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14-letter words containing f, a, n, i, s

  • sanctification — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
  • sanguification — hematopoiesis.
  • santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
  • saponification — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
  • satisfactional — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
  • schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
  • scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
  • sean o'faolain — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1900–91, Irish writer and teacher.
  • self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
  • self-annealing — denoting certain metals, such as lead, tin, and zinc, that recrystallize at air temperatures and so may be cold-worked without strain-hardening
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
  • self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-financing — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-initiated — initiated or begun by oneself.
  • self-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
  • self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
  • self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
  • self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
  • semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • shifting sands — If you refer to the shifting sands of a situation, you mean that it changes so often that it is difficult to deal with.
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
  • slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
  • snap out of it — return quickly to normal
  • snifting valve — a valve for releasing small quantities of steam, compressed air, or condensate, as from the cylinder of a steam engine.
  • snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
  • soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
  • solidification — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
  • son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
  • spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
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