14-letter words containing f, a, n, t, e
- scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
- self-abasement — humiliation of oneself, especially as a result of guilt, shame, or the like.
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- 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-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- 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-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-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
- self-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
- 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
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- skeleton staff — the minimum staff needed by a company during a time where most staff do not normally work, such as a holiday, weekend, etc
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- snifting valve — a valve for releasing small quantities of steam, compressed air, or condensate, as from the cylinder of a steam engine.
- soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- staff sergeant — U.S. Air Force. a noncommissioned officer ranking below a technical sergeant and above an airman first class.
- stand the gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
- state function — a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
- stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
- stockade fence — a fence of closely fitted vertical boards with pointed tops.
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- stuffed animal — soft toy
- subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
- teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
- technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
- temperamentful — full of temperament
- tenant farming — farming land owned by sb else
- the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901