12 Letter Words for Slipperiness
slipperiness
11 Letter Words for Slipperiness
lippinesses
10 Letter Words for Slipperiness
pipinesses, slippiness
9 Letter Words for Slipperiness
lippiness, pipelines, piperines, spineless, spireless
8 Letter Words for Slipperiness
erepsins, insperse, inspires, pelisses, pepsines, pierless, pilsners, pineries, pipeless, pipeline, piperine, pipiness, pressies, prissies, reinless, resilins, ripeness, sireless, slippers, slippier, snippers, snippier, spielers, spinless
7 Letter Words for Slipperiness
enisles, ensiles, erepsin, espinel, esprise, inisles, inliers, inspire, ireless, iresine, iserine, leppies, leprine, lessens, lessers, liernes, lippens, lippers, lippier, lippies, lisiere, lispers, nippers, nippier, nipples, pelerin, pelisse, penises, pensels, pensile, pensils, pepless, pepsine, pepsins, pieless, pierine, pilsner, pinless, piperin, pipless, piprine, pirnies, pissers, plisses, pressel, presses, pressie, prisses, relines, repines, replies, resiles, resilin, ripples, seiners, seniles, senilis, senseis, sensile, sepsine, sereins, serines, seselis, sessile, silenes, sinless, sippers, sipples, sirenes, sissier, slipper, snipers, snipier, snipper, speises, spenser, spenses, sperple, sperses, spieler, spinels, spinier, spirlie, spleens, splenii, splines
6 Letter Words for Slipperiness
eisels, elsins, enisle, ensile, eprise, eserin, esiles, espier, espies, inisle, inless, inlier, inseer, irises, isseis, lenses, lepers, lessen, lesser, lesses, lierne, liners, linier, lipins, lippen, lipper, lippie, lisere, lisper, lisses, neiper, nelies, nepers, nereis, nesses, nessie, nipper, nipple, nirles, nirlie, nisses, peiser, penies, penile, pensel, pensil, pepsin, pepsis, perils, perine, pernel, pernis, perses, persis, pieris, pilers, pilies, piline, pinier, pinies, pipers, pipier, pipile, pirlie, pirnie, pisser, pisses, pissis, pliers, plisse, preens, preses, psenes, reises, relies, reline, renies, repels, repile, repine, repins, repipe, repses, resile, resins, respin, rinses, ripens, ripple, rissel, rissle, seenil, seiner, seines, seiren, seises, senile, sensei, senses, sepses, sepsin, sepsis, serein, series, serine, serins, seseli, silene, sileni, silens, silers, sipers, sipper, sipple, sirene, sirens, siress, sirple, sleeps, slipes, sneers, sniper, snipes, speels, speers, speils, speirs, speise, speiss, spense, sperse, spiels, spiers, spiler, spiles, spinel, spines, spires, spleen, spline, sprees
5 Letter Words for Slipperiness
eisel, elses, elsin, ensis, eppes, epris, ernes, erses, esile, esnes, essen, esses, insee, insep, irene, isere, isles, issei, leeps, leers, leirs, leiss, lenes, lenis, lense, leper, lepre, leres, lerps, leses, lessn, liens, liers, liner, lines, linie, lipin, lipse, lisps, neeps, nelis, neper, niris, nirls, nisei, nisse, npeel, peels, peens, peeps, peers, peine, peles, penie, penis, pense, pepsi, peres, peril, peris, perle, perns, perps, perse, piers, pilei, piler, piles, pilin, pilis, piner, pines, piper, pipes, pipis, pirls, pirns, pleis, plier, plies, pliss, preen, prees, prepn, preps, press, pries, prine, priss, reels, reens, reins, reles, relie, repel, repen, repin, repps, resin, riels, riles, rines, rinse, ripen, ripes, ripps, risen, rises, risps, seels, seeps, seers, seils, seine, seirs, seise, seles, sense, seres, serin, siens, silen, siler, siles, sines, siper, sipes, siren, sires, siris, sises, sleep, sleer, slier, sline, slipe, slips, sneer, snees, snerp, snies, snipe, snips, snirl, speel, speen, speer, speil, speir, spiel, spier, spies, spile, spine, spins, spire, spise, spiss, spree
