5 Letter Words That Start With SL

slack

Noun : (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

Noun : (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.

Noun : (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.

sleek

Adjective : Having an even, smooth surface; smooth

Adjective : Glossy.

Adjective : Not rough or harsh.

slant

Noun : A slope; an incline, inclination.

Noun : A sloped surface or line.

Noun : (mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.

slake

Verb : (transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).

Verb : (transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid.

Verb : (intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.

slope

Noun : An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

Noun : The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

Noun : (mathematics, of a line, with respect to a fixed coordinate system) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.

slide

Verb : (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.

Verb : (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.

Verb : (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.

slick

Adjective : Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.

Adjective : Sleek; smooth.

Adjective : Appearing expensive or sophisticated.

slate

Noun : (uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.

Noun : (uncountable) The bluish-grey colour of most slate.

Noun : (countable) A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools.

slump

Verb : (intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.

Verb : (intransitive) To decline or fall off in activity or performance.

Verb : (intransitive) To slouch or droop.

slosh

Verb : (intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.

Verb : (transitive, of a liquid) To cause to slosh.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a sloshing sound.

slink

Verb : (intransitive) To sneak about furtively.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To give birth to an animal prematurely.

Noun : (countable) A furtive sneaking motion.

slyly

Verb : In a sly manner, cunningly.

slang

Noun : Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.

Noun : Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.

Noun : The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to conceal one's meaning from outsiders; cant.

slash

Noun : A slashing action or motion:

Noun : A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon or whip.

Noun : (sports) A wide striking motion made with an implement such as a cricket bat, hockey stick, or lacrosse stick.

sloom

Noun : A gentle sleep; slumber.

Verb : (Scotland) To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep.

Verb : To soften or rot with damp. (of plants or soil)

sleer

Verb : (obsolete) To mock or jeer.

slike

Verb : (intransitive) To crawl; creep; slide.

Verb : (transitive) To make sleek or smooth.

Verb : (transitive, UK dialectal) To rend asunder; cleave.

sleep

Verb : (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

Verb : (idiomatic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).

Verb : (transitive) To accommodate in beds.

sloth

Noun : (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.

Noun : (countable) Any animal in the suborder Folivora.

Noun : (especially) Any herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Choloepodidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.

slung

Verb : To throw with a circular or arcing motion.

Verb : To throw with a sling.

Verb : (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.

slave

Noun : A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

Noun : (figuratively) A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.

Noun : (figuratively) An abject person.

sleet

Noun : (chiefly US) Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.

Noun : (chiefly UK, Ireland, Northeastern US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.

Noun : (rare) A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.

slice

Noun : That which is thin and broad.

Noun : A thin, broad piece cut off.

Noun : (colloquial) An amount of anything.

slime

Noun : 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.

Noun : Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.

Noun : Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”)

slush

Noun : Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.

Noun : Liquid mud or mire.

Noun : Flavored shaved ice served as a drink.

sligh

Noun : A surname.

Adjective : Obsolete form of sly. [Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.]

sling

Verb : To throw with a circular or arcing motion.

Verb : To throw with a sling.

Verb : (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.

slurp

Verb : (transitive) To eat or drink noisily.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a loud sucking noise.

Noun : A loud sucking noise, especially one made in eating or drinking.

slunk

Noun : An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively.

Noun : (UK, dialectal) A slough, a low, wet, miry place. (Compare slank.)

slype

Noun : (architecture) A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house.

sluff

Noun : An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.

Verb : ignore, shrug (off)

Verb : to avoid working

slife

Noun : A surname from German.

slore

Noun : (Internet slang, derogatory) A very sexually promiscuous person.

slunt

Noun : (slang, vulgar, derogatory, rare) A very slutty person.

sloop

Noun : (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.

Noun : (military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.

Noun : (military) A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.

slain

Noun : (with "the") Those who have been killed.

slive

Verb : (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cut; split; separate.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing.

Noun : (dialectal) A slice or sliver; slip, chip.

sloam

Noun : (mining) A layer of earth between coal seams.

slazy

Adjective : (archaic) sleazy; of inferior quality

sluds

Noun : (mining, UK, Cornwall, obsolete) half-roasted ores

slaty

Adjective : Resembling the rock slate.

Adjective : Of a light grey colour as slate.

slips

Noun : (cricket) the area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively

slade

Noun : (now rare or dialectal) A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.

Noun : (dialectal) A hillside.

Noun : A spade for digging peat.

slews

Noun : a large number or amoun

slums

Noun : (countable, derogatory) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

Noun : (slang, uncountable) Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.

Verb : (intransitive) To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.

slabs

Noun : Initialism of student loan asset-backed securities.

slock

Noun : (Scotland, Northern England) A draught; a gulp.

Verb : (Scotland, Northern England) To swallow, gulp.

Verb : (transitive, West Country, slang, obsolete) To poach (a servant) from another household.

slane

Noun : (Ireland) A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.

