13-letter words containing c, o, f, e, s
- school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
- screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
- second fiddle — a secondary role: to play second fiddle to another person.
- second of arc — second2 (def 4).
- 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-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
- self-coloured — of one color.
- self-composed — being or appearing to be composed; calm.
- self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
- self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
- self-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- semi-official — having some degree of official authority.
- sensate focus — a series of touching exercises designed to increase intimacy in a sexual relationship
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
- slice of life — accurate depiction of reality
- slice-of-life — of, relating to, or being a naturalistic, unembellished representation of real life: a play with slice-of-life dialogue.
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- sound effects — any sounds artificially produced, reproduced from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop; used in plays, films, etc
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- special offer — bargain
- specification — the act of specifying.
- staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- staff section — section (def 10b).
- step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
- stereo effect — the spatial effect given to sound that is achieved by using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels
- stock footage — film containing stock shots.
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- testification — the act of testifying or giving testimony.
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
- to one's face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- undiscomfited — not discomfited; at ease
- versification — the act of versifying.
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet