13-letter words containing a, f, s, t
- south african — of southern Africa.
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- special staff — all staff officers assigned to headquarters of a division or higher unit who are not members of the general staff or personal staff.
- specific heat — the number of calories required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1°C, or the number of BTU's per pound per degree F.
- specification — the act of specifying.
- specrate_fp92 — (benchmark) A benchmark result derived from the results of a set of floating-point benchmarks (the geometric mean of 14 SPEC rates from CFP92) run multiple times simultaneously, which can be used to estimate a machine's overall multi-tasking throughput for floating-point code. It is typically used on multiprocessor machines. SPECrate_fp92 obsoletes SPECfpThruput89.
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- staff canteen — a canteen or cafeteria in a company, establishment, etc, for members of staff to eat at
- staff captain — a person who assists the master of a large ocean passenger vessel, being especially responsible for safety apparatus, fire and lifeboat drills, etc.
- staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
- staff meeting — company gathering of employees
- staff of life — bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet.
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- staff section — section (def 10b).
- staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
- staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- stanley falls — series of seven cataracts of the upper Congo River, just south of Kisangani
- stanley knife — A Stanley knife is a very sharp knife that is used to cut materials such as carpet and paper. It consists of a small blade fixed in the end of a handle.
- star of david — Judaism: six-pointed star
- start of text — (character) (STX) Mnemonic for ASCII 2.
- state funeral — a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person
- state of aden — Aden (def 2).
- state of mind — mental condition, mood
- state of play — current situation
- steadfastness — fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
- stock footage — film containing stock shots.
- 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.
- straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straightforth — straight or directly forward
- strategic fit — (in business) the degree to which the activities of different sections of a business or businesses working together complement one another to achieve competitive advantage and business success
- strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
- stuffed derma — kishke.
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
- 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.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- surf and turf — surf and turf.
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- surface water — water found on the surface of the earth (not underground or in the atmosphere), for example in rivers, seas, lakes, reservoirs, etc
- surface yeast — yeast that rises to the surface as froth during fermentation.
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
- teasel family — the plant family Dipsacaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite or whorled leaves, dense flower heads surrounded by an involucre, and small, dry fruit, and including the scabious and teasel.
- telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
- testification — the act of testifying or giving testimony.
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence