5-letter words containing s, e, l, i
- niles — a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- piles — a hemorrhoid.
- plies — a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- riles — to irritate or vex.
- shiel — a pasture or grazing ground.
- sidle — to move sideways or obliquely.
- sield — provided with a ceiling
- silen — a god of woodland
- siler — a utensil for straining milk
- silex — flint; silica.
- siple — Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- slice — a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread.
- slide — to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- slier — a comparative of sly.
- slime — thin, glutinous mud.
- slipe — a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slive — to cut or slice
- smile — a pleasant or agreeable appearance, look, or aspect.
- solei — a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
- spiel — a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spile — a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- stile — any of various upright members framing panels or the like, as in a system of paneling, a paneled door, window sash, or chest of drawers. Compare rail1 (def 8).
- wiles — a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.