English words: slender sedge to slinkingly

300 English words, part 112 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words slender sedge to slinkingly

slender sedge noun: A sedge species, Carex lasiocarpa (in Carex subg. Carex).
slender shrew noun: Sorex gracillimus, a shrew found in northeastern North Korea, Hokkaidō, and the Russian Far East.
slender skimmer noun: green marsh hawk
slender suckerfish noun: Synonym of lousefish.
slender tare noun: Synonym of slender vetch (Vicia hassei, V. laxiflora, V. lilacina, V. linearifolia, V. ludoviciana, V. parviflora, V. tetrasperma)
slender vetch noun: Any member of the species Vicia hassei, V. laxiflora, V. lilacina, V. linearifolia, V. ludoviciana, V. parviflora, or V. tetrasperma of annual herbs in the...
slenderish adjective: Somewhat slender.
slenderization noun: The process of slenderizing.
slenderize verb: To make more slender.
slenderly adverb: Thinly, slightly, delicately.
slenderness noun: The property of being slender.
slendro noun: A pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog.
slentem noun: Alternative form of slenthem.
slenter noun: Alternative form of shlenter.
slenthem noun: A Javanese metallophone.
SLEP noun: Acronym of service life extension program/programme
slepez noun: A type of mole rat, Spalax microphthalmus.
slept in adjective, verb: Of bedding or clothing, looking untidy and wrinkled from having been slept in recently.
slept on adjective, verb: Underappreciated.
slepton noun: A hypothetical boson superpartner of a lepton whose existence is implied by supersymmetry.
sleptonic adjective: Relating to sleptons.
slerp noun, verb: Alternative form of SLERP.
Slessor proper noun: A surname.
Sletten proper noun: A surname.
sleuth noun, verb /sluːθ/: A detective.
sleuth dog noun: Synonym of sleuthhound (“a detective; a sleuth”).
sleuth-hound noun: Alternative form of sleuthhound.
sleuthery noun: sleuthing, detective work
sleuthhound noun /ˈsluːθˌhaʊnd/: A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal; a bloodhound formerly used in Scotland.
sleuthiness noun: The state or condition of being sleuthy.
sleuthing noun, verb: Detective work.
sleuthlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a sleuth.
sleuthwork noun: detective work
sleuthy adjective: sleuthlike; of or in the manner of a sleuth.
sleveen noun: An untrustworthy or cunning person.
Slevin proper noun: A surname from Irish.
slew noun, verb /sl(j)uː/: The act, or process of slewing.
slew-foot noun: Alternative spelling of slue-foot.
slew-footed adjective: Alternative spelling of slue-footed.
slew rate noun: The change of voltage or current, or any other electrical or electromagnetic quantity, per unit of time.
slewed adjective, verb: Somewhat drunk; tipsy.
slewrate noun: Alternative form of slew rate.
sley noun, verb /sleɪ/: Reed (of a loom).
Slezak proper noun: A surname from Czech.
SLF noun: Initialism of spotted lanternfly
SLG noun, verb: Abbreviation of slugging percentage.
SLH noun: Initialism of sober living house.
SLI noun: Initialism of specific language impairment.
slice adjective, noun, verb /slaɪs/: That which is thin and broad.
slice and dice verb: To cut and chop to pieces.
slice bar noun: A tool with a broad flat end that is used to rake out a furnace grate.
slice category noun: A category whose objects are morphisms (of some given category) with a common codomain, and whose morphisms are commuting triangles where two morphisms of...
slice knot noun: A mathematical knot in three-dimensional space that bounds a disc in four-dimensional space.
slice of life noun: A work in a genre (of theater, cinema, literature, manga, etc.) that presents day-to-day happenings with no clear central plot and takes place in a world...
slice of the cake noun: Synonym of slice of the pie.
slice of the pie noun: A portion of some desirable resource or reward.
slice shop noun: A shop selling individual slices of pizza.
slice the pie verb: To slowly pan from one side to the other through an opening or at an edge while holding a firearm so as to only expose oneself to one location at a time.
