5-letter words starting with sl
- slack — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slade — a sledge
- slain — past participle of slay.
- slake — to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
- slane — a spade for cutting turf
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- slank — simple past tense of slink.
- slant — to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- slapp — Also called SLAPP suit. a civil lawsuit brought as an intimidation measure against an activist.
- slart — to spill (something)
- slash — to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
- slask — Polish name of Silesia.
- slate — a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slaty — consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.
- slave — a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- sleek — smooth or glossy, as hair, an animal, etc.
- sleep — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleet — precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slept — simple past tense and past participle of sleep.
- slice — a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread.
- slick — smooth and glossy; sleek.
- slide — to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- slier — a comparative of sly.
- sligo — a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- slily — a variant spelling of slyly
- slime — thin, glutinous mud.
- slimy — of or like slime.
- sling — an iced alcoholic drink, typically containing gin, water, sugar, and lemon or lime juice.
- slink — to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
- slipe — a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slips — "An Interpreter for SLIPS - An Applicative Language Based on Lambda-Calculus", V. Gehot et al, Comp Langs 11(1):1-14 (1986).
- slipt — simple past tense of slip1 .
- slirp — (networking, tool) A SLIP emulator by Danny Gasparovski, faster than TIA. Version: 0.95H 12 Sep 95.
- slish — a cut, slit or slash
- slive — to cut or slice
- sllic — (language) An intermediate language developed at HP. An infinite-register version of the Precision Architecture instruction set?
- sloan — John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- sloid — a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.
- slojd — a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.
- sloka — a couplet or distich of Sanskrit verse, especially one with each line containing 16 syllables.
- sloke — algae or seaweed.
- sloom — a sleepy state or slumber
- sloop — a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails. Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- sloot — a ditch for irrigation or drainage
- slope — to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
- slops — to spill or splash (liquid).
- slopy — sloping; slanting
- slorm — to wipe carelessly
- slosh — to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
- sloth — habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
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