11-letter words containing f, a, s, t
- sefer torah — Sepher Torah.
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- self-hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- self-safety — the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
- self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
- septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
- set forward — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shaft alley — an enclosure on a ship for housing a propeller shaft and a walk for oilers.
- shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
- shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- share draft — an interest-bearing checking account in a credit union.
- shelftalker — a promotional sign used by a retailer to draw attention to a featured product on the shelf
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
- sight draft — a draft payable upon presentation.
- significant — important; of consequence.
- significate — something signified
- sinfonietta — a short symphony.
- slant front — a flap of a desk, sloping upward and inward to close the desk, and opening forward and downward to a horizontal position as a writing surface: a form of fall front.
- small stuff — small cordage, as marlines, yarns, etc.
- snap out of — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- soft palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- soft sawder — flattery; compliments
- soft target — sth easy to hit
- soft x-rays — a type of x-ray that has its wavelength between 20 and 200 angstroms
- soft-headed — foolish; stupid.
- soft-soaper — a person who flatters or cajoles, especially for reasons of self-interest or personal advantage: a soft-soaper specializing in rich, elderly women.
- softhearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- sonata form — a musical form comprising an exposition, in which the main theme or themes are stated, a development section, a recapitulation of the material in the exposition, and, usually, a coda.
- sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
- soothfastly — in a soothfast manner
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- sparrowfart — the very early morning
- specificate — a thing which is specified
- speechcraft — the art of rhetoric
- square foot — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. 2 , sq. ft. Abbreviation: ft.
- st. francis — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
- steadfastly — fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
- steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
- steamfitter — a highly skilled person who installs and repairs pipes for air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, and heating systems
- steel-faced — having the front or outer surfaces covered with or characterized by steel.
- stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line