13-letter words containing a, f, l, o
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
- rock-fill dam — a dam built mainly of rocks of various sizes fitted compactly together.
- saddle oxford — saddle shoe.
- safflower oil — an oil expressed or extracted fromsafflower seeds, used in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc.
- san ildefonso — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- sassafras oil — a yellowish or reddish-yellow, aromatic volatile oil distilled from sassafras root, used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine.
- scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- school of law — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the existence of transcendent universals, which form individual objects from a primal matter otherwise formless.
- self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
- self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
- self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
- self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-ordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
- semi-official — having some degree of official authority.
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
- slatted floor — a floor made with slats of wood so that water can drain away
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- small forward — a versatile attacking player
- social misfit — a person who does not conform to others' views of what is normal or acceptable in society
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- solifidianism — a person who maintains that faith alone, without the performance of good works, is all that is necessary for salvation.
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- special offer — bargain
- staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
- staff of life — bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet.
- state of play — current situation
- storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
- sulfisoxazole — a white to yellowish, crystalline, slightly bitter sulfonamide, C 1 1 H 1 3 N 3 O 3 S, used chiefly in the treatment of infections of the urinary tract.
- sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- take leave of — to say goodbye to
- tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
- tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.