2-Letter Words Ending in L

""ANNEXATION The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.""

""Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets.""

COLONIAL a citizen of a colony

""Antagonistic to one's country or nation, or to a national government.""

RATIONAL a number that can be expressed as a quotient of integers

Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.

Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.

Of or pertaining to an archespore.

Characterised by hope or ambition

Like those trying to succeed

Relating to hope, since religious and sensible

Of a pseudoscience

Like the supposed influence of planets and stars

Absolutely huge (in a heavenly way!)

Stellar location with Mars shot

High, as inflationary prices

Unrelated to or lacking a theoretical basis.

AUDIOLOGIC

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

Belonging to a library.

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

Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography.

Mankind ergonomics. Environment

Firm of less importance gets chance

Happening by chance

Apparently randomly concurrent

Of or pertaining to a commissary.

""Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing.""

Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion.

""COMPONENT Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.""

Pertaining to conception.

""CONCESSION The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous. giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.""

""CONDUCTOR One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.""

Relating to conference.

Nature of autobiography (especially Rousseau's)

Booth in church finances loos being renovated

In which Higgins supplies a place for admission

Private fled in action, distressed

Inflicted on a (anagram) - private

Like T.S. Eliot's clerk

Joining; connecting.

""CONNECTION The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.""

Of or pertaining to a consistory.

Of music with more than one melody

Polyphonic

Singing voice wanting to hedge a bet with more than one melody

CONVECTION The act or process of conveying or transmitting.

Customary assembly with a learner

Customary; not 9 ac

The traditional way to gangster

""CONVERSION The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.""

""Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution. as, a correctional institution.""

Belonging to cosmogony.

Of or pertaining to cosmology.

English word

""Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle. as, the craniofacial angle.""

Of or associated with both the cranium and the sacrum.

""The selective exposure of tissues to extreme cold, often by applying a probe containing liquid nitrogen, to bring about the destruction or elimination of abnormal cells.""

A systemic infection caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans that can affect any organ of the body but most often occurs in the central nervous system.

Cells ()

""Of or pertaining to the cytoskeleton; as, cytoskeletal microtubules.as, cytoskeletal microtubules.""

Belonging to declension.

Like this crossword

POSITIONAL Of or pertaining to position.

Relating to development from a source or origin

Relating to the formation of a word from its root

""DIAGNOSTIC Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.""

(Chemistry) a compound having two sites in the molecule that are highly reactive

""Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.""

DILATATION Prolixity; diffuse discourse.

""DISTORTION The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body. as, the distortions of the face or body.""

""Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve equal sides.""

""Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral. dorsiventral.""

Of or involving both the back and the side.

""From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis. as, the dorsoventral axis.""

Growing or developing within cartilage; applied esp. to developing bone.

""Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles. as, endoskeletal muscles.""

Within or passing through the trachea: an endotracheal tube.

""Pl. enterococci (-k k s , -k k ) A usually nonpathogenic streptococcus that inhabits the intestine.""

Pl. enterostomies Surgical construction of an opening in the intestine through the abdominal wall.

""Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.""

Of or pertaining to ethnology.

Dealing with word origins

Relating to word origins

""EXCAVATION The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.""

EXORCISTIC

EXPOSITION The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.

""Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea sentiment.""

Lying outside of the domain of logic.

""An antineoplastic agent, C 4 H 3 FN 2 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of cancers of the skin, breast, and digestive system.""

Foresighted.

Triangular sail

""FOUNDATION The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.""

Concerned with tracing a tree (wordplay)

Upset college again concerning family history

""GENERATION The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.""

GEOBOTANIC

Of the earth.

Relating to the effect of physical features on international relations

""The downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; opposed to geanticlinal. geanticlinal.""

GEOTECHNIC

Of ancient Roman combat

Pleased to get one lariat designed to catch old combatant

One gets hammered, making a noise!

Bell-like instrument

Percussion instrument with metal bars

Pertaining to a country's rulers

Relating to ruling system

Type of intervention, frequently in strikes.

HAGIOLOGIC

""Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.""

""Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.as, a heroicomic poem.""

""Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.""

Straight as an arrow, perhaps (wordplay)

Straight

Adjective (-al)

""Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms.""

Of or pertaining to hydrology.

""Of or pertaining to hot water; used esp. with reference to the action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing, and otherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the globe.""

AROUSAL the act of {arousing=v}

Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.

Professing virtues one does not have

Insincere pachyderm said to be seriously ill

Two-faced

Supposed (but not necessarily) real

Supposed but not necessarily real

Supposititious

""Images the description, history, and analysis of symbolic art or artistic symbolism, especially that of the late medieval and Renaissance periods. Also called iconography . ; iconologist, n . ; iconological,""

""IMBIBITION The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the postmortem imbibition of poisons. as, the postmortem imbibition of poisons.""

Not methodical; without method or systematic arrangement; without order or regularity; confused.

Commanding; imperative; authoritative.

INDICATION Act of pointing out or indicating.

""Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.""

""INHALATION The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled.""

""INNOVATION The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.""

Altercations getting out of hand between New York and California, perhaps

""Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum. as, the interorbital septum.""

INTONATION A thundering; thunder.

""Open only to persons issued an invitation; -- of gatherings, usually sports events; as, an invitational tournament.as, an invitational tournament.""

""INVOCATION The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.""

INVOLUTION The act of involving or infolding.

Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass.

KARYOLOGIC

LEVITATION Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.

""LIMITATION The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.""

LIMNOLOGIC

""Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents.""

Running lengthwise

""MATURATION The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.""

Like a figure of speech

Symbolic of something else

Figurative

METEORITIC

Of or pertaining to metrology.

METRONOMIC

Having a crystalline structure visible only under a microscope.

MONOCULTURE

Obsessed with one thing

SINGLE-MINDED

MONSIGNORI

MOTIVATION The act or process of motivating.

MOTONEURON

""The discipline of museum design, organization, and management.""

Relating to ancient stories

Pertaining to ancient stories

Relating to traditional stories

Concerned with routing ships

""Of or pertaining to necrology; of the nature of necrology; relating to, or giving, an account of the dead, or of deaths.""

20th century music style

In a revived style from the past

Type of art, perhaps one form to one state

NEUROHUMOR

Of or pertaining to neurolgy.

BACTERIAL Of or pertaining to bacteria.

""CLASSICAL Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.""

Guarded in speech

Guarded, but without being locked up (wordplay)

On the fence, not a prison sentence (wordplay)

CUSTODIAL Relating to custody or guardianship.

""EDITORIAL Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks. as, editorial labors; editorial remarks.""

""EMOTIONAL Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature. as, an emotional nature.""

""EMPIRICAL Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.""

Suspect online assent is unimportant

Not totally necessary

Not absolutely necessary

""FICTIONAL Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic.""

FINANCIAL Pertaining to finance.

""IDENTICAL The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing. as, the identical person or thing.""

""MERCURIAL Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament. as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament.""

Inflected form of MICROBIAL Inflected form of MICROBE a microscopic organism

""MUNICIPAL Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers. as, municipal rights; municipal officers.""

Inflected form of NUMERICAL Inflected form of NUMERIC a {numeral=n}

Not political. Opposite of political.political.

PRACTICAL Of or pertaining to practice or action.

""Inflected form of SPHERICAL Inflected form of SPHERIC having the form of a sphere, also SPHERAL""

Inflected form of STEROIDAL Inflected form of STEROID a type of chemical compound

""Not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences; as, nontechnical aspects of the job; nontechnical training. Opposite of technical.as, nontechnical aspects of the job; nontechnical training. Opposite of technical.""

""UNIVERSAL Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; allreaching; allpervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice. as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.""

Relating to one's job or profession

Rehabilitation via practical activities

To do with work

OLIGARCHIC

""OPPOSITION The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.""

Relating to the description of mountains

Of or pertaining to osteology.

A civil rector sadly becoming too judgmental

Casanova loses the head with serious type that's hard to please

""Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid.""

Relating to or exhibiting disease

(adj.) adept at doing mazes

Relating to a disease

""PERCEPTION The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.""

Adjective (-al)

""PERORATION The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument.""

Of or pertaining to petrology.

""Time the study of the effects of climate on animal and plant life. ; phenologist, phaenologist, ; phenologic, phaenologic, phenological, phaenological,""

PHENOTYPIC

PHILOLOGIC Of or pertaining to philology.

Of or pertaining to phonology.

English word

The branch of botany that deals with algae. Also called algology .

""Pl. pneumococci (-k k s , -k k ) A nonmotile, gram-positive bacterium (Streptococcus pneumoniae) that is the most common cause of bacterial pneumonia, associated with meningitis and other infectious diseases.""

POPULATION The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

""POSSESSION The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.""

Adjective (-ical)

""Of, relating to, or being the time following the establishment of independence in a colony: postcolonial economics.""

(Of research) done after a second degree

Type of study after getting an advanced degree (2 words)

Adjective (-al)

Adjective (-al)

Adjective (-al)

Adjective (-al)

Immediately after a meal

Occurring after a meal

After dinner

Adjective (-ical)

Adjective (-al)

PRECENTOR A leader of a choir; a directing singer.

Of or pertaining to a preceptor.

""Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes. as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.""

(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a church serving as a cathedral

Hymn with a line that comes after parade

Hymn used during entry or exit in church

Paid arranger perhaps to accept key change to create moving hymn

""PRODUCTION The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness. as, the production of commodities, of a witness.""

Expert - one paid in sport etc

Experienced person if also retrained

Pair of sea lions poorly trained

Characteristic of an academic

PROJECTION The act of throwing or shooting forward.

Corresponding in size

Commensurate

Balanced