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11-letter words containing d, l, s

  • sidewheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
  • siecle d'or — the period of the reign of Louis XIV of France.
  • sigmoidally — in the form of a sigmoid
  • silhouetted — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
  • siliconized — (of a material) having silicone added.
  • silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
  • silly-sider — a left-handed person.
  • silver disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 60 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 200 000 copies
  • silversides — any of several small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side, as Menidia menidia, inhabiting the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • sindonology — the scientific study of the Shroud of Turin.
  • single bond — a chemical linkage consisting of one covalent bond between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by one line or two vertical dots, as C–H or C:H.
  • single-hand — to sail (a craft) without help from others.
  • single-wide — a mobile home used as a permanent residence.
  • sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
  • sir galahad — (in Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table, destined to regain the Holy Grail; son of Lancelot and Elaine
  • skidbladnir — the huge collapsible ship, made by two dwarfs for Frey, that always had a favoring wind.
  • skulduddery — (of people) adultery
  • skulduggery — dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
  • slack-baked — improperly baked.
  • slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.
  • slaked lime — another name for calcium hydroxide, esp when made by adding water to calcium oxide
  • slant board — a tiltable board that allows a person to lie with the feet higher than the head while doing exercises.
  • slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
  • slave trade — the business or process of procuring, transporting, and selling slaves, especially black Africans to the New World prior to the mid-19th century.
  • slaveholder — an owner of slaves.
  • sleep shade — an opaque, masklike covering for the eyes, usually fitted with an elasticized cord that passes around the head, worn to aid sleep by shutting out light.
  • sleeveboard — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
  • sleigh ride — trip on a sledge
  • slenderness — having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
  • sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
  • slickenside — a rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane.
  • slide valve — a valve that slides without lifting to open or close an aperture, as the valves of the ports in the cylinders of certain steam engines.
  • sliding fit — a fit that enables one part to be inserted into another by sliding or pushing, rather than by hammering
  • slime mould — any of various simple spore-producing organisms typically found as slimy masses on rotting vegetation, where they engulf food particles by amoeboid movements. Formerly regarded as fungi, they are now classified as protoctists of the phyla Myxomycota (true, or cellular slime moulds) or Acrasiomycota (plasmodial slime moulds)
  • slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
  • slow-footed — proceeding at a slow pace.
  • slow-witted — mentally slow or dull; slow in comprehension and thinking.
  • sluggardise — indolence or laziness
  • sluggardize — to make lazy or sluggish
  • slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
  • slumdweller — a person who lives in a slum.
  • small goods — meats bought from a delicatessen, such as sausages
  • small-sized — small in size
  • smallholder — owner of small plot of land
  • smell blood — sense a chance for victory
  • smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
  • snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
  • snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
  • social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
  • sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
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