adagio |
in music, slow; slower than andante. [2/4 definitions] |
amble |
a slow, easy gait, esp. of a horse. [1/2 definitions] |
andante |
moderately slow in tempo (used as a musical direction). [1/2 definitions] |
aphid |
a small soft-bodied and slow-moving insect that feeds by sucking the juices of plants; plant louse. |
arrest |
to slow down; impede; stop. [1/6 definitions] |
back up |
of traffic, to become so slow that vehicles form long lines behind each other with little space between each vehicle. [2/8 definitions] |
barrage |
a man-made obstruction placed in a waterway to slow the flow or increase the depth of the water; dam. [1/3 definitions] |
bayou |
a marshy lake or slow-moving or stagnant river tributary, found esp. in the southeastern United States. |
behindhand |
slow or tardy. [1/3 definitions] |
blunt |
slow to understand; dull of perception; insensitive. [1/5 definitions] |
bovine |
slow-moving, dull, patient, or stolid. [1/3 definitions] |
bradycardia |
abnormally slow heart rate. |
brake1 |
anything that tends to slow or stop motion or action. [3/5 definitions] |
bumper-to-bumper |
of automobile traffic, closely packed and usu. slow-moving. |
chaconne |
a slow, formal dance of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries having its origins in Spain or Latin America, or the music composed for such a dance. [1/2 definitions] |
chug |
a short, repetitive, explosive sound, esp. that made by a slow-moving locomotive. [1/3 definitions] |
clunky |
functioning in an awkward or slow and inefficient manner. [1/2 definitions] |
cordite |
a smokeless, slow-burning explosive formed into the shape of a cord, used in some ammunition. |
crawl |
a very slow or interrupted pace. [1/7 definitions] |
Crock-Pot |
trademark for an electric slow cooker that maintains a steady low temperature. |
czardas |
a Hungarian dance in two movements, the first slow and the second fast, or music for this dance. |