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12-letter words containing a, f, i, r, s

  • professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
  • rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
  • rainbow fish — guppy.
  • rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
  • reclassified — to classify anew.
  • red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • safari shirt — a shirt resembling a bush jacket.
  • safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
  • safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
  • saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
  • salutiferous — salutary.
  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
  • savoir faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
  • savoir-faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
  • scabbardfish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
  • scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
  • scared stiff — terrified
  • scarificator — a person who scarifies.
  • scire facias — a writ requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why a judgment, letters patent, etc., should not be executed, vacated, or annulled.
  • scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
  • sea crawfish — spiny lobster
  • sea crayfish — spiny lobster.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • sir sandford — Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3533 meters).
  • sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
  • space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
  • spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
  • square serif — a font of type having serifs with a weight equal to or greater than that of the main strokes. Compare Egyptian (def 5).
  • stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
  • stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
  • stand in for — to substitute for
  • stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
  • steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
  • straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • stratiformis — occurring in a very extensive horizontal layer.
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