Words Ending With IL

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email
1. (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
2. communicate electronically on the computer
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mail
1. send via the postal service
2. cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
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council
1. a body serving in an administrative capacity
2. (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
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oil
1. a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
2. oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
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retail
1. be sold at the retail level
2. sell on the retail market
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civil
1. not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
2. of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
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detail
1. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
2. a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
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fail
1. fail to do something; leave something undone
2. be unsuccessful
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brazil
1. three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell
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evil
1. morally objectionable behavior
2. that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune
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soil
1. anything regarded as making something unclean
2. the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
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trail
1. to lag or linger behind
2. go after with the intent to catch
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rail
1. complain bitterly
2. enclose with rails
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thumbnail
1. the nail of the thumb
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devil
1. an evil supernatural being
2. a word used in exclamations of confusion
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tail
1. go after with the intent to catch
2. remove or shorten the tail of an animal
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nail
1. attach something somewhere by means of nails
2. take into custody
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jail
1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
2. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
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mil
1. a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
2. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
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nil
1. a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
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pencil
1. write, draw, or trace with a pencil
2. a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
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fossil
1. characteristic of a fossil
2. someone whose style is out of fashion
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sail
1. traverse or travel on (a body of water)
2. move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
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cocktail
1. a short mixed drink
2. an appetizer served as a first course at a meal
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coil
1. to wind or move in a spiral course
2. make without a potter's wheel
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foil
1. enhance by contrast
2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
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pupil
1. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
2. the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
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avail
1. take advantage of
2. be of use to, be useful to
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bail
1. release after a security has been paid
2. deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
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hail
1. praise vociferously
2. be a native of
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basil
1. any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
2. leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried
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airmail
1. letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
2. a system of conveying mail by aircraft
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boil
1. come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
2. immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
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veil
1. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
2. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
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prevail
1. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
2. be valid, applicable, or true
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fulfil
1. put in effect
2. fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
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voicemail
1. a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
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snail
1. freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
2. edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
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stencil
1. mark or print with a stencil
2. a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
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spoil
1. (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
2. the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
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quail
1. flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
2. small gallinaceous game birds
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peril
1. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
2. a state of danger involving risk
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tranquil
1. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
2. not agitated; without losing self-possession
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turmoil
1. a violent disturbance
2. violent agitation
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vigil
1. a period of sleeplessness
2. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
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grail
1. the object of any prolonged endeavor
2. (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
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entail
1. have as a logical consequence
2. impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
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anvil
1. a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
2. the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
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daredevil
1. a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
2. presumptuously daring
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anil
1. a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
2. shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye
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travail
1. concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
2. use of physical or mental energy; hard work
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unveil
1. remove the veil from
2. make manifest
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recoil
1. draw back, as with fear or pain
2. come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
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frail
1. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
2. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
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monorail
1. a railway having a single track
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blackmail
1. extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
2. exert pressure on someone through threats
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toil
1. productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
2. work hard
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pail
1. a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
2. the quantity contained in a pail
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whitetail
1. common North American deer; tail has a white underside
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broil
1. cook under a broiler
2. heat by a natural force
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ail
1. aromatic bulb used as seasoning
2. be ill or unwell
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curtail
1. place restrictions on
2. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
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daffodil
1. any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown
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weevil
1. any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles
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topsoil
1. the layer of soil on the surface
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utensil
1. an implement for practical use (especially in a household)
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lentil
1. round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
2. the fruit or seed of a lentil plant
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neutrophil
1. the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes
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wail
1. emit long loud cries
2. cry weakly or softly
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derail
1. cause to run off the tracks
2. run off or leave the rails
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verapamil
1. a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine
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dovetail
1. fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
2. a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
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ponytail
1. a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
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pigtail
1. a plait of braided hair
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gerbil
1. small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
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fluorouracil
1. an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers
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aventail
1. a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck
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guardrail
1. a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety
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airfoil
1. a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
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handrail
1. a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
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fingernail
1. the nail at the end of a finger
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foxtail
1. grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
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enalapril
1. an ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks
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nostril
1. either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose
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captopril
1. a drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation; used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure
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toenail
1. drive obliquely
2. the nail at the end of a toe
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subsoil
1. the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock
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minoxidil
1. a vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness
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uracil
1. a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
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horsetail
1. perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in Northern Hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
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trefoil
1. any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
2. a plant of the genus Trifolium
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topsail
1. a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
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flail
1. give a thrashing to; beat hard
2. move like a flail; thresh about
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tinfoil
1. foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead
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yellowtail
1. superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
2. game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
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swallowtail
1. a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
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nihil
1. (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ)
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cottontail
1. common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
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pintail
1. long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers
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assail
1. attack someone physically or emotionally
2. launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
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tonsil
1. either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
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uncivil
1. lacking civility or good manners
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mainsail
1. the lowermost sail on the mainmast
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axil
1. the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk
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eosinophil
1. a leukocyte readily stained with eosin
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wagtail
1. Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
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cattail
1. tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes
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