slice up verb: To cut up (something) with a slicing action.
sliceability noun: Ability to be sliced.
sliceable adjective: Capable of being sliced.
sliced adjective, verb: That has been cut into slices.
sliced bread noun: Bread from a loaf that is sold sliced into pieces of equal thickness by an automated process.
sliced pan noun: a pre-sliced loaf of pan bread
sliceness noun: The property of being a slice knot.
slicer noun: Someone or something that slices.
slicery noun: The act or practice of slicing.
slicewise adverb: One slice at a time
slicey adjective: Alternative spelling of slicy.
slich noun: Alternative form of schlich.
slicht adjective /slɪxt/: Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).
slicin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of slicing.
slicing noun, verb: The action of the verb to slice.
slicing cucumber noun: A cucumber grown to be eaten fresh.
slicingly adverb: So as to slice; with a slicing motion.
slick adjective, adverb, noun, verb /slɪk/: Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
slick as a whistle adjective: Smooth and skillful; performed with ease and grace.
slick back verb: To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.
slick cam noun: Smooth water.
slick down verb: To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.
slick rick noun: A fast-talker, charmer, or clever person.
slick-tech noun: A style of high-tech architecture with sleek, polished surfaces.
slick up verb: To clean up or organize (something).
slicka pad noun: An ice pack that can be cooled in a freezer and then used in a chilly bin (a cool box or cooler).
slicked back adjective, verb: Treated with a wet-look gel and combed straight back
slickem noun: Hair oil.
slicken adjective, verb: To make slick.
slickens noun, verb: Fine, harmful, and (when wet) slimy pulverized rock, a waste product (pollution) produced by hydraulic mining and quartz milling, which can silt up rivers...
slickenside noun: A smooth, striated rock surface caused by the friction of one mass sliding over another
slickensided adjective: Having a slickenside.
slicker adjective, noun, verb /ˈslɪkɚ/: One who or that which slicks.
slicker brush noun: A type of grooming tool with fine, angled wire pins that are densely packed together, used to remove tangles, mats, and loose hair from a pet's coat.
slickered adjective, verb: Wearing a slicker (coat)
slickhead noun: Any of the family Alepocephalidae of marine smelts, lacking scales on the head.
slicking noun, verb: A narrow vein of ore.
slickly adverb: In a slick manner; slipperily.
slickness noun /ˈslɪknɪs/: The property of being slick.
slickrock noun: A rock or a rock formation made smooth by weathering.
slickseed fuzzybean noun: Strophostyles leiosperma, a herbaceous, vining legume native to the central to western United States.
slickspot noun: An area where there is little to no vegetation, usually due to high concentration of salts in the soil.
slickstone noun /ˈslɪkˌstəʊn/: Synonym of sleekstone.
slicktop noun: a police car with painted markings and decals but no external rooftop lights.
slickwater noun: Water with chemical additives used in hydraulic fracturing.
slicky boy noun: During the Korean War, a Korean male who would steal US army goods to resell.
slicky slide noun: A children's playground slide.
slicy adjective /ˈslaɪsi/: Especially well suited to slicing; designed and made in a way that optimizes slicing capability and ease.
slidable adjective: Alternative form of slideable.
slidably adverb: So as to be movable by sliding.
slidder adjective, verb: Slippery.
sliddery adjective: Slippery.
slide noun, suffix, verb /ˈslaɪ̯d/: To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
slide action noun: Synonym of pump action.
slide-butt noun: A horse- or ox-drawn cart, with runners instead of wheels, used for carrying dung.
slide deck noun: A slideshow: a set of slides for a presentation, either digital or physical.
slide fastener noun: A zip fastener.
slide guitar noun: A technique of playing guitar by sliding a metal tube, or (originally) a glass bottleneck, along the guitar strings to alter the pitch.
slide into someone's DMs verb: Alternative form of slide into the DMs.
slide into the DMs verb: To confidently and coolly send a direct message to someone by means of social media, especially with romantic or sexual intentions.
slide job noun: The act of overtaking another car on the inside of a corner and deliberately oversteering in front of the other vehicle in an attempt to slow its momentum.
