9-letter words containing s, l, i, n
- salvemini — Gaetano [gah-e-tah-naw] /ˌgɑ ɛˈtɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1957, Italian historian in the U.S.
- sand lily — a small, stemless lily, Leucocrinum montanum, of the western U.S., having white, fragrant flowers.
- sand pile — a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.
- santolina — any plant of the evergreen Mediterranean genus Santolina, esp S. chamaecyparissus, grown for its silvery-grey felted foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
- scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- scaliness — a scaly quality or condition
- scan line — (hardware) A horizontal line of pixels generated by a single horizontal sweep of the beam from a monitor's electron gun. The number of scanlines that make up a frame is the vertical resolution.
- scantling — a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
- scaringly — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- schelling — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von [free-drikh vil-helm yoh-zef fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈyoʊ zɛf fən/ (Show IPA), 1775–1854, German philosopher.
- schilling — a copper and aluminum coin and monetary unit of Austria until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 groschen. Abbreviation: S., Sch.
- schleiden — Matthias Jakob [mah-tee-ahs yah-kawp] /mɑˈti ɑs ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1804–81, German botanist.
- schlesien — German name of Silesia.
- schlieren — Petrography. streaks or irregularly shaped masses in an igneous rock that differ in texture or composition from the main mass.
- schmeling — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1905–2005, German boxer: world heavyweight champion 1930–32.
- schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
- schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- sciential — having knowledge.
- scintilla — a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse.
- sclerotin — an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- scoldings — the action of a person who scolds; a rebuke; reproof: I got a scolding for being late again.
- scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
- scoreline — sports: intermediate or final score
- scrawling — to write or draw in a sprawling, awkward manner: He scrawled his name hastily across the blackboard.
- scrolling — computing: moving around screen
- scuffling — to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
- scungille — the meat of a mollusc or conch, eaten as a delicacy
- scungilli — the edible part of a conch
- scuttling — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- sea snail — any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
- seakindly — sailing easily in a rough sea.
- seal ring — a finger ring bearing an incised design for embossing a wax seal.
- searingly — in a searing manner
- secluding — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- seclusion — an act of secluding: the seclusion of unruly students.
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- seemingly — apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.
- selachian — belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.
- selecting — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- selection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- selenious — containing tetravalent or bivalent selenium.
- selenitic — of or relating to selenite
- selenosis — a poisoned condition caused by selenium, occurring esp in livestock as a result of the natural presence of selenium in plants and soil
- semiangle — half of a particular angle
- semicolon — the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.
- semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
- semilunar — shaped like a half-moon; crescent.
- seminally — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- seminoles — a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- semuncial — of or pertaining to a semuncia or to half an ounce