| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| slabby | adjective | Thick; viscous., Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy. |
| slaggy | adjective | Of or pertaining to slag; resembling slag; as, slaggy cobalt. |
| slaked | imp. & past participle | of Slake |
| slakin | noun | Slacken. |
| slangy | adjective | Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang. |
| slashy | adjective | Wet and dirty; slushy. |
| slatch | noun | The period of a transitory breeze., An interval of fair weather., The loose or slack part of a rope; slack. |
| slated | imp. & past participle | of Slate |
| slater | noun | One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings., Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug. |
| slaved | imp. & past participle | of Slave |
| slaver | noun | A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship., A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader., To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth., To be besmeared with saliva., To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber., Saliva driveling from the mouth. |
| slavey | noun | A maidservant. |
| slavic | adjective | Slavonic., The group of allied languages spoken by the Slavs. |
| slawen | p. p. of Slee, to slay. | |
| slayer | noun | One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life. |
| sleave | noun | The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread., Silk not yet twisted; floss; — called also sleave silk., To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; — a weaver’s term. |
| sleazy | adjective | Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin. |
| sledge | noun | A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled., A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution., A sleigh., A game at cards; — called also old sledge, and all fours., To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges., A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; — called also sledge hammer. |
| sleeky | adjective | Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance., Fawning and deceitful; sly. |
| sleepy | noun | Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep., Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion., Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish., Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security. |
| sleety | adjective | Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather. |
| sleeve | noun | See Sleave, untwisted thread., The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown., A narrow channel of water., A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts., A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel., A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes., To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat. |
| sleigh | adjective | Sly., A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; — in England commonly called a sledge. |
| slepez | noun | A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also mole rat. |
| sleuth | noun | The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. |
| slewed | adjective | Somewhat drunk. |
| slewth | noun | Sloth; idleness. |
| sliced | imp. & past participle | of Slice |
| slicer | noun | One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary. |
| slider | adjective | See Slidder., One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine., The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa). |
| slight | noun | Sleight., To overthrow; to demolish., To make even or level., To throw heedlessly., Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; — applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like., Not stout or heavy; slender., Foolish; silly; weak in intellect., To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands., The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity., Slightly. |
| slimed | imp. & past participle | of Slime |
| slimly | adverb | In a state of slimness; in a slim manner; slenderly. |
| slimsy | adjective | Flimsy; frail. |
| slinky | adjective | Thin; lank. |
| slipes | verb | Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine. |
| slippy | adjective | Slippery. |
| sliver | verb t. | To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood., A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter., A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning., Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings. |
| slogan | noun | The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry. |
| sloggy | adjective | Sluggish. |
| sloomy | adjective | Sluggish; slow. |
| sloped | imp. & past participle | of Slope |
| sloppy | superl. | Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road. |
| sloshy | See Slush, Slushy. | |
| slouch | noun | A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim., An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow., To droop, as the head., To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner., To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat. |
| slough | adjective | Slow., A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire., A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river., imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew., The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal., The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification., To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; — often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly., To cast off; to discard as refuse. |
| sloven | noun | A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; — the correlative term to slattern, or slut. |
| slowed | imp. & past participle | of Slow |
| slowly | adverb | In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly. |
| sludge | noun | Mud; mire; soft mud; slush., Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow., See Slime, 4. |
| sluing | present participle & vb. noun | of Slue |
| sluggy | adjective | Sluggish. |
| sluice | noun | An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate., Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply., The stream flowing through a flood gate., A long box or trough through which water flows, — used for washing auriferous earth., To emit by, or as by, flood gates., To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows., To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining. |
| sluicy | adjective | Falling copiously or in streams, as from a sluice. |
| slumpy | adjective | Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy. |
| slushy | adjective | Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy. |
| slutch | noun | Slush. |