4 Letter Words for Slipperiness
eels, eine, eire, elne, else, enes, ense, epil, eres, erie, erin, eris, erne, erns, erse, eses, esne, esse, insp, ipil, ipse, ires, iris, irpe, isis, isle, isls, leep, leer, lees, leir, leis, lene, lens, leps, lere, lerp, lese, less, lien, lier, lies, liin, line, lins, lipe, lips, lire, liri, lisp, liss, neep, neer, neps, nese, ness, nies, nile, nils, nips, nirl, nisi, peel, peen, peep, peer, pees, pele, pene, peni, pens, peps, pere, peri, pern, perp, pers, pess, pien, pier, pies, pile, pili, pine, pins, pipe, pipi, pips, pirl, pirn, pirs, pise, piss, plie, pree, prep, pres, prie, prin, psis, reel, reen, rees, rein, repl, repp, reps, resp, riel, ries, rile, rine, rins, ripe, ripp, rips, rise, risp, seel, seen, seep, seer, sees, seil, seir, seis, sele, sels, sene, sens, sepn, seps, sere, sers, sese, sess, sien, sier, sile, sine, sins, sipe, sips, sire, siri, sirs, sise, sisi, siss, slee, slip, snee, snip, spie, spin, sris
3 Letter Words for Slipperiness
eel, een, eer, eir, eli, els, ene, enl, ens, epi, ere, ern, ers, ese, esp, esr, ess, ile, ins, ipl, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, isl, isn, lee, lei, lep, ler, les, lie, lin, lip, lir, lis, lnr, lpn, nee, nei, nep, nie, nil, nip, nis, pee, pel, pen, pep, per, pes, pie, pil, pin, pip, pir, pis, pli, ppi, ppl, ppr, pps, pre, prn, prp, prs, psi, ree, rei, rel, rep, res, rie, rin, rip, rle, rps, see, sei, sel, sen, sep, ser, sie, sil, sin, sip, sir, sis, sle, spl, spp, sps, sri, sse, ssp
Definitions for Slipperiness
[1] tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
[2] tending to slip from the hold or grasp or from position: a slippery rope.
[3] likely to slip away or escape: slippery prospects.
[4] not to be depended on; fickle; shifty, tricky, or deceitful.
[5] unstable or insecure, as conditions: a slippery situation.
[6] causing or tending to cause objects to slip a slippery road
[7] liable to slip from the grasp, a position, etc
[8] not to be relied upon; cunning and untrustworthy a slippery character
[9] (esp of a situation) liable to change; unstable
[10] slippery slope a course of action that will lead to disaster or failure
Words related to Slipperiness
slipperysilky, polished, unsafe, icy, unstable, wet, glistening, perilous, greasy, tricky, elusive, treacherous, smooth, slick, unpredictable, shifty, glassy, glazed, lustrous, satiny
Words nearby Slipperiness
slipperyslipper foot, slipper satin, slipper sock, slipperette, slipperwort, slippery, slippery as an eel, slippery dick, slippery dip, slippery elm, slippery slope
Origin of Slipperiness
y1525–35; alteration of slipper2; compare Low German slipperig; see -y1
Other words from Slipperiness
slip·per·i·ness , noun
non·slip·per·y , adjective
un·slip·per·y , adjective
Word origin for Slipperiness
yC16: probably coined by Coverdale to translate German schlipfferig in Luther's Bible (Psalm 35:6); related to Old English slipor slippery
Synonyms for Slipperiness
clouds, crisis, double trouble, dynamite, emergency, endangerment, exigency, exposure, hazard, hot potato, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, precariousness, precipice, probability, risk, risky business, storm, thin ice, threat, uncertainty, venture, vulnerability
