8-letter words containing l, e, s, n
- sinkless — unsinkable, as a ship.
- skeleton — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body.
- skinless — deprived of skin: a skinless carcass.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- slattern — a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- sleaving — to divide or separate into filaments, as silk.
- sledding — a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sledging — the activity of travelling across snow on a sledge
- sleep in — live-in (def 1).
- sleep-in — live-in (def 1).
- sleeping — the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sleeting — precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sleeveen — a sly obsequious smooth-tongued person
- sleeving — the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular.
- sleipnir — the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- slimline — slim in appearance.
- sloe gin — a cordial or liqueur made from gin flavored with sloes.
- sloven's — a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
- slovenia — a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- slovenly — untidy or unclean in appearance or habits.
- slovenry — slovenliness
- slowness — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- smallens — Alexander, 1889–1972, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Russia.
- smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
- smelting — to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.
- smolensk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the upper Dnieper, SW of Moscow: Russians defeated by Napoleon 1812.
- snailery — a place where snails are bred
- snakefly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- sneakily — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- sneffels — Mount, a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,150 feet (4313 meters).
- sniffles — to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears: She sniffled woefully.
- sniggler — to fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their lurking places.
- sniveled — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- sniveler — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- snowbell — a small tree belonging to the genus Styrax, of the storax family, having simple, alternate leaves and showy white bell-shaped flowers.
- snowbelt — a region of annual or heavy snowfall.
- snowline — limit of permanent snow
- snowmelt — water from snow that is melting or has melted.
- solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- solanine — a poisonous alkaloid found in various solanaceous plants, including potatoes which have gone green through exposure to light
- solemnly — grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.
- solenoid — Electricity. an electric conductor wound as a helix with small pitch, or as two or more coaxial helices, so that current through the conductor establishes a magnetic field within the conductor.
- solimena — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- solingen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.
- solonetz — a type of intrazonal soil with a high saline content characterized by leaching
- solvency — solvent condition; ability to pay all just debts.
- solvents — able to pay all just debts.
- songless — devoid of song; lacking the power of a song, as a bird.
- spaldeen — a smooth, pink rubber ball used in playing catch, stickball, etc.
- spalpeen — a lad or boy.