9-letter words containing i, l, n, e, s
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- slickener — a tool used for slickening
- slinkweed — a plant believed to make a cow give birth prematurely
- slipnoose — a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- slivering — a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- sloganize — to make a slogan of; express as a slogan: to sloganize one's opinions.
- slovenian — of or from Slovenia
- snake oil — any of various liquid concoctions of questionable medical value sold as an all-purpose curative, especially by traveling hucksters.
- snakelike — any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- sniffable — capable of being sniffed
- snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
- sniveling — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- 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.
- soft line — a position or policy, as in politics, that is moderate and flexible.
- 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.
- 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.
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- solidness — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- spellbind — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spineless — having no spines or quills.
- spinelike — resembling a spine
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
- splenitis — inflammation of the spleen
- splintery — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split end — an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
- split-new — brand-new
- sponsible — responsible
- 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.
- springlet — a small spring of water.
- sprinkler — any of various devices for sprinkling, as a watering pot, a container of water with a perforated top used to sprinkle clothes before ironing, or especially a perforated ring or small stand with a revolving nozzle to which a hose is attached for watering a lawn with a fine, even spray.
- stag line — the men at a social gathering who are not accompanied by a date or dancing partner.
- stainless — having no stain; spotless.
- steepling — an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- steerling — a young or small steer
- stelazine — a synthetic drug, C21H24F3N3S·2HCl, used as a tranquilizer in treating certain mental disorders
- sterilant — a sterilizing agent.
- stillness — silence; quiet; hush.
- stingless — possessing no sting or stinger
- stintedly — in a stinted, scant, or limited manner
- stintless — without limit or restraint, unstinted
- storyline — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.