12-letter words containing a, s, f
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- sharp-freeze — quick-freeze.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
- sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shuffle play — a facility on a compact disc player that randomly selects a track from one of a number of compact discs
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
- significancy — significance.
- significants — important; of consequence.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- sinification — to Sinicize.
- sir sandford — Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3533 meters).
- sloop of war — (formerly) a sailing or steam naval vessel having cannons on only one deck.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- small-format — A small-format store is one in which a large retail chain offers only part of their range in a smaller store.
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- snake feeder — a dragonfly.
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft landing — space vehicle
- soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- son of a gun — a rogue; rascal; scoundrel: That son of a gun still owes me $20.
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- 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.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- space flight — journey into outer space
- space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
- spanish foot — a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
- 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.