Wordscapes Level 717 Answers

LIE - To be in a horizontal position.

SIM - A simulation.

MIL - An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1/6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1/6000 and 1/6300 are used in other countries.

LIME - A general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide; quicklime.

MILE - A Roman unit of measure equal to 1000 (double) steps (mille passus or mille passuum) or 5000 Roman feet (approx. 1480m).

SLIM - Slender, thin.

ISLE - An island.

SEMI - A semi-detached house.

SMILE - A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth while showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement or anxiety.

SLIME - Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.

SIMILE - A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as.