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adj
noun
noun
- a slippery smoothness
- a trowel used to make a surface slick
- a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- a magazine printed on good quality paper
- (printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
- (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- Alternative form of schlich.
- (slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
- (US, military slang) A helicopter.
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- (publishing, slang) A glossy magazine.
verb
adj
- having only superficial plausibility
- marked by skill in deception
- made slick by e.g. ice or grease
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
- Sleek; smooth.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- (often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
adv
noun
- a slippery smoothness
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a small sheet of paper
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
verb
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
adj
- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
- causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
- not to be trusted
verb
adj
- Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way.
- Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
- Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.
- marked by lack of intellectual depth
- having only superficial plausibility
- artfully persuasive in speech
noun
adj
- Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
- (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
- Bland; glib.
- (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
- (of a motion) Unbroken.
- (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
- (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
- (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- Suave; sophisticated.
- (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- lacking obstructions or difficulties
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
- of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
- (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
adv
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.
- (transitive) To make smooth or even.
- (West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
- (transitive) To calm or palliate.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
- (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
- free from obstructions
- make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
- make (a surface) shine
noun
- the quality of having a level and even surface
- a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch
- the quality of being free from errors or interruptions
- powerful and effective language
- the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner
- (approximation theory, numerical analysis, of a function) The quantity measured by the modulus of smoothness.
- (mathematical analysis, of a function) The highest order of derivative (the differentiability class) over a given domain.
- The condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition.
verb
adj
- designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow
- well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
- Not rough or harsh.
- Glossy.
- Slim and streamlined; not plump, thick, or stocky.
- (of stock animals) Healthy, well-fed and well-groomed; in good condition.
- Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
noun
adj
- having a shiny surface or coating
- fitted or covered with glass
- (of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture
- (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
- (architecture, construction) Having glass in the windows.
- Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness.
- Having a glaze (a coating).
noun
verb
adj
- having a surface coating or finish applied
- (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected
- (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
- ended or brought to an end
- brought to ruin
- (comparable) Processed or perfected.
- (informal, figurative) Done for; doomed; used up.
- Completed; concluded; done.
verb
adj
- apply a non-porous coating to something so as to ensure it is impervious
- covered with a waterproof coating
- closed or secured with or as if with a seal
- determined irrevocably
- (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster
- undisclosed for the time being
- established irrevocably
- Of a road: having an asphalt or macadamised surface.
- Closed by a seal (something to prevent leakage).
- Preventing entrance.
- (object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.
verb
noun
- Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.
- (slang, derogatory) Excessive complimenting or praise, especially in a cringeworthy way.
- (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
- (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- A glazing oven; glost oven.
- A smooth edible coating applied to food.
- (Polari) A window.
- (cooking) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
- A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
- a glossy finish on a fabric
- any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
- a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
verb
- (transitive) To install windows.
- (transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
- (intransitive) Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
- (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, derogatory, sometimes vulgar) To compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate onto someone's body.
- coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
- furnish with glass
- coat with a glaze
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
noun
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
adj
verb
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
verb
adj
noun
- One who or that which slicks.
- (metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
- A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
- A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
- Synonym of slicker brush
- (slang) A swindler or conman.
- (originally Canada, US) A waterproof coat or jacket.
- A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- a person with good manners and stylish clothing
- a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
noun
- The quality or state of being coarse
- (countable) Something that is coarse.
- The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished.
- the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
- language or humor that is down-to-earth
- looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
noun
verb
- (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
- (transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
- (transitive, bingo) To mark spots on a bingo card, using a dauber.
- apply to a surface
- coat with plaster
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
adj
- (especially) Soft and wet.
- Making a squish sound.
- (gaming) Vulnerable to physical damage; having low hit points or defense.
- (politics, colloquial, derogatory) Politically moderate.
- Subjective or vague.
- (literally, of a physical material) Yielding easily to pressure; very soft.
- easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
noun
noun
verb
adj
- rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
- Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
- dealing with salacious or indecent material
- (figurative) Disgusting, repellent.
- (figurative, chiefly US) Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.
- (figurative) Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical.
- (biology) Having scabers.
- (figurative) Difficult, thorny, troublesome, requiring tact.
- (figurative) Salacious, scandalous; concerning oneself with lurid or lascivious substance.
adj
noun
noun
- a thin coating or layer
- photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
- (uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
- (countable) The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.
- A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
- (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
verb
- record in film
- make a film or photograph of something
- (ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
- (ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
- (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
noun
- a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- Liquid fat.
