15-Letter Words Ending in L

""ACCOMMODATION The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; followed by to. to.""

ACCULTURATION

""Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.""

Like Mead's field

Man's in pathetic poncho, wrestling with alligator

CHOLESTEROL

""Inflected form of CLIMACTICAL Inflected form of CLIMACTIC Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, a climax, or ascending series.""

Like video games, some believe

Committing no criminal act. Ah, to be a republican!

""THEORETICAL Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.""

Of the study of microorganisms

Like a librarian's job

Sourced

Of or pertaining to biogeography.

(used with a sing. verb) The application of mathematical principles to biological processes.

""An antibiotic, C 11 H 12 Cl 2 N 2 O 5 , derived from the soil bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or produced synthetically and effective against a broad spectrum of microorganisms.""

See vitamin D .

Miracle cure, if time allows, around a point of the compass

""Used in communication; as, he had few communicational grooves available for use.as, he had few communicational grooves available for use.""

""CONFIGURATION Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure.""

In an in-your-face way

Dealing hostilely with others

Aggressively hostile

CORYNEBACTERIA

COUNTERCULTURE

Intended to compensate for immoderate developments in a business cycle: a countercyclical federal aid program.

An offer of marriage in store (wordplay)

Response to unsatis- factory plan

Negotiator's offering

CRYPTANALYTIC

The study of dialects.

DOCUMENTATION

Belonging to ecclesiology.

Of or pertaining to electrochemistry.

""The surgical use of high-frequency electric current for cutting or destroying tissue, as in cauterization.""

Of or pertaining to the enterobacteria.

Like much of today's most pressing scientific research

Of the philosophical study of knowledge

Like questions of what is knowable

Of the limits of knowledge

ETHNOHISTORIC

""A yellowish-white crystalline phenol, C 6 H 13 C 6 H 3 (OH) 2 , used as an antiseptic and anthelmintic.""

The biological study of bodies of water.

Physics ()

""FUNCTIONAL Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.""

Worrywartish, in a way.

Like the Guardian's diarist, harpy had colonic disorder

Not worth mentioning

Of little moment.

Lacking worth or importance

Inflected form of PERCEPTUAL Inflected form of PERCEPT something that is perceived

""PROVINCIAL Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect. as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.""

""INTROSPECTION A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of selfexamination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; selfconsciousness; reflection.""

Like Webster's work

Describing Dr. Johnson's most famous work.

Relating to writing wordbooks or dictionaries

MACROSTRUCTURE

Of or relating to conversion of chemical energy into mechanical work.

MICROANALYTIC

Histology.

Of a certain science.

A leaflike structure that bears microsporangia.

MICROSTRUCTURE

""MISCEGENATION A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white.""

MULTIFUNCTION

Relating to or involving the muscles and the skeleton.

NEUROANATOMIC

The biological study of the nervous system or any part of it.

Job category

ASTRONOMICAL Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy.

BIOGRAPHICAL Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography.

""CONFIDENTIAL Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk. as, a confidential servant or clerk.""

CONVENTIONAL Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

HIERARCHICAL Pertaining to a hierarchy.

""Not admitting of, or characterized by, inflection.""

Inflected form of INSECTICIDAL Inflected form of INSECTICIDE An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder.

Not intellectual. Opposite of intellectual.intellectual.

""MATHEMATICAL Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness. as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness.""

""METAPHORICAL Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.""

""OCCUPATIONAL Of or pertaining to an occupation{3} or occupations{3}; caused by or incidental to an occupation{3}; as, occupational hazard; occupational illness.as, occupational hazard; occupational illness.""

Rise of gas with cheap coal I moved about, referring to marine studies

Like some antennae

Like versatile antennas

Remind coalition about covering all angles

ORCHESTRATION The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; called also instrumentation. instrumentation.

An organic compound that contains mercury.

PALEOBIOLOGIC

PALEOECOLOGIC

Of fossil lore

Fossils

PANTISOCRATIC Of or pertaining to a pantisocracy.

PARASITOLOGIC

""PARTICIPATION The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows. as, a participation in joy or sorrows.""

Concerning drugs

Reportedly cultivate a green when dropping head of drug science

Kind of twisting hill path on Capri

PHOTOBIOLOGIC

PHOTOGEOLOGIC

""Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process in which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of hand engraving.""

""Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical and chemical agencies.""

Of or pertaining to physiography.

Adjective (-al)

""AGRICULTURAL Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc.""

""PRONUNCIATION The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation. as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation.""

RADIOBIOLOGIC

COMBINATIONAL of or relating to combinations.

""CYLINDRICAL Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.""

Of a study of animal and human behavior

Adjective (-ical)

SUPERSTRUCTURE Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis

THERMODYNAMIC Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat.

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""HISTORICAL Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.as, an historical poem; the historic page.""

TRICHOMONACIDE

New motoring article describing some angular functions

""COMMERCIAL Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.""

ULTRASTRUCTURE

""CHRONOLOGICAL Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables.as, chronological tables.""

Acceptable for the masses, say

Not subject to dispute.

Commonly accepted

Re the science of animal distribution