13-letter words containing sl
- featurelessly — In a featureless way; without features.
- flirtatiously — given or inclined to flirtation.
- forward slash — a short oblique stroke (/), or slash, especially one used in computer programming or to specify an Internet address or computer filename.
- fraser island — an island off the south-east coast of Queensland and the largest sand island in the world; contains rainforests, heathlands, and freshwater lakes; a national park (since 1976) and a World Heritage site (since 1992). Area: 1840 sq km (710 sq miles). Pop: 194 (2011)
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- geissler tube — a sealed glass tube with platinum connections at the ends, containing rarefied gas made luminous by an electrical discharge.
- give the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- glass slipper — an imaginary ladies' shoe made of glass, as worn by Cinderella in the fairy tale of that name
- graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
- grand slammer — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- heusler alloy — any of various alloys of manganese and other nonferromagnetic metals that exhibit ferromagnetism.
- homogeneously — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
- house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
- ignominiously — marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
- illustriously — highly distinguished; renowned; famous: an illustrious leader.
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- incongruously — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- industriously — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- infructuously — in an infructuous or unfruitful manner; fruitlessly
- injudiciously — not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.
- irreligiously — In an irreligious fashion.
- islamic state — an Islamist terrorist organization, formed in the early 21st century, whose aim is to create a caliphate in the Middle East and N Africa
- islamofascism — an ideology promoted by some Islamists, the aims of which are to establish Islamic orthodoxy and to resist western secularism
- island nation — a country that is entirely made up of one or more islands
- isle of capri — Capri.
- isle of pines — Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- isle of wight — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
- isle of youth — Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
- isochronously — In an isochronous manner.
- james gosling — (person) The software engineer who wrote GOSMACS, and served as Sun Microsystems, Inc. project leader for both NeWS, and Java. He is currently (1997) a Vice President and "Distinguished Engineer" at Sun.
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- kuril islands — a chain of 56 volcanic islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending for 1200 km (750 miles) from the S tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to NE Hokkaido. Area: 14 990 sq km (6020 sq miles)
- lantern slide — a slide or transparency for projection by a slide projector or magic lantern.
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- legislatorial — of or relating to a legislator, legislature, or legislation; legislative.
- let sth slide — If you let something slide, you allow it to get into a worse state or condition by not attending to it.
- magnanimously — In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
- meaninglessly — In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
- mellifluously — sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones.
- mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
- meritoriously — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- mischievously — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- mistranslated — Simple past tense and past participle of mistranslate.
- mistranslates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistranslate.
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- mountainously — In a mountainous way.
- natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping