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14-letter words that end in le

  • sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
  • scotch thistle — a tall, prickly plant, Onopordum acanthium, native to Eurasia, having stems and leaves covered with cottony down and solitary purple flower heads: the national emblem of Scotland.
  • selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
  • semi-permeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • seniority rule — the custom in Congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairpersonship to that member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest.
  • service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
  • set an example — If you set an example, you encourage or inspire people by your behaviour to behave or act in a similar way.
  • shirley temple — Shirley (Shirley Temple Black) 1928–2014, U.S. film actress, famous for child roles during the 1930s, and diplomat.
  • shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
  • shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • simpson's rule — a method for approximating the value of a definite integral by approximating, with parabolic arcs, the area under the curve defined by the integrand.
  • slamming stile — doorstop (def 2).
  • soldier beetle — a yellowish-red cantharid beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, having a somewhat elongated body
  • solids recycle — Solids recycle is the return of solids to a liquid-solid operation so that they can be processed or used again.
  • somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
  • squared circle — a wrestling ring
  • squeeze bottle — a flexible plastic bottle the contents of which can be forced out by squeezing.
  • stalling angle — critical angle (def 2).
  • stirling cycle — a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle in which air or an inert gas is compressed and expanded
  • straight angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one half of the circle; an angle of 180°.
  • striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
  • sun animalcule — a heliozoan.
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • superspectacle — an extravagant cinematic spectacle, esp the silent Italian films of the early 1900s
  • sycamore maple — a maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, of Europe and western Asia, having gray bark and opposite, lobed leaves: grown as a shade tree.
  • takeout double — informatory double.
  • tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
  • target vehicle — a spacecraft used to develop and practise orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the lunar missions
  • tax-deductible — noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount on which a tax is calculated.
  • telegraph pole — A telegraph pole is a tall wooden pole with telephone wires attached to it, connecting several different buildings to the telephone system.
  • telephone pole — a utility pole for supporting telephone wires.
  • the apple isle — Tasmania
  • the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
  • the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
  • the inevitable — something that is unavoidable
  • the slush pile — the unsolicited manuscripts sent by hopeful authors to a publisher, considered as a whole
  • the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
  • thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
  • third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
  • tilt-top table — a pedestal table having a top that can be tilted vertically.
  • tobacco beetle — cigarette beetle.
  • toilet cubicle — a very small enclosed area containing a toilet
  • traffic circle — a circular arrangement constructed at the intersection of two or more roads in order to facilitate the passage of vehicles from one road to another.
  • training table — a table in a dining hall, as at a college, where athletes are provided with special meals to aid their conditioning.
  • transit circle — meridian circle.
  • trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
  • tuckaway table — a table having a support folding into one plane and a tilting or drop-leaf top.
  • turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
  • turning circle — the smallest circle in which a vehicle can turn
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