12-letter words that end in el
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- magnet steel — steel used for the manufacture of permanent magnets, often having a high cobalt content and smaller amounts of nickel, aluminium, or copper
- mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- markov model — (probability, simulation) A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
- middle-level — occurring at or having a middle or intermediate position or status: middle-level management.
- motor vessel — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- mount carmel — a mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean. Highest point: about 540 m (1800 ft)
- multichannel — Employing or possessing many television or communications channels.
- nickel steel — steel to which up to 9 percent nickel has been added.
- nuclear fuel — Physics. fissile or fertile material that undergoes fission in a nuclear reactor.
- on the level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- on the panel — receiving sickness benefit, esp from the government
- open channel — An open channel is a type of flow in which one surface is free (= not restricted by anything).
- paddle wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
- paddle-wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
- pelton wheel — a high-pressure impulse water turbine in which one or more free jets of water are directed against the buckets of the rotor.
- pitch chisel — a broad-edged chisel for cutting plane surfaces on stones.
- planet wheel — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.
- power shovel — any self-propelled shovel for excavating earth, ore, or coal with a dipper that is powered by a diesel engine or electric motor. Compare shovel (def 2).
- prayer wheel — a wheel or cylinder inscribed with or containing prayers, used chiefly by Buddhists of Tibet.
- premium fuel — fuel or gasoline which has a higher octane value and is more expensive than standard fuel
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- record label — recorded music production company
- red squirrel — a reddish squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, of North America.
- reel-to-reel — of or relating to an audio sound-equipment system or motion-picture camera or projector through which the tape or film must be threaded onto a take-up reel.
- resort hotel — a hotel in a holiday resort
- rimmed steel — a low-carbon steel containing enough iron oxide so that there is continuous generation of carbon monoxide during solidification.
- rocker panel — body paneling below the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
- roller towel — a long towel sewed together at the ends and hung on a roller.
- saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
- santa isabel — former name of Malabo.
- seo de urgel — Urgel.
- sheep laurel — a small E North American plant (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family, with pinkish flowers and evergreen leaves poisonous to sheep and other animals
- sheep sorrel — a slender weed, Rumex acetosella, of the buckwheat family, found in poor, dry soils, having arrow-shaped leaves with an acid taste.
- silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
- small barbel — any small cyprinid fish of the genus Barbus
- space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
- spanish heel — a high, curved heel with a straight heel breast, used on women's shoes.
- spirit level — a device for determining true horizontal or vertical directions by the centering of a bubble in a slightly curved glass tube or tubes filled with alcohol or ether.
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- steam shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- steam-shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching
- storm petrel — any of several small, tube-nosed seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, usually having black or sooty-brown plumage with a white rump.
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- street level — ground level
- sub-parallel — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- take counsel — receive advice
- take-up reel — (on a projector) the reel onto which the film is wound after it has been projected.
- tie-on label — a label that is fastened by tying on