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5 letter words starting with sli

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  • SLICE
  • SLICK
  • SLIDE
  • SLIER
  • SLILY
  • SLIME
  • SLIMS
  • SLIMY
  • SLING
  • SLINK
  • SLIPE
  • SLIPS
  • SLIPT
  • SLISH
  • SLITS
  • SLIVE

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Definition of slice

slice (noun)

  1. That which is thin and broad.
  2. A thin, broad piece cut off.
  3. An amount of anything.
  4. A piece of pizza.
  5. A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
  6. A broad, thin piece of plaster.
  7. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
  8. A salver, platter, or tray.
  9. A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
  10. One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
  11. A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
  12. A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
  13. Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
  14. A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
  15. A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
  16. A contiguous portion of an array.

slice (verb)

  1. To cut into slices.
  2. To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
  3. To clear (e.g. a fire, or the grate bars of a furnace) by means of a slice bar.
  4. To hit the shuttlecock with the racket at an angle, causing it to move sideways and downwards.
  5. To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
  6. To angle the blade so that it goes too deeply into the water when starting to take a stroke.
  7. To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.
  8. To hit the ball with a stroke that causes a spin, resulting in the ball swerving or staying low after a bounce.

slice (adjective)

  1. Having the properties of a slice knot.


Definition of slips

slips (noun)

  1. A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
  2. Mud, slime.

slips (noun)

  1. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
  2. A descendant, a scion.
  3. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
  4. A long, thin piece of something.
  5. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
  6. (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.

slips (noun)

  1. An act or instance of slipping.
  2. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
  3. A slipdress.
  4. A mistake or error.
  5. A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
  6. A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
  7. A slipway.
  8. A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
  9. Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
  10. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
  11. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
  12. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
  13. A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
  14. A child's pinafore.
  15. An outside covering or case.
  16. A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
  17. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
  18. An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces together.
  19. A particular quantity of yarn.
  20. A narrow passage between buildings.
  21. A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
  22. A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
  23. The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
  24. The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
  25. A fish, the sole.

slips (verb)

  1. To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
  2. To err.
  3. To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
  4. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
  5. To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
  6. To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
  7. To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
  8. To move down; to slide.
  9. To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
  10. To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
  11. To omit; to lose by negligence.
  12. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
  13. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
  14. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
  15. To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.

slips (noun)

  1. The area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively

Definition of slits

slits (noun)

  1. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
  2. The opening of the vagina.
  3. A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

slits (verb)

  1. To cut a narrow opening.
  2. To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
  3. To cut; to sever; to divide.