Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z sleighload The amount (of material or goods) that can be loaded onto a sleigh. sleight Cunning; craft; artful practice. sleightful cunning; dexterous sleightly With cunning; dexterously. sleights A village in Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby parish, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ8607). sleighty cunning; sly Sleipnir The eight-legged horse of Odin. sleiveen A dishonest person; a trickster, usually from a rural area. Slemp A surname. slender Thin; slim. slenderish Somewhat slender. slenderization The process of slenderizing. slenderize To make more slender. slenderly Thinly, slightly, delicately. slenderness The property of being slender. slendro A pentatonic scale, the older of the two most common scales used in Indonesian gamelan music, the other being pelog. Slendy Nickname for Slender Man. slenthem A Javanese metallophone. Slentz A surname from German. slepez A type of mole rat, Spalax microphthalmus. slepton A hypothetical boson superpartner of a lepton whose existence is implied by supersymmetry. sleptonic Relating to sleptons. slerp To interpolate by using SLERP. Slesin A surname. Slessor A surname. Sletten A surname. sleuth A detective. sleuthery sleuthing, detective work sleuthhound A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal; a bloodhound formerly used in Scotland. sleuthiness The state or condition of being sleuthy. sleuthing Detective work. sleuthlike Resembling or characteristic of a sleuth. sleuthwork detective work sleuthy sleuthlike; of or in the manner of a sleuth. sleveen An untrustworthy or cunning person. Slevin A surname from Irish. slew The act, or process of slewing. Slewa A surname. slewed Somewhat drunk; tipsy. sley Reed (of a loom). Slezak A surname from Czech. SLG To have a certain slugging percentage. slice That which is thin and broad. sliceability Ability to be sliced. sliceable Capable of being sliced. sliced That has been cut into slices. sliceness The property of being a slice knot. slicer Someone or something that slices. slicery The act or practice of slicing. slicewise One slice at a time slicht Bad, of poor quality (as, goods). slicing The action of the verb to slice. slicingly So as to slice; with a slicing motion. slick Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances. slickem Hair oil. slicken To make slick. slickens Fine, harmful, and (when wet) slimy pulverized rock, a waste product (pollution) produced by hydraulic mining and quartz milling, which can silt up rivers and accumulate on soil downstream of such activities. slickenside A smooth, striated rock surface caused by the friction of one mass sliding over another slickensided Having a slickenside. slicker One who or that which slicks. slickered Wearing a slicker (coat) slickhead Any of the family Alepocephalidae of marine smelts, lacking scales on the head. slicking A narrow vein of ore. slickly In a slick manner; slipperily. slickness The property of being slick. slickrock A rock or a rock formation made smooth by weathering. slickspot An area where there is little to no vegetation, usually due to high concentration of salts in the soil. slickster A slick person. slickstone Synonym of sleekstone. slicktop a police car with painted markings and decals but no external rooftop lights. slickwater Water with chemical additives used in hydraulic fracturing. slicy Especially well suited to slicing; designed and made in a way that optimizes slicing capability and ease. slidably So as to be movable by sliding. slidder Slippery. sliddery Slippery. slide To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface. slideable Capable of being slid, or made to slide. slidebar A crosshead guide. slidecast To move within a short period of time before an ability's cast timer completes, during which it is possible to move without cancelling the ability's effects. slideflask A biological culture vessel incorporated into a microscope slide. slideful The amount that fits on a microscope slide. slideglass Synonym of microscope slide. slidegroat The game of shuffleboard. slideless Without a slide (in various senses). Slidell A city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. slideout 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 Resistant to sliding or skidding. slider A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control. slideshow A presentation of a series of photographic slides, usually with a spoken or recorded explanation. slidewalk A pavement/sidewalk that moves in the manner of a conveyor belt. slideware Software that assists in the creation of digital slideshows. slideway Any form of track along which things can slide. slidewire A wire that measures resistance in a Wheatstone bridge. slidey Tending to slide or cause sliding; slippery. sliding The motion of something that slides. slidingly With a sliding motion. slidingness The quality of being able to slide. slidometer An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars caused by sudden stopping. slidy Allowing or conducive to sliding; slippery. Sliema A town and local council of the Eastern Region, Malta. Slife A surname from German. Slifer A surname. Slifka A surname. slift To prepose an embedded clause containing reported speech or beliefs. slifting The preposing of an embedded clause containing reported speech or beliefs. Sligar A surname. Sliger A surname. sligh A surname. slight Minor; small in amount slighted Cheated; short-changed; ripped off. slighten To make or become slight; make or become less pronounced, less noticeable, or less obvious. slighter One who slights. slightily slightly slightiness slightness slighting The full or partial demolition of a fortification. slightingly In a slighting manner; belittlingly, contemptuously. slightish Somewhat slight slightly Slenderly; delicately. slightness The property of being slight, smallness, petiteness slightsome Characterised or marked by slight; scornful slightually slightly; to a limited extent slighty slight Sligo A county of Ireland. Sligoman A man from Sligo, Ireland Sligoville A village in Saint Catherine parish, Jamaica. Sligowoman A woman from Sligo, Ireland slike To crawl; creep; slide. Sliker A surname. slim Slender in an attractive way. Slimane A male given name. Slimbridge A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7303). slimdown A period of weight loss. slime 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 containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing. slimebag A person who is unpleasant or underhanded; a slimeball. slimebaggery Synonym of scumbaggery. slimeball A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus. slimebucket Term of abuse. slimeface A term of abuse. slimehead Any of the long-lived deep-sea fish forming the family Trachichthyidae. slimehole A lousy, disreputable, or disgusting place. slimeless Free of slime. slimelike Resembling or characteristic of slime. slimer A worker who guts fish. slimes Slimelight, an alternative club night in London, established in the 1980s. slimewad A term of abuse. slimeway The track of slime connecting the spindle cells of certain slime moulds, composed of extracellular matrix. slimicidal Relating to a slimicide. slimicide Any pesticide designed to kill organisms that produce slime. slimily In a slimy manner sliminess The property of being slimy.