12-letter words starting with sl
- slab dashing — the act or process of covering an exterior wall with roughcast.
- slalom racer — someone who takes part in a slalom
- slam dancing — the act of hurling oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock-music concert
- slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
- slap dashing — slab dashing.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- slate quarry — a quarry where slate is mined
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave labour — Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves.
- slave trader — sb who traffics in people
- slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
- sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
- sleep apnoea — the temporary cessation of breathing during sleep, which in some cases is due to obstruction of the upper airway by enlarged tonsils, uvula, etc, causing the sufferer to snore loudly and fight for breath
- sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleep it off — to rid oneself of the effects of some excess, overindulgence, etc., specif. of the aftereffects of drinking much alcoholic liquor, by sleeping
- sleeper goby — any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
- sleeper seat — a seat, as on an airplane, that can be extended horizontally to permit sleeping.
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- sleeve board — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
- sleeve notes — the printed information on a record sleeve
- sleeve valve — an intake or exhaust valve for an engine, consisting of one or more sleeves reciprocating within a cylinder, so that ports in the cylinder and in the sleeves are opposed at regular intervals to open the valve.
- sleigh bells — a number of small, spherical bells fixed to the harness straps of an animal drawing a sleigh
- sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
- slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
- sliding door — door which opens on a runner
- sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
- sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
- slim disease — a form of AIDS common in Africa, marked by emaciation and fever.
- slimming aid — food or food supplements that can help you lose weight
- slinger ring — a tubular ring around the hub of an aircraft propeller through which antifreeze solution is spread over the propeller blades by centrifugal force
- slip casting — a pottery-making process in which partially liquefied clay is poured into a plaster mold.
- slip through — be undetected
- slipped disc — displaced spinal disc
- slipped disk — herniated disk.
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- slippery dip — a long slide at a playground or funfair
- slippery elm — an elm, Ulmus rubra, of eastern North America, having a mucilaginous inner bark.
- slobbishness — the state or characteristic of being a slob
- sloganeering — Sloganeering is the use of slogans by people such as politicians or advertising agencies.
- sloop of war — (formerly) a sailing or steam naval vessel having cannons on only one deck.
- sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
- sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
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