9-letter words containing i, l, e, o
- slovenian — of or from Slovenia
- slow fire — a rate of firing small arms that allows time to aim before each shot.
- slow time — standard time.
- smokelike — resembling smoke
- snake oil — any of various liquid concoctions of questionable medical value sold as an all-purpose curative, especially by traveling hucksters.
- snow line — the line, as on mountains, above which there is perpetual snow.
- snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
- snowslide — an avalanche consisting largely or entirely of snow.
- socialise — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socialite — a socially prominent person.
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sociolect — a variety of a language used by a particular social group; a social dialect.
- soda lime — a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.
- soft line — a position or policy, as in politics, that is moderate and flexible.
- soil pipe — a pipe carrying wastes from toilets and sometimes from waste pipes. Compare waste pipe (def 2).
- soilborne — carried in soil
- soiliness — the state of being dirty
- soldering — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- soldierly — of, like, or befitting a soldier.
- solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
- solemnity — the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness: the solemnity of a state funeral.
- solemnize — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- solfeggio — a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- solidness — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- solitaire — Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- sollicker — force; momentum.
- solutizer — any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its solubility or that of one or more of its components.
- somewhile — at some former time.
- sommelier — a waiter, as in a club or restaurant, who is in charge of wines.
- sortilege — the drawing of lots for divination; divination by lot.
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- spiel off — to recite by or as if by rote
- spillover — the act of spilling over.
- spilosite — a form of slate
- spoilable — able to be spoiled
- spoilfive — a game played by two to ten persons having five cards each.
- sponsible — responsible
- spoolview — (tool) A printing system for Unix. SpoolView can control several printers connected to a TCP/IP network. Different printers can be loaded with different paper and forms. After submitting a print request, the user can change the printer, form, number of copies or priority. Administrators can register new printers, change paper forms on printers, cancel requests, suspend printers.
- sporeling — Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.
- spot line — a rope or wire hung from a specific place on the gridiron for flying a piece of scenery that could not be flied by the existing battens.
- steroidal — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- storyline — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- stylolite — an irregular columnar structure in certain limestones, the columns being approximately at right angles to the bedding planes.
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- subsoiler — one who operates a subsoil plow.
- sulfoxide — a brown liquid, C 1 8 H 2 8 O 3 S, insoluble in water, used as an insecticide synergist.