| achillea | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads | - |
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| aiguillette | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiglet |
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| artillery | (noun) large but transportable armament | Synonyms: gun, heavy weapon, ordnance |
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| (noun) a means of persuading or arguing | Synonyms: weapon |
| (noun) an army unit that uses big guns | Synonyms: artillery unit |
| artilleryman | (noun) a serviceman in the artillery | Synonyms: cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner |
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| banderillero | (noun) the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
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| bastille | (noun) a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) | - |
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| billed | (adjective) having a beak or bill as specified | - |
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| billet | (noun) lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) | - |
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| (noun) a short personal letter | Synonyms: line, note, short letter |
| (verb) provide housing for (military personnel) | Synonyms: canton, quarter |
| bimillenary | (noun) a span of 2000 years | Synonyms: bimillennium |
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| (noun) the 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bimillennium |
| bimillenial | (adjective) of or relating to a bimillennium | - |
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| bimillennium | (noun) a span of 2000 years | Synonyms: bimillenary |
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| (noun) the 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bimillenary |
| bougainvillea | (noun) any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions | - |
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| braille | (noun) a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals | - |
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| (verb) transcribe in braille | - |
| caviller | (noun) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | Synonyms: caviler, pettifogger, quibbler |
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| chenille | (noun) a heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads | - |
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| (noun) a soft tufted cord used in embroidery | Synonyms: chenille cord |
| chiller | (noun) excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones | Synonyms: hair-raiser |
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| coquille | (noun) a dish in the form of a scallop shell | - |
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| (noun) seafood served in a scallop shell | - |
| coville | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: creosote bush, hediondilla, Larrea tridentata |
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| deshabille | (noun) the state of being carelessly or partially dressed | Synonyms: dishabille |
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| dillenia | (noun) any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves | - |
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| dishabille | (noun) the state of being carelessly or partially dressed | Synonyms: deshabille |
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| distiller | (noun) someone who distills alcoholic liquors | - |
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| distillery | (noun) a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation | Synonyms: still |
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| drilled | (adjective) trained in a skill by repetitious practice | - |
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| escadrille | (noun) an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I) | - |
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| (noun) a small squadron | - |
| espadrille | (noun) a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part | - |
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| faille | (noun) a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton | - |
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| fille | (noun) a young female | Synonyms: girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman |
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| filled | (adjective) of purchase orders that have been filled | - |
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| (adjective) (of time) taken up | - |
| (adjective) (usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with | - |
| filler | (noun) the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar | - |
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| (noun) anything added to fill out a whole | Synonyms: makeweight |
| (noun) copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper | - |
| (noun) 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary | - |
| (noun) used for filling cracks or holes in a surface | - |
| fillet | (noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband | Synonyms: taenia, tenia |
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| (noun) fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members | Synonyms: stopping |
| (noun) lace having a square mesh | Synonyms: filet |
| (noun) a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus | Synonyms: lemniscus |
| (noun) a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef | Synonyms: filet |
| (noun) a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish | Synonyms: filet, fish filet, fish fillet |
| (verb) cut into filets | Synonyms: filet |
| (verb) decorate with a lace of geometric designs | Synonyms: filet |
| frilled | (adjective) having decorative ruffles or frills | Synonyms: frilly, ruffled |
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| fulfilled | (adjective) completed to perfection | - |
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| gerbille | (noun) small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping | Synonyms: gerbil |
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| gilled | (adjective) provided with gills | Synonyms: branchiate |
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| grevillea | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea | - |
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| grille | (noun) a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate | Synonyms: grill, grillwork |
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| (noun) grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator | Synonyms: radiator grille |
| (noun) small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted | Synonyms: lattice, wicket |
| grilled | (adjective) cooked over an outdoor grill | Synonyms: barbecued |
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| (adjective) cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill) | Synonyms: broiled |
| grisaille | (noun) chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief | - |
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| guillemot | (noun) small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas | - |
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| illegal | (adjective) prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules | - |
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| illegalise | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalize, outlaw |
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| illegality | (noun) unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute | - |
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| illegalize | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, outlaw |
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| illegally | (adverb) in an illegal manner | Synonyms: illicitly, lawlessly |
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| illegibility | (noun) the quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered | - |
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| illegible | (adjective) (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible | - |
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| illegibly | (adverb) in an illegible manner | Synonyms: undecipherably, unreadably |
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| illegitimacy | (noun) unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law | - |
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| (noun) the status of being born to parents who were not married | Synonyms: bar sinister, bastardy |
| illegitimate | (adjective) of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful | - |
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| (adjective) contrary to or forbidden by law | Synonyms: illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful |
| (noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: bastard, by-blow, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson |
| illegitimately | (adverb) of biological parents not married to each other | Synonyms: out of wedlock |
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| (adverb) in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom | Synonyms: illicitly |
| killer | (noun) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | Synonyms: grampus, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf |
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| (noun) a difficulty that is hard to deal with | - |
| (noun) someone who causes the death of a person or animal | Synonyms: slayer |
| (noun) the causal agent resulting in death | Synonyms: cause of death |
| marseille | (noun) strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads | - |
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| milled | (adjective) (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed | Synonyms: polished |
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| millenarian | (adjective) relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness | Synonyms: chiliastic |
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| (noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | Synonyms: chiliast, millenarist |
| millenarianism | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: chiliasm, millenarism, millenniumism |
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| millenarism | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: chiliasm, millenarianism, millenniumism |
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| millenarist | (noun) a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) | Synonyms: chiliast, millenarian |
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| millenary | (adjective) relating to or consisting of 1000 | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium | - |
| (noun) a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years) | - |
| (noun) a span of 1000 years | Synonyms: millennium |
| (noun) the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: millennium |
| millennial | (adjective) relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years | Synonyms: millennian |
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| millennian | (adjective) relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years | Synonyms: millennial |
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| millennium | (noun) a span of 1000 years | Synonyms: millenary |
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| (noun) (New Testament) in the Book of Revelation it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness | - |
| (noun) the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: millenary |
| millenniumism | (noun) belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations | Synonyms: chiliasm, millenarianism, millenarism |
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| millepede | (noun) any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs | Synonyms: milliped, millipede |
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| miller | (noun) any of various moths that have powdery wings | Synonyms: moth miller |
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| (noun) machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it | Synonyms: milling machine |
| (noun) someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill) | - |
| millerite | (noun) a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel | - |
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| millet | (noun) small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica | - |
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| (noun) any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine | - |
| millettia | (noun) any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood | - |
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| nonpareille | (noun) a 6-point printing type: a size smaller than minion. | - |
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| novillero | (noun) a bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age | - |
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| painkiller | (noun) a medicine used to relieve pain | Synonyms: analgesic, anodyne, pain pill |
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| papilledema | (noun) swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure | - |
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| pastille | (noun) a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat | Synonyms: cough drop, pastil, troche |
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| pencilled | (adjective) drawn or written with a pencil | Synonyms: penciled |
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| postmillennial | (adjective) of or relating to the period following the millennium | - |
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| quadrille | (noun) a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples | - |
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| (noun) music for dancing the quadrille | - |
| raillery | (noun) light teasing repartee | Synonyms: backchat, banter, give-and-take |
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| ratatouille | (noun) a vegetable stew; usually made with tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion, and seasonings | - |
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| recoilless | (adjective) of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil | - |
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| reveille | (noun) a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise | - |
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| (noun) (military) signal to wake up | Synonyms: wake-up signal |
| semiskilled | (adjective) possessing or requiring limited skills | - |
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| shillelagh | (noun) a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) | Synonyms: shillalah |
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| skilled | (adjective) having or showing or requiring special skill | - |
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| skillessness | (noun) Lack of skill; ineptness. | - |
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| skillet | (noun) a pan used for frying foods | Synonyms: frying pan, frypan |
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| skilletfish | (noun) clingfish with typical skillet shape | Synonyms: Gobiesox strumosus, skillet fish |
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| spiller | (noun) a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) | Synonyms: setline, trawl, trawl line, trotline |
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| (noun) an attacker who sheds or spills blood | Synonyms: shedder |
| splitsville | (noun) separation or breakup or divorce | - |
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| tailless | (adjective) not having a tail | Synonyms: anurous |
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| thrilled | (adjective) feeling intense pleasurable excitement | - |
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| thriller | (noun) a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie | - |
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| tilled | (adjective) turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing | - |
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| tiller | (noun) lever used to turn the rudder on a boat | - |
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| (noun) a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) | Synonyms: cultivator |
| (noun) someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops) | - |
| (noun) a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass | - |
| (verb) grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers | Synonyms: stool |
| tonsillectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy | - |
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| trilled | (adjective) uttered with a trill | Synonyms: rolled, rolling |
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| tuille | (noun) armor plate that protects the hip and thigh | - |
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| twilled | (adjective) of textiles; having parallel raised lines | Synonyms: corded |
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| unfilled | (adjective) of purchase orders that have not been filled | - |
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| unfulfilled | (adjective) of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities | Synonyms: unrealised, unrealized |
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| unskilled | (adjective) not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency | - |
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| (adjective) not doing a good job | Synonyms: incompetent |
| (adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise | Synonyms: amateur, amateurish, inexpert |