9-letter words containing s, u, l, i
- sleepsuit — a baby's sleeping garment
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- slit-drum — a hollowed-out log with a long, narrow slit, beaten with a stick or stamped upon to produce a drumming sound, found in many cultures since ancient times.
- sloughing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- slurrying — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- slut-tier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- smuggling — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- solacious — providing solace
- solifugid — sun spider.
- soliloquy — an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts): Hamlet's soliloquy begins with “To be or not to be.”.
- solutizer — any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its solubility or that of one or more of its components.
- soul kiss — French kiss
- soul-kiss — to give (someone) a soul kiss.
- sour milk — milk that has spoiled
- sourishly — in a sourish manner
- souvlakia — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spill out — overflow
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spirillum — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- spiritful — full of spirit or spiritual
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- spit curl — a tight curl of hair, usually pressed against the forehead or cheek.
- split run — a pressrun, as that of a newspaper or magazine, which is interrupted after the running of a specified number of copies to permit the substitution of type or of a cut, as in a keyed advertisement: a device for testing the relative effectiveness of different versions of an advertisement.
- spondulix — money; cash.
- spun silk — yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed. Compare reeled silk.
- squalling — the act or sound of squalling: The baby's squall was heard next door.
- squattily — in a somewhat squat manner or shape
- squillion — an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount
- squirrely — eccentric; flighty.
- st. louis — Saint, 1214?–70, king of France 1226–70.
- st. lucia — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- sterculia — any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- stilt bug — any of various slender, long-legged, brownish bugs of the family Berytidae, inhabiting dense vegetation: sometimes classified with the leaf-footed bugs.
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stingbull — Trachinus draco, a species of fish with venomous spines on their dorsal fins that are capable of wounding humans
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- stub nail — a short, thick nail.
- studiable — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- suability — liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- suasively — persuasively; in a persuasive manner
- sub-ideal — a conception of something in its perfection.
- subaerial — located or occurring on the surface of the earth.