13-letter words containing c, a, l, f, s
- scarlet fever — a contagious febrile disease caused by streptococci and characterized by a scarlet eruption.
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- 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.
- schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
- 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-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
- self-chastise — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- self-cleaning — an act or instance of making clean: Give the house a good cleaning.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-critical — capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
- self-declared — proclaiming oneself to be
- self-educated — educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
- self-effacing — the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
- self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
- self-reliance — reliance on oneself or one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
- semi-official — having some degree of official authority.
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
- significantly — important; of consequence.
- 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.
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- 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.
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- special offer — bargain
- 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.
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- 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.
- sulfuric acid — a clear, colorless to brownish, dense, oily, corrosive, water-miscible liquid, H 2 SO 4 , usually produced from sulfur dioxide: used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, explosives, and dyestuffs and in petroleum refining.
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- surface-layer — the thin layer of air adjacent to the earth's surface, usually considered to be less than 300 feet (91 meters) high.
- telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- unspecifiable — not able to be specified
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
- visual effect — Usually, visual effects. a special effect that is added to a film or video in post-production, as computer-generated imagery. Abbreviation: VFX.
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- wichita falls — a city in N Texas.