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Slime EelsnounMWEeellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentaclesverified
Slime MoldnounMWEa naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animalsverified
Slime MouldnounMWEa naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animalsverified
Slinger RingnounMWEdispenser consisting of a tubular ring around the propeller hub of an airplane through which antifreeze solution is spread over the bladesverified
Slip-Joint PliersnounMWEpliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jawsverified
Slip-Upnouna minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.verified
Slipknotnouna knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is madeverified
Slipped DiscnounMWEa painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebraeverified
Slipper OrchidnounMWEany of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lipverified
Slipper PlantnounMWEany of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bractsverified
Slipper SpurgenounMWEany of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bractsverified
Slipperwortnounany garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lipverified
Slipsticknounanalog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculationsverified
Slipwaynounstructure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repairedverified
Slit LampnounMWE(ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerveverified
Sloopnouna sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bowverified
Slop BasinnounMWEa bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the tableverified
Slop BowlnounMWEa bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the tableverified
Slop ChestnounMWEcommissary maintained aboard merchant ships to sell merchandise to the crewverified
Slopsnounwet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milkverified
Slothnounapathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue, personified as one of the deadly sinsverified
Slough GrassnounMWENorth American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awnsverified
Slow Time ScalenounMWE(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than oneverified
Slow VirusnounMWEa virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appearverified