Noun : A surname.

slich

Noun : Alternative form of schlich [The finer portion of crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.]

sloot

Noun : (South Africa) A ditch.

Noun : (South Africa, archaic) An irrigation channel.

slite

Verb : (transitive, dialectal) To slit; tear or rip up.

Verb : (transitive, dialectal) To wear away (clothes).

Noun : (dialectal) The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.

slimy

Adjective : Of or pertaining to slime

Adjective : Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime

Adjective : (slang, figuratively) Friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy.

slily

Verb : Alternative spelling of slyly [In a sly manner, cunningly.]

sligo

Noun : A county of Ireland.

Noun : A town in County Sligo, Ireland.

slats

Noun : A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.

Noun : (aviation) A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.

Noun : (skiing, slang) A ski.

slo mo

Noun : Alternative spelling of slo-mo

sloyd

Noun : A Scandinavian system of handicraft-based education that emphasizes the importance of practical, hands-on work to develop cognitive and problem-solving skills. In particular, it is often associated with woodworking and carving, but can include other crafts as well.

Noun : A knife for carving.

slape

Noun : A surname.

sloat

Noun : A narrow piece of timber that holds together large pieces; a slat.

Noun : A surname.

slims

Adjective : Slender; thin.

Adjective : (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.

Adjective : (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.

slits

Noun : A narrow cut or opening; a slot.

Noun : (vulgar, slang) The vulva.

Noun : (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

slots

Noun : A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.

Noun : A period of time or position within a schedule or sequence.

Noun : The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.

sleds

Noun : A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.

Noun : (chiefly Canada, US) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.

Noun : (slang, chiefly Canada, US) A snowmobile.

slobs

Noun : (informal, derogatory) A lazy and slovenly or obese person.

Verb : To move slowly or cumbersomely.

Verb : To act like a slob, in a lazy or slovenly way.

slent

Noun : Obsolete form of slant. [A slope; an incline, inclination.]

Verb : Obsolete form of slant. [(ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.]

slish

Verb : (dated, British) To cut, slit or slash.

slurb

Noun : A homogeneous sprawl of urban and suburban developments.

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sleck

Verb : (dialectal) To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.

Verb : (Scotland) To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.

Verb : Alternative form of slake [(transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).]

slimm

Adjective : Slender; thin.

Adjective : (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.

Adjective : (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.

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slads

Noun : a village in Gloucestershire, England, in the Slad Valley about from Stroud on the B4070 road from Stroud to Birdlip.

slasa

slayn

Verb : Obsolete spelling of slain., simple past and past participle of slay

slept

Verb : (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

Verb : (idiomatic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).

Verb : (transitive) To accommodate in beds.

slugs

Noun : (mining) half-roasted ore

slops

Noun : (obsolete) Loose trousers.

Noun : (nautical, historical) Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.

Noun : (nautical, dated) Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.

slows

Noun : (medicine, dated) milk sickness

sloan

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A unisex given name.

Noun : A female given name.

slavs

Noun : The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages.

Noun : The Slavic ethnonym (and autonym), Slavs, is reconstructed in Proto-Slavic as *Slověninъ, plural Slověně.

slams

Verb : (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.

Verb : (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by a preposition such as down, against or into.)

Verb : (ambitransitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.

slank

Noun : (US and UK, dialectal) A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of a river, lake, or cove which is filled with water during freshet(s).

slaps

Noun : A two-player reaction game in which opponents slap each other's hands.

slurs

Noun : An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.

Noun : An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).

Noun : A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.

slyer

Adjective : Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

Adjective : (having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice

Adjective : Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle

slapp

Noun : Initialism of strategic lawsuit against public participation: a lawsuit or other legal harassment designed to intimidate and silence critics.

sluts

Noun : (vulgar, often derogatory) A sexually promiscuous woman.

Noun : (vulgar, by extension) A prostitute.

Noun : (vulgar, often derogatory) Any sexually promiscuous person.

slier

Adjective : Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

Adjective : (having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice

Adjective : Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle

slipe

Noun : A sledge runner on which a skip is dragged in a mine.

sloke

Noun : (archaic) laver (type of seaweed)

sloes

Noun : The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).

Noun : The tree Prunus spinosa.

Noun : Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.

slags

Noun : Waste material from a mine.

Noun : Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal.

Noun : Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.

slask

Noun : a region of central europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by prussia in 1742 but now largely in polan

slogs

Noun : (countable, uncountable, chiefly British, Australia and Canada) A long, tedious walk or march.

Noun : (countable, uncountable, chiefly British, Australia and Canada, by extension) A hard, persistent effort, session of work, or period.

Noun : (countable, cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.

slopy

Adjective : Characterised by a slope or slopes; sloping

slued

Adjective : Alternative form of slewed (“drunk, tipsy”) [(informal) Somewhat drunk; tipsy.]

slays

Noun : (with "the") Those who have been killed.

slaie

Noun : Archaic spelling of sley (“weaver's reed”). [Reed (of a loom).]

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