5 Letter Words Ending in IL

avail

Verb : (transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of. [(chiefly) with of]

Verb : (transitive) To be of service to.

Verb : (transitive) To promote; to assist.

frail

Adjective : Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.

Adjective : Weak; infirm.

Adjective : (medicine) In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.

peril

Noun : A situation of serious and immediate danger.

Noun : Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.

Noun : (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.

nihil

Noun : (countable, law) A nihil dicit.

Noun : (uncountable, chiefly philosophy) nothingness, nonbeing

devil

Noun : (theology) The chief devil; Satan.

Noun : (theology) An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.

Noun : (folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.

quail

Verb : (intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither.

Verb : (transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone).

Verb : (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.

cavil

Verb : (intransitive) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.

Noun : A petty or trivial objection or criticism.

vigil

Noun : An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.

Noun : A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.

Noun : The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.

pupil

Noun : (dated outside UK) A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.

Noun : One who studies under supervision of a renowned expert in their field.

Noun : (law, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.

trail

Verb : (transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

Verb : (transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.

Verb : (transitive) To leave (a trail of).

civil

Adjective : (not comparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

Adjective : (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.

Adjective : (archaic) In a peaceful and well-ordered state.

sigil

Noun : A seal, signature or signet.

Noun : An occult or magical sign, image or symbol.

Noun : (programming) A nonalphanumeric symbol affixed to a term (such as a variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.

spoil

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.

Verb : (ambitransitive, archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).

anvil

Noun : A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.

Noun : (anatomy) The incus bone in the middle ear.

Noun : A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.

flail

Noun : A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.

Noun : A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.

Verb : (transitive) To beat using a flail or similar implement.

brail

Noun : (nautical) A small rope used to truss up sails.

Noun : (falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

Noun : A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

grail

Noun : The Holy Grail.

Noun : Something eagerly sought or quested for.

Noun : A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

pusil

Adjective : (obsolete) Very small; little; petty.

Noun : A barangay of Lipa, Batangas, Philippines.

nutil

Adjective : (UK dialectal) Useless.

Adjective : (UK dialectal) Effeminate.

until

Adjective : Not tiled.

droil

Noun : (obsolete) A drudge.

Noun : (obsolete) Mean labour; toil.

Verb : To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod.

shail

Verb : (intransitive, dialectal) To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.

mamil

Noun : (derogatory) Acronym of middle-aged man in Lycra: a previously non-athletic man, between 35 and 50, who has taken up cycling seriously for health and/or social reasons.

Noun : (derogatory) Acronym of middle-aged matron in Lycra: a female equivalent

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of MAMIL

basil

Noun : A plant (Ocimum basilicum).

Noun : The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

Noun : Any other species in the genus Ocimum.

broil

Verb : (transitive, Canada, US, obsolete in the UK) To cook by direct, radiant heat.

Verb : (transitive, Canada, US) To expose to great heat.

Verb : (intransitive, Canada, US) To be exposed to great heat.

tamil

Adjective : Of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language.

Adjective : of the Tamil script.

Noun : A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.

argil

Noun : potter's clay.

drail

Noun : (fishing) A hook with a lead shank.

Noun : (fishing) The piece of lead around the shank of such a hook.

Noun : The iron bow of a plough from which the traces draw.

smail

Noun : (Internet, dated) Conventional postal mail; snail mail.

Verb : (Internet, dated) To send by postal mail.

Noun : A surname.

bevil

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

exfil

Noun : (chiefly military) Clipping of exfiltration (“the act of going out of a place”). [(military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).]

Noun : (computing) Clipping of exfiltration (“covert extraction of data”). [(military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).]

Verb : Clipping of exfiltrate. [(military, transitive) To withdraw (troops) surreptitiously from a dangerous position.]

snail

Noun : Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

Noun : (informal, by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.

Noun : (engineering) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.

email

Noun : (uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network.

Noun : (uncountable) A quantity of messages sent through an email system.

Noun : (countable) A message sent through an email system.

cecil

Noun : A unisex given name from Latin.

Noun : A male given name from Latin.

Noun : A female given name from Latin.

avril

Noun : A female given name from French, equivalent to English April.

Noun : A surname from French.

aboil

Adjective : In a boil; boiling.

Adjective : (figurative) Heated up; excited.

Verb : In a boil; boiling.

wevil

Noun : Obsolete form of weevil. [Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.]

alfil

Noun : (chess) A fairy chess piece that moves two squares diagonally, leaping over any intermediary pieces.

toril

Noun : A district of Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.

Noun : A bullpen, especially one attached to a bullfighting arena where the bull is held prior to the fight.

april

Noun : The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr or Apr.

Noun : A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]; used since the early 20th century.

