13-letter words containing f, a, l, t, e
- self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
- self-negating — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
- self-starting — starter (def 3).
- self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
- semi-finalist — A semi-finalist is a player, athlete, or team that is competing in a semi-final.
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- slatted floor — a floor made with slats of wood so that water can drain away
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- 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.
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
- staff of life — bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet.
- stanley falls — series of seven cataracts of the upper Congo River, just south of Kisangani
- stanley knife — A Stanley knife is a very sharp knife that is used to cut materials such as carpet and paper. It consists of a small blade fixed in the end of a handle.
- state funeral — a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person
- state of play — current situation
- sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
- sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- take leave of — to say goodbye to
- take the fall — to be blamed, punished, or imprisoned
- tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
- talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
- tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
- teasel family — the plant family Dipsacaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite or whorled leaves, dense flower heads surrounded by an involucre, and small, dry fruit, and including the scabious and teasel.
- telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
- tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
- the afflicted — afflicted people considered collectively
- the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
- the beautiful — the quality of beauty
- the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
- the fast lane — If you say that someone lives their life in the fast lane, you mean that they live in a way which seems full of activity and excitement but which often involves a lot of pressure.
- the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
- transfer list — In football, a transfer list is a list of players at a club who may be sold to other clubs.
- transferrable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- ultra-leftism — the beliefs of extremely left-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-leftist — a person with extremely left-wing political views