Slavonian (a.) Alt. of Slavonic
Slavonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants.
Slavonic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Slavs, or their language.
Slavonian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Slavonia; ethnologically, a Slav.
Slavophil (n.) Alt. of Slavophile
Slavophile (n.) One, not being a Slav, who is interested in the development and prosperity of that race.
Slaw (n.) Sliced cabbage served as a salad, cooked or uncooked.
Slaw () Alt. of Slawen
Slawen () p. p. of Slee, to slay.
Slew (imp.) of Slay
Slain (p. p.) of Slay
Slaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slay
Slay (v. t.) To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy.
Slayer (n.) One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.
Slazy (a.) See Sleazy.
Sle (v. t.) To slay.
Sleave (n.) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
Sleave (n.) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
Sleaved (imp. & p. p.) of Sleave
Sleaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleave
Sleave (v. t.) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
Sleaved (a.) Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.
Sleaziness (n.) Quality of being sleazy.
Sleazy (a.) Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.
Sled (n.) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.
Sled (n.) A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.
Sledded (imp. & p. p.) of Sled
Sledding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sled
Sled (v. t.) To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.
Sledding (n.) The act of transporting or riding on a sled.
Sledding (n.) The state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good.
Sledge (n.) 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.
Sledge (n.) A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution.
Sledge (n.) A sleigh.
Sledge (n.) A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours.
Sledged (imp. & p. p.) of Sledge
Sledging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sledge
Sledge (v. i. & t.) To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges.
Sledge (v. t.) A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer.
Slee (v. t.) To slay.
Sleek (superl.) Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
Sleek (superl.) Not rough or harsh.
Sleek (adv.) With ease and dexterity.
Sleek (n.) That which makes smooth; varnish.
Sleeked (imp. & p. p.) of Sleek
Sleeking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleek
Sleek (v. t.) To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.
Sleekly (adv.) In a sleek manner; smoothly.
Sleekness (n.) The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface.
Sleeky (a.) Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance.
Sleeky (a.) Fawning and deceitful; sly.
Sleep () imp. of Sleep. Slept.
Slept (imp. & p. p.) of Sleep
Sleeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleep
Sleep (v. i.) To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.
Sleep (v. i.) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
Sleep (v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
Sleep (v. i.) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps.
Sleep (v. t.) To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
Sleep (v. t.) To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.
Sleep (v. i.) A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state.
Sleep-at-noon (n.) A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.
Sleep-charged (a.) Heavy with sleep.
Sleeper (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.
Sleeper (n.) That which lies dormant, as a law.
Sleeper (n.) A sleeping car.
Sleeper (n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
Sleeper (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
Sleeper (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
Sleeper (n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
Sleeper (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.
Sleeper (n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.
Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
Sleeper (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
Sleepful (a.) Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy.
Sleepily (adv.) In a sleepy manner; drowsily.
Sleepiness (n.) The quality or state of being sleepy.
Sleeping () a. & n. from Sleep.
Sleepish (a.) Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy.
Sleepless (a.) Having no sleep; wakeful.
Sleepless (a.) Having no rest; perpetually agitated.
Sleepmarken (n.) See 1st Hag, 4.
Sleepwaker (n.) On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.
Sleepwaking (n.) The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
Sleepwalker (n.) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
Sleepwalking (n.) Walking in one's sleep.
Sleepy (n.) Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.
Sleepy (n.) Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.
Sleepy (n.) Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
Sleepy (n.) Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
Sleepyhead (n.) A sleepy person.
Sleepyhead (n.) The ruddy duck.
Sleer (n.) A slayer.
Sleet (n.) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
Sleet (n.) Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.
Sleeted (imp. & p. p.) of Sleet
Sleeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sleet
Sleet (v. i.) To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
Sleetch (n.) Mud or slime, such as that at the bottom of rivers.
Sleetiness (n.) The state of being sleety.