Noun : A surname.

zoril

Noun : Alternative spelling of zorille [Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal African mammal resembling a skunk.]

enlil

Noun : (Mesopotamian mythology) A chief deity listed and written about in ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, Canaanite and other Mesopotamian clay and stone tablets; the god of breath, wind, loft, and breadth.

musil

wesil

Noun : Obsolete form of weasel. [A least weasel (Mustela nivalis).]

moril

Noun : Alternative spelling of morel (“fungus”) [A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.]

vexil

Noun : (botany) A vexillum.

Noun : (rare) A flag, a vexillum.

gmail

Noun : (trademark) A webbased e-mail system provided by Google (trademarked Gmail).

Noun : (informal) A Gmail account.

Noun : (informal) An e-mail sent using Gmail.

unmil

facil

Adjective : Obsolete spelling of facile. [(now usually derogatory) Easy; contemptibly easy.]

debil

Noun : (meaning "Moronic") the first full-length studio album by German rock band Die Ärzte, released in 1984, following the EPs Zu schön, um wahr zu sein!

jamil

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A male given name from Arabic.

codil

covil

Noun : (India, archaic) A Hindu temple.

Noun : (India, archaic) A palace.

Noun : (India, archaic) A church.

famil

Noun : (travel) A free or low cost trip for travel agents or consultants, provided by a travel wholesaler or airline as a means of promoting their service.

fuzil

Noun : Alternative form of fusil (musket) [(heraldry) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.]

galil

Noun : The IMI Galil is a family of Israeli small arms.

Noun : In Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a galil was an administrative unit of Jewish internal autonomy.

infil

Noun : (chiefly military) Clipping of infiltration (“the act of going into a place”). [The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.]

kovil

Noun : (Hinduism) A Hindu temple built in a distinct style of Dravidian architecture.

speil

Verb : to spee

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cliil

coeil

davil

Noun : Pronunciation spelling of devil. [(theology) The chief devil; Satan.]

eagil

eahil

thoil

Verb : (Yorkshire, transitive) To be able to justify the expense of.

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fusil

Noun : (heraldry) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.

Noun : (now historical) A light flintlock musket or firelock.

Adjective : Obsolete spelling of fusile. [(now rare) That can be melted; meltable]

cyril

Noun : A male given name from Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.

dphil

Noun : Alternative form of D.Phil. [(Oxford University, otherwise historical) Synonym of Ph.D. (as awarded by Oxford University.)]

advil

Noun : (pharmacology) A brand name for ibuprofen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

paxil

Noun : The antidepressant drug paroxetine.

mugil

Noun : Any fish of the genus Mugil of mugilid mullets.

sybil

Noun : Prophetess; hag.

Noun : A female given name from Ancient Greek, the most popular spelling variant of Sibyl since the 19th century.

Noun : (computer security) Ellipsis of Sybil attack. [(computer security) An attack that subverts a reputation system by forging a large number of identities in peer-to-peer networks.]

pugil

Noun : (obsolete) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.

crail

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A small coastal town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6107).

mphil

Noun : Abbreviation of Master of Philosophy.

erbil

Noun : Alternative form of Arbil [A city in Kurdistan, Iraq]

ganil

Noun : (UK, dialect) A kind of brittle limestone.

arbil

Noun : A city in Kurdistan, Iraq

Noun : A governorate of Iraq.

irbil

Noun : Alternative form of Arbil [A city in Kurdistan, Iraq]

quoil

Noun : Archaic form of coil. [Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.]

rigil

Noun : brightest star in centaurus; second nearest star to the su

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bphil

Noun : Abbreviation of Bachelor of Philosophy.

armil

Noun : Alternative form of armill [A bracelet used in royal coronations, especially that of the monarch of the United Kingdom (symbolically known as a "bracelet of wisdom and sincerity")]

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stail

Noun : (UK, obsolete) Alternative form of stale (“a long, thin handle, as of mops, rakes, etc.”) [(colloquial) Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.]

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nevil

Noun : A surname from Old French, a variant of Neville.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

sheil

Noun : Alternative spelling of shieling [An area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc.]

abril

Noun : a Portuguese and Spanish name meaning "April".

unoil

Verb : (transitive) To remove the oil (any sort) from.

vakil

Noun : A surname from Hindi [in turn from Arabic].

Noun : (South Asia) Alternative form of vakeel [(India, Pakistan) A native attorney, lawyer or agent.]

cybil

Noun : A female given name from Ancient Greek. A 20th century spelling variant of Sybil.

anoil

Verb : (obsolete) To anoint with oil.

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maril

Noun : An ornamental binding material with a variegated grain, made from scraps of coloured leather mixed in a resin, compressed, and dried.

mobil

Noun : A brand name associated with an Anglo-American oil company (of the same name) which merged with Exxon to form ExxonMobil.

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