0%

11-letter words containing c, s, f

  • schoolcraft — Henry Rowe [roh] /roʊ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, U.S. explorer, ethnologist, and author.
  • schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
  • schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
  • scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
  • scottsbluff — a city in W Nebraska, on the North Platte River.
  • screencraft — the skills and talent involved in writing or making a movie
  • scroll foot — French foot (def 1).
  • scruffiness — the state of being unkempt or shabby
  • scuff marks — marks made by scuffing
  • scuffle hoe — a hoe with a flat blade, pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
  • second self — one who associates so closely with a given person as to assume that person's mode of behavior, personality, beliefs, etc.
  • second-feet — a unit of measurement of liquid flow, especially of rivers, equal to one cubic foot per second.
  • second-foot — a unit of measurement of liquid flow, especially of rivers, equal to one cubic foot per second.
  • second-half — happening in the second half of a game
  • section off — If an area is sectioned off, it is separated by a wall, fence, or other barrier from the surrounding area.
  • self-access — In a school or college, a self-access centre is a place where students can choose and use books, tapes, or other materials.
  • self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
  • self-caused — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • self-deceit — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-excuse — to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.): Excuse his bad manners.
  • self-speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
  • semifluidic — of the nature of a semifluid; partially fluidic
  • shear force — Shear force is force that makes one surface of a substance move over another parallel surface.
  • shelf space — amount of room on shelves
  • sheriffwick — shrievalty.
  • shock front — the forward boundary surface of a shock wave.
  • shot effect — random fluctuations in the emission of electrons from a hot cathode, causing a hissing or sputtering sound (shot noise) in an audio amplifier and causing snow on a television screen.
  • side-effect — any effect of a drug, chemical, or other medicine that is in addition to its intended effect, especially an effect that is harmful or unpleasant.
  • significant — important; of consequence.
  • significate — something signified
  • silicon fen — an area of Cambridgeshire, esp around the city of Cambridge, in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
  • skin effect — the phenomenon in which an alternating current tends to concentrate in the outer layer of a conductor, caused by the self-induction of the conductor and resulting in increased resistance.
  • slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
  • smiley face — a digital icon, a sequence of keyboard symbols, or a handwritten or printed equivalent, that serves to represent a facial expression, as :‐) for a smiling face or ;‐) for a winking face. Compare emoticon.
  • smock frock — a loose overgarment of linen or cotton, as that worn by European farm laborers. Compare blouse (def 3).
  • snake fence — a fence, zigzag in plan, made of rails resting across one another at an angle.
  • snuff stick — a twig, stick, or brush used to apply snuff on the teeth or gums.
  • so much for — So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.
  • social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
  • social life — leisure time spent with other people
  • soft centre — a chocolate that has a soft filling
  • soft cheese — a type of cheese that is made in a relatively short time and has a soft, creamy or almost runny texture
  • soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
  • soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
  • sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
  • spacefaring — space travel
  • spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
  • specifiable — that can be specified.
  • specificate — a thing which is specified
  • specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?