Words That Start With: SLA

• dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

• a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality

• a stretch of water without current or movement

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• the quality of being loose (not taut)

• a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely

• not tense or taut

• flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide

• lacking in rigor or strictness

• avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

• be inattentive to, or neglect

• release tension on

• make less active or fast

• become slow or slower

• make less active or intense

• become less in amount or intensity

• cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

• the state of being under the control of another person

• the practice of owning slaves

• work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay

• a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

• blindly imitative

• abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

• become slow or slower

• make less active or fast

• become looser or slack

• make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

• a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work

• (used in the plural) pants for casual wear

• a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work

• satisfy (thirst)

• make less active or intense

• cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water