Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 4 compound words that contain slippery. The most common are listed below. Open slippery in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- slippery slopeA chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.
- slippery jackA mushroom in genus Suillus, family Boletaceae, especially Suillus luteus; boletes, they have no gills, but release spores from tubes ending in open pores.
- slippery elmA North American elm tree of species Ulmus rubra, with a mucilaginous and slightly aromatic inner bark.
- slippery as an eelSo slippery that it is almost impossible to hold.
- slippery dicksplural of slippery dick: A wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus
- slippery dipA slide, an item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- slippery jacksplural of slippery jack: A mushroom in genus Suillus, family Boletaceae, especially Suillus luteus; boletes, they have no gills, but release spores from tubes ending in open pores.
- Slippery SamA gambling game for at least three players that involves beating the dealer's card with a higher card.
- slippery sequenceA small section of codon nucleotide sequences that controls the rate of ribosomal frameshifting.
- slippery slidea slide
- caution - slippery when wetWarning, often in the form of a sign, that people should pay attention when walking on a wet and slippery floor not to fall down and get injured.
- slippery sequencesplural of slippery sequence: A small section of codon nucleotide sequences that controls the rate of ribosomal frameshifting.
- slippery slidesplural of slippery slide: a slide
- slippery slopesplural of slippery slope: A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.
- slippery dipsplural of slippery dip: A slide, an item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- slippery elmsplural of slippery elm: A North American elm tree of species Ulmus rubra, with a mucilaginous and slightly aromatic inner bark.
Compound words 4
- slopperySlippery and messy.
- nonslipperyNot slippery.
- slipperilyIn a slippery manner.
- unslipperyNot slippery.