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Slash PocketnounMWEa pocket in a garment (usually below the waist) to which access is provided by a vertical or diagonal slit in the outside of the garmentverified
Slate ClubnounMWEa group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas)verified
Slate-Colored JunconounMWEcommon North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irisesverified
Slave MarketnounMWEa marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War)verified
Slave StatenounMWEany of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil Warverified
Slave-Makernounan ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave antsverified
Slave-Making AntnounMWEan ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave antsverified
Sleep DeprivationnounMWEa form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleepverified
Sleep Terror DisordernounMWEa disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmareverified
Sleep-Learningnounteaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep)verified
Sleepernouna spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signalverified
Sleeper GobynounMWEtropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow waterverified
Sleeping HibiscusnounMWEany of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowersverified
Sleeping PartnernounMWEa partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledgeverified
Sleevenounthe part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the armverified
Sleigh BellnounMWEa bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleighverified
Slender Lady PalmnounMWEChinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsaverified
Slender SalamandernounMWEany of several small slim salamanders of the Pacific coast of the United Statesverified
Slender WheatgrassnounMWENorth American grass cultivated in western United States as excellent forage cropverified
Slendernessnounrelatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or widthverified
Sleuthhoundnouna breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in trackingverified
Slickernouna macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproofverified
Slide FastenernounMWEa fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tabverified
Slide RulenounMWEanalog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculationsverified