| slippage | (n) a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping |
| slippage | (n) decline from a standard level of performance or achievement |
| slippage | (n) failing to hold or slipping out of place, Example: the knots allowed no slippage |
| slipper | (n) low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors, Syn. carpet slipper |
| slippered | (adj) shod with slippers |
| slipper-shaped | (adj) shaped in the form of a slipper |
| slipper spurge | (n) any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts, Syn. slipper plant |
| slippery | (adj) causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide, Syn. slippy, Ant. nonslippery, Example: slippery sidewalks; a slippery bar of soap; the streets are still slippy from the rain |
| slippery | (adj) not to be trusted; - James Agee, Syn. tricky, Example: how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is |
| slippery dick | (n) small wrasse of tropical Atlantic, Syn. Halicoeres bivittatus |
| Slippage | n. The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Slipper | n.
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| Slipper | a. [ AS. slipur. ] Slippery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope |
| Slippered | a. Wearing slippers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Slipperily | adv. In a slippery manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Slipperiness | n. The quality of being slippery. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Slipperness | n. Slipperiness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| slipper orchid | n. any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden. |
| Slipperwort | n. (Bot.) See Calceolaria. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Slippery | a. [ See Slipper, a. ] The slippery tops of human state. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ] The slippery god will try to loose his hold. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Slipper { pl } | slip-on shoes; casuals [Add to Longdo] |