slide off verb /slaɪd ˈɒf/: To leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.
slide phone noun: Synonym of slider phone.
slide plate noun: A linear bearing that may be part of the expansion joints of bridges, high temperature horizontal ducts of water-tube boilers and other mechanical or...
slide projector noun: A device that projects an enlarged image of a photographic slide onto a screen.
slide rest noun: An apparatus adapted to a turning lathe for carrying the cutting tool.
slide rule noun: An analog calculator consisting of three interlocking strips marked with logarithmic scales, such that multiplication, division etc. can be performed by the...
slide scanner noun: A device used to produce a digital copy of a slide.
slide show noun: Alternative spelling of slideshow.
slide tackle noun, verb: a tackle to get the ball by sliding on the ground feet-first
slide trombone noun: A trombone equipped with a slide.
slide truck noun: Synonym of rollback (“a form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles”)
slide trumpet noun: A trumpet fitted with a slide (an early form of a slide trombone)
slide valve noun: A valve in a steam engine, designed to slide back and forth to cover and uncover the openings through which steam enters the cylinder.
slide whistle noun: A wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it, the pitch being varied with a slide, commonly used as a sound...
slideable adjective: Capable of being slid, or made to slide.
slideably adverb: Alternative form of slidably.
slidebar noun: A crosshead guide.
slideflask noun: A biological culture vessel incorporated into a microscope slide.
slideful noun: The amount that fits on a microscope slide.
slideglass noun: Synonym of microscope slide.
slidegroat noun: The game of shuffleboard.
slideless adjective: Without a slide (in various senses).
Slidell proper noun /slaɪˈdɛl/: A city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.
slideometer noun: Alternative form of slidometer.
slideout adjective, noun: A section of a recreational vehicle that can be extended from the main body of the vehicle when parked to form a separate room.
slideproof adjective: Resistant to sliding or skidding.
slider noun /ˈslaɪdɚ/: A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.
slider phone noun: A style of mobile phone that allows an additional keypad to slide open for use.
slider pump noun: A form of rotary pump.
slidescanner noun: Alternative form of slide scanner.
slideshow noun /ˈslaɪdˌʃoʊ/: A presentation of a series of photographic slides, usually with a spoken or recorded explanation.
slidewalk noun: A pavement/sidewalk that moves in the manner of a conveyor belt.
slideware noun: Software that assists in the creation of digital slideshows.
slideway noun: Any form of track along which things can slide.
slidewire noun: A wire that measures resistance in a Wheatstone bridge.
slidey adjective /ˈslaɪdi/: Tending to slide or cause sliding; slippery.
slidin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of sliding.
sliding adjective, noun, verb /ˈslaɪdɪŋ/: The motion of something that slides.
sliding clamp noun: A ring-shaped protein complex essential for DNA replication.
sliding door noun: A door that opens and closes by sliding to the side; sometimes one of a pair.
sliding filament model noun: A theory relating to a series of actions by the actin and myosin filaments that enable the muscle to undergo contraction.
sliding keel noun: An oblong frame let down vertically through the bottom of a vessel in order to deepen the draught and sustain against a side wind.
sliding pond noun /ˈslɑjdɪŋˈpɑn/: A frozen pond on which people skate.
sliding-rule noun: Dated form of slide rule.
sliding scale noun: A pricing scheme for a product or service where a price range is set and the customer is charged based on where their financial resources fall within the range.
sliding tackle noun: Synonym of slide tackle.
sliding window noun: A window that opens and closes by sliding a pane, as opposed to folding in or out.
slidingly adverb: With a sliding motion.
slidingness noun: The quality of being able to slide.
slidometer noun: An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars caused by sudden stopping.
slidy adjective /ˈslaɪdi/: Allowing or conducive to sliding; slippery.
Sliema proper noun /sliːmə/: A town and local council of the Eastern Region, Malta.
Slifer proper noun: A surname.
slift verb: To prepose an embedded clause containing reported speech or beliefs.
slifting noun: The preposing of an embedded clause containing reported speech or beliefs.