- Petroleum.
- (countable) An oil painting.
- (painting) Oil paint.
verb
noun
- A shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing.
- (uncountable) The making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; (countable) an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining.
- A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
- the property of being smooth and shiny
verb
- Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
- (figuratively) To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
- To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
- To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.
- (by extension) Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.
- Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.
- polish and make shiny
noun
- The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
- The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- (biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
- An agreement to adhere.
- (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
- Persistent attachment or loyalty.
- a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
adj
noun
verb
verb
- provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance
- damage by frost
- decorate with frosting
- cover with frost
- (transitive) To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice.
- (transitive) To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
- (transitive) To bleach individual strands of hair while leaving adjacent strands untouched.
- (transitive) To cover with frost.
- (transitive, informal) To anger or annoy.
- (intransitive) To become covered with frost.
noun
- ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- the formation of frost or ice on a surface
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
- (figurative) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
- The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
- (television) A kind of light diffuser.
- A shade of white, like that of frost.
- A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
noun
- A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
- An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
- A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
- The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
- any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze
- a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection
- hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth
- a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish
verb
verb
noun
noun
- a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
- Anything resembling such a coating; a glossy appearance.
- A clear or translucent liquid coating composed of resin dissolved in a solvent, which dries by evaporation to form a hard, protective, and typically glossy finish.
- (figuratively, by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.
verb
noun
- A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
- (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
- (slang, originally US) Coffee.
- (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
- Drilling fluid.
- (slang) Opium.
- (US slang) Lean.
- (historical) A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.
- (LGBTQ) Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
- (slang, construction) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
- (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
- (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
- A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
- (slang) Heroin.
- (geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- water soaked soil; soft wet earth
- slanderous remarks or charges
verb
adj
noun
noun
- a slippery smoothness
- a trowel used to make a surface slick
- a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- a magazine printed on good quality paper
- (printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
- (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- Alternative form of schlich.
- (slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
- (US, military slang) A helicopter.
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- (publishing, slang) A glossy magazine.
verb
adj
- having only superficial plausibility
- marked by skill in deception
- made slick by e.g. ice or grease
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
- Sleek; smooth.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- (often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
adv
noun
- a slippery smoothness
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a small sheet of paper
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
verb
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
noun
- the quality of having a level and even surface
- a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch
- the quality of being free from errors or interruptions
- powerful and effective language
- the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner
- (approximation theory, numerical analysis, of a function) The quantity measured by the modulus of smoothness.
- (mathematical analysis, of a function) The highest order of derivative (the differentiability class) over a given domain.
- The condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition.
noun
- Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.
- (slang, derogatory) Excessive complimenting or praise, especially in a cringeworthy way.
- (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
- (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- A glazing oven; glost oven.
- A smooth edible coating applied to food.
- (Polari) A window.
- (cooking) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
- A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
- a glossy finish on a fabric
- any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
- a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
verb
- (transitive) To install windows.
- (transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
- (intransitive) Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
- (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, derogatory, sometimes vulgar) To compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate onto someone's body.
- coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
- furnish with glass
- coat with a glaze
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
noun
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
adj
verb
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
noun
- The quality or state of being coarse
- (countable) Something that is coarse.
- The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished.
- the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
- language or humor that is down-to-earth
- looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
noun
verb
- (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
- (transitive) To paint (a picture, etc.) in a coarse or unskilful manner.
- (transitive, bingo) To mark spots on a bingo card, using a dauber.
- apply to a surface
- coat with plaster
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
noun
verb
noun
- a thin coating or layer
- photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
- (uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
- (countable) The sequence of still images itself, which produces a moving image when played; a movie.
- A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
- (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
verb
- record in film
- make a film or photograph of something
- (ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
- (ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
- (transitive) To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.
noun
- a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- Liquid fat.
- Petroleum.
- (countable) An oil painting.
- (painting) Oil paint.
verb
noun
- A shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing.
- (uncountable) The making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; (countable) an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining.
- A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
- the property of being smooth and shiny
verb
- Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.
- (figuratively) To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.
- To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
- To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.
- (by extension) Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.
- Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.
- polish and make shiny
noun
- The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
- The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- (biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
- An agreement to adhere.
- (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
- Persistent attachment or loyalty.
- a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
- abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
noun
- A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
- An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
- A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
- The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
- any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze
- a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection
- hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth
- a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish
verb
noun
- a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface
- Anything resembling such a coating; a glossy appearance.
