letter words containing lli
- pit dwelling — a primitive dwelling consisting of a pit excavated in the earth and roofed over.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- push polling — the use of loaded questions in a supposedly objective telephone opinion poll during a political campaign in order to bias voters against an opposing candidate
- pyrophyllite — Mineralogy. a phyllosilicate, AlSi 2 O 5 (OH), usually having a white or greenish color, and occurring in either foliated or compact masses, the latter variety being used like soapstone.
- quadrillions — Plural form of quadrillion.
- quintillions — Plural form of quintillion.
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- rolling boil — heated liquid: bubbling
- rolling mill — a mill where ingots, slabs, sheets, etc., of usually hot metal are passed between rolls to give them a certain thickness or cross-sectional form.
- rolling news — current affairs: continuous
- rolling plan — a plan which is designed to continue over a period of time and is subject to regular review and updating
- rolling road — A rolling road is a piece of machinery on which the wheels of a vehicle can ride in order to test how well the vehicle works under road conditions that are created artificially.
- rough collie — a breed of long-haired collie with a coarse black-and-white or black, tan, and white coat, thicker around its neck and shoulders.
- schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
- self-filling — that fills or replenishes itself automatically
- selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
- selling rate — the rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency
- semimetallic — partially metallic; of the nature of a semi-metal
- sexdecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 51 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 96 zeros.
- shillingless — not possessing a shilling
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- spelling bee — a spelling competition won by the individual or team spelling the greatest number of words correctly; spelldown.
- stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- subsatellite — a satellite designed to be released into orbit from another spacecraft.
- symmetallism — the use of an alloy of two or more metals in fixed relative value as the standard of value and currency
- tale-telling — a telltale; talebearer.
- teetotalling — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
- the alliance — the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party acting or regarded as a political entity from 1981 to 1988
- theophylline — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theobromine, extracted from tea leaves or produced synthetically: used to relieve bronchial spasms, in the treatment of certain heart conditions, and as a diuretic.
- tranquillity — quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity.
- tranquillize — To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug.
- tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
- trillionaire — a person whose assets are worth over a trillion of the monetary units of his or her country
- twin killing — double play.
- uncompelling — tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.
- unfulfilling — not carried out or done: many unfulfilled requests.
- vaudevillian — Also, vaudevillist. a person who writes for or performs in vaudeville.
- vaudevillist — a person who writes for vaudeville
- verticillium — a fungus in the Verticillium genus which normally affects plants or insects
- vigintillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 63 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 120 zeros.
- virginalling — playing as on the virginal
- waterfalling — Present participle of waterfall.
- wellingtonia — (UK) A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California.
- william howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
- william laud — William, 1573–1645, archbishop of Canterbury and opponent of Puritanism: executed for treason.
- william tell — a legendary Swiss patriot forced by the Austrian governor to shoot an apple off his son's head with bow and arrow.
- williamsburg — a city in SE Virginia: colonial capital of Virginia; now restored to its original pre-Revolutionary style.