Sliger proper noun: A surname.
slight adjective, noun, verb /slaɪt/: Minor; small in amount
slighted adjective, verb: Cheated; short-changed; ripped off.
slighten verb /ˈslaɪ.tən/: To make or become slight; make or become less pronounced, less noticeable, or less obvious.
slighter adjective, noun: One who slights.
slightily adverb: slightly
slightiness noun: slightness
slighting adjective, noun, verb: present participle and gerund of slight
slightingly adverb /ˈslaɪtɪŋli/: In a slighting manner; belittlingly, contemptuously.
slightish adjective: Somewhat slight
slightly adverb /ˈslaɪtli/: Slenderly; delicately.
slightly enriched uranium noun: Alternative spelling of slightly enriched uranium.
slightness noun: The property of being slight, smallness, petiteness
slightsome adjective: Characterised or marked by slight; scornful
slightually adverb: slightly; to a limited extent
slighty adjective: slight
Sligo proper noun /ˈslaɪɡəʊ/: A county of Ireland.
Sligoman noun: A man from Sligo, Ireland
Sligowoman noun: A woman from Sligo, Ireland
slike verb: To crawl; creep; slide.
slily adverb: Alternative spelling of slyly.
slim adjective, noun, verb /ˈslɪm/: Slender in an attractive way.
slim client noun: Synonym of thin client.
slim down verb: To reduce weight; to make or become thinner.
slim-fit adjective: Having a smaller, tighter cut. (of clothes)
slim jim adjective, noun: A thin strip of metal such as spring steel used to unlock automobile doors without a key.
slim pickings noun: A small amount, especially of money; paucity.
slim-thick adjective: Thin but having large or pronounced buttocks and thighs.
Slimane proper noun: A male given name.
Slimbridge proper noun: A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7303).
slimdown noun: A period of weight loss.
slime noun, verb /slaɪm/: Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud...
slime bacteria noun: Myxobacteria (Myxococcales).
slime ball noun: Alternative form of slimeball.
slime eel noun: Synonym of hagfish.
slime flux noun: An infection occurring in some tree species that causes a foul smelling fluid to ooze from infected wood and bark.
slime lily noun: Any plant of the genus Albuca, mainly occurring in Africa.
slime mold noun: syncytial or plasmodial slime molds in subclass Myxogastria (syn. Myxomycetes)
slime mould noun: Alternative spelling of slime mold.
slime out verb: To kill.
slime sponge noun: Oscarella carmela, a species of sponge.
slime table noun: A buddle.
slime tutorial noun: A bootleg video recording of a theatrical production, especially of a Broadway musical.
slimebaggery noun: Synonym of scumbaggery.
slimeball noun /ˈslaɪm.bɔːl/: A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus.
slimehead noun: Any of the long-lived deep-sea fish forming the family Trachichthyidae.
slimeless adjective: Free of slime.
slimelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of slime.
slimelily noun: Alternative form of slime lily.
slimer noun: A worker who guts fish.
slimeway noun: The track of slime connecting the spindle cells of certain slime moulds, composed of extracellular matrix.
slimey adjective: Alternative spelling of slimy.
slimeyness noun: Alternative spelling of sliminess.
slimicidal adjective: Relating to a slimicide.
slimicide noun: Any pesticide designed to kill organisms that produce slime.
slimily adverb: In a slimy manner
sliminess noun: The property of being slimy.
sliming noun, verb /ˈslaɪmɪŋ/: The action of coating with slime, or an instance of doing this.
slimish adjective: Like or resembling slime; slimy
slimline adjective: Gracefully slim or slender.
slimlined adjective: Synonym of slimline.
slimly adverb: In a slim manner; slenderly.
slimmer adjective, noun: A person who is trying to become slim by dieting.
slimming adjective, noun, verb: Making a person seem or become slimmer.
slimmish adjective /ˈslɪmɪʃ/: Somewhat slim.
slimnastic adjective: Of or pertaining to slimnastics.
slimnastics noun: A form of athletic exercise intended to promote weight loss.
slimness noun: The property of being slim.
