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11-letter words containing sl

  • slimnastics — exercises to help someone lose or control weight.
  • sling chair — any of several varieties of chairs having a seat and back formed from a single sheet of canvas, leather, or the like, hanging loosely in a frame.
  • slip stitch — a sewing stitch for securing hems, etc, in which only two or three threads of the material are caught up by the needle each time, so that the stitches are nearly invisible from the right side
  • slip-stitch — a loose stitch taken between two layers of fabric, as on a facing or hem, so as to be invisible on the right side or outside surface, used in stoating.
  • slipperette — a disposable slipper, often of paper, as for wear during a long airplane or train trip.
  • slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
  • slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
  • slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
  • slog it out — If two or more people slog it out, they work very hard to try to be the one who is successful or who has their ideas and wishes accepted.
  • slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
  • slop bucket — slop pail.
  • slot aerial — a transmitting aerial in which the radiating elements are open slots in a surrounding metal sheet
  • slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
  • slough over — to gloss over; minimize
  • slow cooker — an electric cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid for cooking meats, casseroles, etc., for several hours at relatively low temperatures, usually around 200° F (93.3° C).
  • slow motion — cinema: slower than in reality
  • slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
  • slow-footed — proceeding at a slow pace.
  • slow-motion — of, pertaining to or made in slow motion: a slow-motion replay.
  • slow-moving — proceeding with or characterized by slow, sluggish, or leisurely movement or activity.
  • slow-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively slowly and is resistant to fatigue (distinguished from fast-twitch).
  • slow-witted — mentally slow or dull; slow in comprehension and thinking.
  • slug it out — to strike heavily; hit hard, especially with the fist.
  • sluggardise — indolence or laziness
  • sluggardize — to make lazy or sluggish
  • slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
  • slumberless — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
  • slumbersome — tired; sleepy
  • slumdweller — a person who lives in a slum.
  • slumgullion — a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
  • smokelessly — in a smokeless manner, without smoke
  • sparklessly — in a sparkless manner
  • spud island — Prince Edward Island.
  • stanislaw i — (Stanislaw Leszczynski) Stanislaus I.
  • stanislawow — Polish name of Ivano-Frankovsk.
  • strenuously — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
  • strike slip — the component of slip on a fault parallel with the linear extension or strike of the fault.
  • sumptuously — entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
  • super-slick — very well-executed or presented
  • supersleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
  • taintlessly — without taint
  • tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • the islands — the islands of the South Pacific
  • the slammer — prison
  • theftuously — in a theftuous or thievish manner
  • top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
  • translaters — translator (def 1).
  • translation — the rendering of something into another language or into one's own from another language.
  • translative — of or relating to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
  • translocate — to move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace; dislocate.
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