9-letter words containing s, l, i, n
- sensillum — Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
- sensorial — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- sensorily — by (the use of) the senses, by means of the senses, in relation to or in respect of the senses
- seriplane — a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- sessional — the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session.
- settle in — make oneself at home
- settlings — the act of a person or thing that settles.
- sexennial — of or for six years.
- shakingly — the act of a person or thing that shakes.
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shaveling — Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
- shielding — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- shineless — lacking shine or brightness
- shingling — a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- shiningly — in a shining or bright manner
- shoreline — the line where shore and water meet.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- shoveling — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- shrilling — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- shuffling — moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- sibilance — hissing.
- sibylline — of, resembling, or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic; oracular.
- siciliana — a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
- siciliano — a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle
- sideliner — a person who is on the sidelines and does not participate in an activity or situation.
- sidelines — a line at the side of something.
- sidlingly — in the manner of a sidle
- sieglinde — (in the Nibelungenlied) the wife of Sigmund and mother of Siegfried.
- siftingly — by a sifting process
- sighingly — accompanied by sighing
- sightline — any of the lines of sight between the spectators and the stage or playing area in a theater, stadium, etc.: Some of the sightlines are blocked by columns.
- signaling — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signalize — to make notable or conspicuous.
- signalled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signaller — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signalman — a person whose occupation or duty is signaling, as on a railroad or in the army.
- signorial — relating to a signoria
- silencing — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- silkaline — a soft, thin cotton fabric with a smooth finish, for curtains, bedspreads, garment linings, etc.
- silkoline — a silk-like fabric
- sillanpaa — Frans Eemil [frahns e-mil] /frɑns ˈɛ mɪl/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, Finnish author: Nobel prize 1939.
- silliness — weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
- siltation — earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- siltstone — a very fine-grained sandstone, mainly consolidated silt.
- silvering — Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- silymarin — an antioxidant flavonoid found in milk thistle