- A clear or translucent liquid coating composed of resin dissolved in a solvent, which dries by evaporation to form a hard, protective, and typically glossy finish.
- (figuratively, by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.
verb
noun
- A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
- (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
- (slang, originally US) Coffee.
- (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
- Drilling fluid.
- (slang) Opium.
- (US slang) Lean.
- (historical) A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.
- (LGBTQ) Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.
- (slang, construction) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
- (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
- (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
- A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
- (slang) Heroin.
- (geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- water soaked soil; soft wet earth
- slanderous remarks or charges
verb
verb
adj
- Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way.
- Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
- Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.
- marked by lack of intellectual depth
- having only superficial plausibility
- artfully persuasive in speech
noun
noun
- a slippery smoothness
- a trowel used to make a surface slick
- a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- a magazine printed on good quality paper
- (printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat.
- A tool used to make something smooth or even.
- A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
- (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
- Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
- Alternative form of schlich.
- (slang) A silver coin that has been worn to the point its surface feels smooth to the touch.
- (US, military slang) A helicopter.
- A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
- (publishing, slang) A glossy magazine.
verb
adj
- having only superficial plausibility
- marked by skill in deception
- made slick by e.g. ice or grease
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
- Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
- Sleek; smooth.
- Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
- (often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task look easy.
adv
verb
adj
- designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow
- well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk
- Not rough or harsh.
- Glossy.
- Slim and streamlined; not plump, thick, or stocky.
- (of stock animals) Healthy, well-fed and well-groomed; in good condition.
- Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
noun
verb
adj
noun
- One who or that which slicks.
- (metalworking) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
- A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
- A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
- Synonym of slicker brush
- (slang) A swindler or conman.
- (originally Canada, US) A waterproof coat or jacket.
- A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- a person with good manners and stylish clothing
- a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
verb
- provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance
- damage by frost
- decorate with frosting
- cover with frost
- (transitive) To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice.
- (transitive) To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
- (transitive) To bleach individual strands of hair while leaving adjacent strands untouched.
- (transitive) To cover with frost.
- (transitive, informal) To anger or annoy.
- (intransitive) To become covered with frost.
noun
- ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- the formation of frost or ice on a surface
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
- (figurative) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
- The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
- (television) A kind of light diffuser.
- A shade of white, like that of frost.
- A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
verb
noun
adj
noun
adj
- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
- causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
- not to be trusted
adj
- Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
- (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
- Bland; glib.
- (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
- (of a motion) Unbroken.
- (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
- (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
- (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
- Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
- Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
- Suave; sophisticated.
- (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
- smooth and unconstrained in movement
- of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- lacking obstructions or difficulties
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
- of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
- (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
adv
noun
verb
- (transitive) To make straightforward or easy.
- (transitive) To make smooth or even.
- (West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
- (transitive) To calm or palliate.
- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
- (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
- free from obstructions
- make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
- make (a surface) shine
adj
- having a shiny surface or coating
- fitted or covered with glass
- (of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture
- (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
- (architecture, construction) Having glass in the windows.
- Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness.
- Having a glaze (a coating).
noun
verb
adj
- having a surface coating or finish applied
- (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected
- (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
- ended or brought to an end
- brought to ruin
- (comparable) Processed or perfected.
- (informal, figurative) Done for; doomed; used up.
- Completed; concluded; done.
verb
adj
- apply a non-porous coating to something so as to ensure it is impervious
- covered with a waterproof coating
- closed or secured with or as if with a seal
- determined irrevocably
- (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster
- undisclosed for the time being
- established irrevocably
- Of a road: having an asphalt or macadamised surface.
- Closed by a seal (something to prevent leakage).
- Preventing entrance.
- (object-oriented programming) Not subclassable; from which one cannot inherit.
verb
adj
- (especially) Soft and wet.
- Making a squish sound.
- (gaming) Vulnerable to physical damage; having low hit points or defense.
- (politics, colloquial, derogatory) Politically moderate.
- Subjective or vague.
- (literally, of a physical material) Yielding easily to pressure; very soft.
- easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
noun
adj
- rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
- Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
- dealing with salacious or indecent material
- (figurative) Disgusting, repellent.
- (figurative, chiefly US) Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.
- (figurative) Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical.
- (biology) Having scabers.
- (figurative) Difficult, thorny, troublesome, requiring tact.
- (figurative) Salacious, scandalous; concerning oneself with lurid or lascivious substance.