14-letter words containing c, s, f
- surface-active — (of a substance, esp a detergent) capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid, usually water
- surface-to-air — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- syntactic foam — any of several buoyant materials made up of tiny hollow spheres embedded in a surrounding plastic
- synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
- teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
- the chosen few — a small group who are treated better than other people
- thick and fast — If things happen thick and fast, they happen very quickly and in large numbers.
- thomson effect — the tendency of unevenly heated segments of a strip of a conductor to increase or decrease in temperature differences when an electric current is passed through the strip.
- to mend fences — If one country tries to mend fences with another, it tries to end a disagreement or quarrel with the other country. You can also say that two countries mend fences.
- tourist office — information centre for sightseers
- traffic island — a raised or marked-off area between lanes of a roadway, used by pedestrians to get out of the flow of traffic, as a place for traffic signals, for separating lanes, etc.
- traffic lights — a set of coloured lights placed at crossroads, junctions, etc, to control the flow of traffic
- transformistic — of or relating to transformism or transformists
- transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
- transrectifier — a device, usually a vacuum tube, that provides transrectification.
- trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
- turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
- un-resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- uncheerfulness — (of a person) lack of cheerfulness; gloominess; unhappiness
- unclassifiable — that cannot be categorized
- ungracefulness — the state of being ungraceful
- unsatisfaction — lack of satisfaction
- unsatisfactory — not satisfactory; not satisfying or meeting one's demands; inadequate.
- unspecifically — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
- unsuccessfully — not achieving or not attended with success: an unsuccessful person; an unsuccessful venture.
- unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
- user interface — the interface features through which users interact with the hardware and software of computers and other electronic devices. Abbreviation: UI.
- victoria falls — a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi River. Height: about 108 m (355 ft). Width: about 1400 m (4500 ft)
- visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
- waste of space — If you describe someone or something as a waste of space, you are indicating that you have a very low opinion of them.
- wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).