5-Letter Words Starting: 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

• satisfy (thirst)

• make less active or intense

• cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

• a wound made by cutting

• an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

• a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

• cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• cut open

• cut drastically

• move or stir about violently

• of the color of slate or granite

• kill intentionally and with premeditation

• to succeed greatly

• basically shredded cabbage

• a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

• the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

• directly

• hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

• to play music at loud volume

• block consisting of a thick piece of something

• winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

• the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects

• a forceful impact that makes a loud noise

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• close violently

• strike violently

• dance the slam dance

• throw violently