14-letter words that end in el
- mean sea level — (in the UK) the sea level used by the Ordnance Survey as a datum level, determined at Newlyn in Cornwall
- medicine wheel — a Native American ceremonial tool representing a sacred circle
- mont-st-michel — islet just off the NW coast of France, noted for its fortified abbey
- mortise chisel — framing chisel.
- mottled enamel — fluorosis (def 2).
- outing flannel — a light cotton flannel with a short, dense nap.
- overshot wheel — a water wheel in which the water enters the buckets tangentially near the top of the wheel.
- people's panel — a group of people composed of members of the public, brought together to discuss, investigate, or decide on a particular matter
- perez esquivel — Adolfo [uh-dol-foh;; Spanish ah-th awl-faw] /əˈdɒl foʊ;; Spanish ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Argentine sculptor and human rights activist: Nobel prize 1980.
- potter's wheel — a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter.
- reactor vessel — the container surrounding and protecting the core of a nuclear reactor.
- roulette wheel — spinning part of roulette table
- salvage vessel — a ship that is used in salvaging goods or property from a shipwreck
- sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
- sanitary towel — sanitary napkin.
- seismic vessel — A seismic vessel is a ship that is used for carrying out seismic surveys.
- service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
- shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
- sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
- slatwall panel — A slatwall panel is a slatted surface which can be fixed to the wall from which shelves or hooks can be hung at varying heights to display merchandise.
- smokeless fuel — fuel which burns without producing smoke
- snake mackerel — an elongate, deep-sea fish, Gempylus serpens, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having jutting jaws and strong teeth.
- spinning wheel — a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot.
- spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
- standard model — a mathematical description of the elementary particles of matter and the fundamental forces by which they interact and behave; a model combining electromagnetic and weak forces.
- steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
- stirred vessel — A stirred vessel is a vessel in which a device moves to mix something.
- sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
- sussex spaniel — one of an English breed of shortlegged spaniels having a golden liver-colored coat.
- synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
- the blue angel — a legendary German expressionist film of 1930, the first major German sound film, starring Marlene Dietrich
- top-down model — (programming) A method for estimating the overall cost and effort of the proposed software project from global properties of the project. The total cost and schedule is partitioned into components for planning purposes.
- tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
- tungsten steel — an alloy steel containing tungsten.
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.