12-letter words containing f, a, r, s
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-renewal — the act of renewing.
- self-starter — starter (def 3).
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
- self-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- sharp-freeze — quick-freeze.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- sir sandford — Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3533 meters).
- sloop of war — (formerly) a sailing or steam naval vessel having cannons on only one deck.
- small-format — A small-format store is one in which a large retail chain offers only part of their range in a smaller store.
- snake feeder — a dragonfly.
- sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
- sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
- space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- square serif — a font of type having serifs with a weight equal to or greater than that of the main strokes. Compare Egyptian (def 5).
- square-faced — having a front shaped so as to be square or rectangular
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- stand in for — to substitute for
- stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- stark effect — Physics. (often lowercase) the splitting into two or more components of the spectral lines of atoms in an electric field.
- starter flat — a compact flat marketed by price and size specifications to suit the requirements of first-time home buyers
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- state of war — a condition marked by armed conflict between or among states, existing whether or not war has been declared formally by any of the belligerents.
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.