| slapstick |
visual comedy full of boisterous action, as in a film or stage revue. [2 definitions] |
| slash |
to cut or strike with violent, sweeping, and sometimes random strokes, as with a knife. [9 definitions] |
| slash-and-burn |
of or indicating a method of clearing land in which trees and vegetation are cut down and then burned. |
| slashing |
severe and merciless. [4 definitions] |
| slat |
one of several long narrow strips of wood or metal arranged in a uniform row, such as mattress supports, window blinds, the seat of a bench, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| slate |
a fine-grained, metamorphic rock that tends to split in smooth layers. [6 definitions] |
| slather |
(informal) to spread or apply thickly; pile on. |
| slattern |
an unkempt, careless woman. [2 definitions] |
| slaughter |
the killing and butchering of animals, esp. for their meat. [4 definitions] |
| slaughterhouse |
a building or establishment where animals are killed and butchered. |
| Slav |
a member of any of the Slavic-speaking peoples of eastern and central Europe. [2 definitions] |
| slave |
one who is owned by and forced to work for another with no pay or personal rights. [4 definitions] |
| slave driver |
an employer or supervisor who is very harsh or severe. [2 definitions] |
| slaveholder |
one who possesses slaves. |
| slaver1 |
to allow saliva to drip from the mouth; slobber; drool. [3 definitions] |
| slaver2 |
a slave trader or a ship used to transport slaves. |
| slavery |
the ownership of one or more persons by another or others; bondage. [4 definitions] |
| slave trade |
buying and selling human beings as slaves. |
| Slavic |
a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes languages of parts of Russia, eastern Europe, and south central Europe, such as Ukrainian, Polish, and Serbo-Croatian. [2 definitions] |
| slavish |
of, like, or befitting a slave; servile; submissive. [2 definitions] |
| slaw |
a salad of cabbage and dressing; coleslaw. |