slimplectic adjective: symplectic in a more generalised manner
slimpod adjective: Having slender pods.
slimpsy adjective: Alternative form of slimsy.
slimsy adjective /ˈslɪmzi/: flimsy; frail
slimwear noun: Fetishwear made from skintight materials such as latex.
slimwing noun: An Australasian slimwing dragonfly.
slimy adjective, noun /ˈslaɪ.mi/: Of or pertaining to slime.
slimy sculpin noun: Cottus cognatus, a species of sculpin fish found in North America and Russia.
slinch noun: An English unit of mass equal to 12 slugs (386.088 pounds-mass), that accelerates by 1 inch per second squared (1 in/s²) when a force of one pound-force...
sliness noun: Alternative form of slyness.
sling noun, verb /ˈslɪŋ/: To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
sling about verb: Synonym of sling along.
sling along verb: To hang around or loiter.
sling bag noun: Any bag carried by slinging it over one's shoulder.
sling bikini noun: A revealing one-piece suit resembling a bikini bottom, but with straps that extend upward to cover the nipples and go over the shoulders, rather than around...
sling blade noun: A heavy, hooked blade affixed to a long handle (like an axe), with one or both edges sharpened.
sling cart noun: A kind of cart used to transport cannon and their carriages, large stones, machines, etc., the objects transported being slung, or suspended by a chain...
sling dog noun: One of a pair of iron hooks used as part of a sling.
sling for verb: To pay for (something); to spring for (something).
sling-fruit noun: Any fruit that projects its seeds to a distance by means of contractile tissue.
sling in verb: To arrive (somewhere).
sling ink verb: To write, especially to make a living.
sling it in verb: To give up on a job; to quit or resign; to abandon an effort.
sling load noun: Alternative form of slingload.
sling off verb: To criticise or mock
sling out verb: To speak (some words, or a message); to write out and spread (something).
sling over verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sling, over.
sling psychrometer noun: a form of wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer in which the pair of thermometers are attached to a cord and spun round in the air
sling stone noun: A small stone that is projected or thrown from a sling.
sling the hatchet verb: To skulk about, not getting work done.
sling to verb: To pay a bribe to a police officer from the profits of gambling.
sling up verb: To set up a hammock.
slingback noun: A type of women's shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle
slingbag noun: Alternative form of sling bag.
slingball noun: A bullet made to be thrown using a sling.
slingblade noun: Alternative form of sling blade.
slinged adjective /ˈslɪŋd/: wearing a sling
slinger noun /ˈslɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/: Someone who, or something that, slings or uses a sling.
Slingerland proper noun: A surname.
slingin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of slinging.
slingjaw wrasse noun: Epibulus insidiator, a tropical wrasse.
slingkini noun /slɪŋˈkiː.ni/: A one-piece swimsuit resembling the Y-shape frame of a slingshot which is supported by fabric at the neck providing as little or even less, coverage (or as...
slingload noun: A load suspended from an aircraft, usually a helicopter, and carried to a new location.
slings and arrows noun /ˌslɪŋz‿n̩ ˈæɹəʊz/: Hardships or adverse circumstances.
Slingsby proper noun: A surname.
slingshoot adverb /ˈslɪŋʃuːt/: Propel or launch with or as if with a slingshot.
slingshot noun, verb /ˈslɪŋʃɒt/: A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.
slingshot effect noun: The use of the relative movement and gravity of a planet or other celestial body to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft.
slingstone noun /ˈslɪŋ.stəʊn/: A stone, bullet, or other such missile or projectile thrown by a sling.
slingy adjective: Tending to bowl the ball with a slinging action, i.e. faster but less accurate.
slink adjective, noun, verb /slɪŋk/: To sneak about furtively.
slink butcher noun: One who kills and dresses for sale the carcasses of diseased animals.
Slinkard proper noun: A surname.
slinker noun: One who slinks.
slinkily adverb: In a slinky way.
slinkiness noun: The state or condition of being slinky.
slinking noun, verb: The act of one who slinks.
slinkingly adverb: With a slinking motion.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.