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10-letter words containing n, s, a, l

  • slam dance — a dance performed to punk rock by groups of people who flail and toss themselves about and slam into one another.
  • slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
  • slanderers — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
  • slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
  • slangingly — in a scolding manner
  • slant-eyed — having eyes with epicanthic folds.
  • slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
  • slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
  • slatternly — slovenly and untidy.
  • sleevehand — a sleeve's cuff or wristband
  • sling hash — a device for hurling stones or other missiles that consists, typically, of a short strap with a long string at each end and that is operated by placing the missile in the strap, and, holding the ends of the strings in one hand, whirling the instrument around in a circle and releasing one of the strings to discharge the missile.
  • sling-back — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
  • slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
  • small cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • small town — Small town is used when referring to small places, usually in the United States, where people are friendly, honest, and polite, or to the people there. Small town is also sometimes used to suggest that someone has old-fashioned ideas.
  • small-town — of, relating to, or characteristic of a town or village: a typical, small-town general store.
  • smashingly — impressive or wonderful: a smashing display.
  • snail bore — drill1 (def 5).
  • snail kite — a bird of prey, Rostrhamus sociabilis, that travels in flocks in the American tropics and feeds on snails.
  • snail mail — physical delivery of mail, as contrasted with email.
  • snake lily — a Californian plant, Dichelostemma volubile, of the amaryllis family, having a twining stem and an umbel of rose-red or pink flowers.
  • snappingly — involving a snap
  • snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
  • sneakingly — acting in a furtive or underhand way.
  • sneakishly — in a stealthy or underhanded manner
  • snow apple — Fameuse.
  • snow plant — a leafless, parasitic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of the pine forests of the Sierra Nevada in California, having a stout spike of bright red flowers, a thickly scaled stem, and a corallike mass of roots.
  • snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
  • so long as — having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
  • soap plant — a Californian plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, of the lily family, the bulb of which was used by the Indians as a soap.
  • socialness — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
  • solacement — a comfort or consolation
  • solar pond — a pool with a bottom layer of salt water and top layer of fresh water, designed to capture solar radiation as a source of energy for generating heat or electricity.
  • solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
  • sole agent — the only appointed agent or representative
  • solenoidal — of or relating to a solenoid.
  • solicitant — a solicitor
  • solifidian — a person who maintains that faith alone, without the performance of good works, is all that is necessary for salvation.
  • solitarian — a hermit
  • solivagant — a lone wanderer
  • solutional — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
  • somaliland — a coastal region in E Africa, including Djibouti, Somalia, and the Ogaden part of Ethiopia.
  • somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
  • son-in-law — the husband of one's daughter.
  • sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
  • soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
  • spallation — a nuclear reaction in which several nucleons are released from the nucleus of an atom.
  • spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
  • spankingly — in a spanking manner
  • speakingly — in an eloquent manner
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