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1,264 words match “SLE”

AISLED a.
Furnished with an aisle or aisles.
AISLESS a.
Without an aisle.
ASLEEP a. 3 definitions
In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant. Fast asleep the giant lay supine. Dryden. By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Milton.
BISHOP SLEEVE n.
A wide sleeve, once worn by women.
BLISSLESS a.
Destitute of bliss. Sir P. Sidney.
BOBSLED; BOBSLEIGH n.
A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed. [U. S.] The long wagon body set on bobsleds. W. D. Howells.
BRANSLE n.
A brawl or dance. [Obs.] Spenser.
CHISLEU n.
The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December.
CHISLEY a.
Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil. Gardner.
CISLEITHAN a.
On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.
COMPASSLESS a.
Having no compass. Knowles.
CORSLET n.
A corselet. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
COW PARSLEY n.
An umbelliferous plant of the genus Chærophyllum (C. temulum and C. sylvestre).
CROSLET n.
See Crosslet.
CROSS-CROSSLET n.
A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.
CROSSLEGGED a.
Having the legs crossed.
CROSSLET a. 3 definitions
Crossed again; -- said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. SeeCross-crosslet.
DISLEAL a.
Disloyal; perfidious. [Obs.] "Disleal knight." Spenser.
DISLEAVE v.
To deprive of leaves. [R.] The cankerworms that annually that disleaved the elms. Lowell.
DOGSLEEP n. 2 definitions
Pretended sleep. Addison.
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