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14-letter words containing sl

  • incontiguously — in an incontiguous or unconnected fashion; discretely
  • infelicitously — In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
  • inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
  • ionian islands — a group of Greek islands including Corfu, Levkas, Ithaca, Cephalonia, Paxos, and Zante off the W coast of Greece, and Cerigo off the S coast.
  • isabela island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, off the W coast of South America: the largest of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. 2250 sq. mi. (5827 sq. km).
  • isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
  • island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
  • islas canarias — Spanish name of the Canary Islands.
  • islas malvinas — Falkland Islands
  • isle of france — Île-de-France
  • isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
  • kaiserslautern — a city in S Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
  • lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
  • lagoon islands — a former name of Tuvalu.
  • legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
  • liberty island — a small island in upper New York Bay: site of the Statue of Liberty.
  • lipari islands — a group of volcanic islands under Italian administration off the N coast of Sicily: remains that form a continuous record from Neolithic times. Chief town: Lipari. Pop: 10 554 (2001). Area: 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
  • manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
  • meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
  • merritt island — a town in E Florida.
  • midway islands — an atoll in the central Pacific, about 2100 km (1300 miles) northwest of Honolulu: annexed by the US in 1867: scene of a decisive battle (June, 1942), in which the US combined fleets destroyed Japan's carrier fleet. Pop: 40 (2013 est). Area: 5 sq km (2 sq miles)
  • minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
  • mistranslating — Present participle of mistranslate.
  • mistranslation — An incorrect translation.
  • multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
  • muslin delaine — mousseline de laine.
  • nonlegislative — Not of a legislative character; not involved with or related to legislating.
  • nontranslucent — Not translucent.
  • norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
  • northern isles — Orkney and Shetland
  • nursery slopes — gentle slopes used by beginners in skiing
  • obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
  • ostentatiously — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overgenerously — in an overgenerous manner
  • parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • paying-in slip — a sheet in a paying-in book for writing down and keeping a record of a single deposit into an account
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • polymorphously — in a polymorphous manner
  • preposterously — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
  • presumptuously — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
  • pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
  • queensland nut — macadamia.
  • querimoniously — in a querimonious manner
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
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