15-letter words containing e, d, i, f
- retirement fund — A retirement fund is a special fund which people pay money into so that, when they retire from their job, they will receive money regularly as a pension.
- reworked fossil — a fossil eroded from sediment and redeposited in younger sediment
- rheinland-pfalz — German name of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
- ride for a fall — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
- ridgefield park — a town in NE New Jersey.
- round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
- saw-edged knife — a knife with a serrated edge
- scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
- self-admiration — a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- self-admittedly — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
- self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
- self-confidence — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
- self-dedication — the act of dedicating.
- self-definition — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-discipline — discipline and training of oneself, usually for improvement: Acquiring the habit of promptness requires self-discipline.
- self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
- self-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
- self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-infatuated — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- self-interested — If you describe someone as self-interested, you disapprove of them because they always want to do what is best for themselves rather than for other people.
- self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
- self-prescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-restricted — confined; limited.
- self-solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- self-validating — requiring no external confirmation, sanction, or validation.
- sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver.
- shield of david — a hexagram used as a symbol of Judaism.
- sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- silicified wood — wood that has been changed into quartz by a replacement of the cellular structure of the wood by siliceous waters.
- silver fluoride — a yellow or brownish, crystalline, water-soluble, hygroscopic solid, AgF, used chiefly as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- sodium fluoride — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, NaF, used chiefly in the fluoridation of water, as an insecticide, and as a rodenticide.
- soft-boiled egg — boiled egg with runny yolk
- spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- stand in awe of — to respect and fear
- stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- stiffneckedness — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
- sulfur trioxide — an irritant, corrosive, low-melting solid, SO 3 , obtained by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
- superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.