8-letter words containing sl
- sleepily — ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
- sleeping — the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sleepout — a place, such as an outbuilding or porch, used for sleeping away from the main building
- sleeting — precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sleeveen — a sly obsequious smooth-tongued person
- sleeving — the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular.
- sleipnir — the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- sleswick — Schleswig.
- slice up — cut into thin pieces
- slick up — to make sleek or smooth.
- slickest — smooth and glossy; sleek.
- sliddery — slippery
- slideway — an inclined surface along which something can slide.
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slightly — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slimdown — instance of an organization cutting staff
- slimline — slim in appearance.
- slimming — slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
- slimmish — rather slim
- slinging — a device for hurling stones or other missiles that consists, typically, of a short strap with a long string at each end and that is operated by placing the missile in the strap, and, holding the ends of the strings in one hand, whirling the instrument around in a circle and releasing one of the strings to discharge the missile.
- slinking — to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
- slip out — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- slip top — the end of a slip stem on a spoon.
- slipcase — a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- slipform — a moveable mould for building large concrete structures such as roads, towers and bridges
- slipknot — a knot that slips easily along the cord or line around which it is made.
- slipless — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- slipover — of or denoting a garment that can be put on easily over the head
- slippage — an act or instance of slipping.
- slippers — Slippers are loose, soft shoes that you wear in your room.
- slippery — tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
- slippily — in a slippy manner
- sliprail — a rail in a fence that can be slipped out of place to make an opening
- slipshod — careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
- slipslop — meaningless or trifling talk or writing.
- slipsole — an insole placed in a shoe for warmth or to adjust the size.
- slipware — pottery decorated with slip.
- slithery — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- slitless — without an opening or slit, esp. in spectroscopy, having no slit for admitting light
- slitlike — to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in.
- slob ice — sludge (def 5).
- slobbery — characterized by slobbering.
- slobland — an area of muddy or alluvial ground
- sloe gin — a cordial or liqueur made from gin flavored with sloes.
- sloebush — a bush on which sloes grow
- slogging — to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.
- slommock — to walk assertively with a hip-rolling gait
- slop jar — a large jar or pail for collecting household slop for disposal.
- slop out — (of prisoners) to empty chamber pots and collect water for washing
- sloppily — muddy, slushy, or very wet: The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.