12-letter words containing f, e, a, s, t
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scared stiff — terrified
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- self-antigen — autoantigen.
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- self-mastery — self-control.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- 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-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
- self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
- self-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
- 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.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- 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.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- 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.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- stage effect — a highly spectacular or artificial device or means, especially for attracting attention.
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- 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
- stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
- stefan dušan — 1308–55, king of Serbia (1331–55), who conquered Albania (1343) and large parts of the Byzantine empire, into which he introduced legal and administrative reforms
- stefan's law — the principle that the energy radiated per second by unit area of a black body at thermodynamic temperature T is directly proportional to T4. The constant of proportionality is the Stefan constant, equal to 5.670400 × 10–8 Wm–2 K–4