10-letter words containing s, i, l, o
- siliculose — bearing silicles.
- silkgrower — a person who breeds silkworms for their silk
- silver fox — a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is black with silver-gray ends on the longer hairs.
- silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
- silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
- silverwork — fine or decorative work executed in silver.
- simferopol — a city in S Ukraine, on the S Crimean Peninsula.
- simoniacal — a person who practices simony.
- simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
- simulation — imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sine prole — without offspring or progeny: to die sine prole.
- sing along — an informal or unrehearsed singing of songs by a group of people, usually under the direction of a leader; songfest.
- sing-along — an informal or unrehearsed singing of songs by a group of people, usually under the direction of a leader; songfest.
- single out — only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example.
- singlehood — the status of being unmarried.
- sinoatrial — relating to specific tissue in the wall of the right atrium of the heart that acts as a pacemaker
- sinologist — a person who specializes in Sinology.
- sinusoidal — Mathematics. of or relating to a sinusoid.
- sitosterol — any of five steroid alcohols having the formula C 2 2 H 5 0 O, especially the beta form, obtained from various plant sources: used in organic synthesis.
- skeletonic — resembling a skeleton
- skin color — tone of complexion
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- slide knot — a knot formed by making two half hitches on the standing part of the rope, the second hitch being next to the loop, which can be tightened.
- slide over — to cross by or as if by sliding
- slide show — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- slime mold — any of various funguslike organisms belonging to the phylum Myxomycota, of the kingdom Protista (or the plant class Myxomycetes), characterized by a noncellular, multinucleate, creeping somatic phase and a propagative phase in which fruiting bodies are produced bearing spores that are covered by cell walls.
- slingstone — a stone fired from a sling
- slip a cog — (not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- slip joint — a joint made between an older and a newer masonry wall to form a continuous surface, masonry at the end of the newer wall fitting into a vertical groove cut in the end of the older wall.
- slip noose — a noose made with a slipknot
- slipsloppy — wet and sloppy
- slobbering — to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.
- slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
- slovenlike — slovenly
- slow loris — loris (def 2).
- slow pitch — a variety of softball in which the ball is pitched with an underhand motion at moderate speed in an arc that rises at least six feet above the ground
- slow virus — a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before producing symptoms, as in several neurological diseases, including kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
- slow-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- smock mill — a windmill with sails and shaft carried by a cap rotating on an octagonal tower.
- smoky hill — a river flowing E from E Colorado to the Republican River in central Kansas. 540 miles (870 km) long.
- smoldering — to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion.
- snail bore — drill1 (def 5).
- snobbishly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- snorkeling — Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
- snow devil — a whirling column of snow
- snow-blind — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
- snowmobile — Also called skimobile, snowcat. a motor vehicle with a revolving tread in the rear and steerable skis in the front, for traveling over snow.
- socdoliger — a conclusive argument, a hard blow