4-letter words containing s, a, l
- salt — See under Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
- saml — (security) An XML framework for communicating user authentication, entitlement, and attribute information, developed by the Security Services Technical Committee of OASIS. SAML supports federation, allowing business entities to make assertions regarding the identity, attributes and entitlements of a subject (an entity that is often a human user) to other entities, such as a partner company or another enterprise application.
- sasl — 1. (language) St Andrews Static Language. 2. (networking) Simple Authentication and Security Layer.
- saul — the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- seal — a member of the U.S. Navy’s special operations forces.
- sial — the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- slab — a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- slag — British Slang. an abusive woman.
- slam — the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
- slap — a gap or opening, as in a fence, wall, cloud bank, or line of troops.
- slat — a slap; a sharp blow.
- slav — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- slaw — coleslaw.
- slay — to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.
- slsa — Surf Life Saving Australia
- sola — an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- syal — Meera (ˈmɪərə). born 1961, British actress and writer of Punjabi origin, who appeared in the TV comedy series Goodness Gracious Me (1998–2001) and The Kumars at No. 42 (2001–06); her screenplays include Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
- tlas — (jargon) As of 2014-08-14, this dictionary included 1285 three-letter acronyms, which is 7% of the 26^3 = 17576 possible. Here's a grep command to find them: egrep '^[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]$' Dictionary or a GNU Emacs command: (occur "^[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]$") Here they are: