17-letter words containing f, e, c
- self-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- self-satisfaction — a usually smug satisfaction with oneself, one's achievements, etc.
- self-significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
- semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- sense of occasion — If there is a sense of occasion when a planned event takes place, people feel that something special and important is happening.
- sentence fragment — a phrase or clause written as a sentence but lacking an element, as a subject or verb, that would enable it to function as an independent sentence in normative written English.
- set one's cap for — a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim.
- sexual preference — Someone's sexual preference is the same as their sexual orientation.
- share certificate — a certificate of deposit issued by a credit union.
- shoot one's cuffs — to expose one's shirt cuffs beyond the coat sleeves
- sign of the cross — a movement of the hand to indicate a cross, as from forehead to breast and left shoulder to right or, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from right shoulder to left.
- significance test — (in hypothesis testing) a test of whether the alternative hypothesis achieves the predetermined significance level in order to be accepted in preference to the null hypothesis
- significant other — Sociology. a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.
- silicon rectifier — a rectifier consisting of a semiconductor diode using crystalline silicon
- silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
- simplicity itself — If you say that something is simplicity itself, you are emphasizing that it is very simple or easy.
- sister of charity — a member of one of several congregations of sisters founded in 1634 by St. Vincent de Paul.
- soft-rock geology — geology dealing with sedimentary rocks.
- softvelocity inc. — (company) The distributors of the Clarion family of application development systems.
- sound effects man — a man who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
- south west africa — a former name of Namibia.
- south-west africa — a former name of Namibia.
- spaghettification — the theoretical stretching of an object as it encounters extreme differences in gravitational forces, especially those associated with a black hole.
- spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
- specific humidity — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in air to the total mass of the mixture of air and water vapor.
- speech difficulty — a problem encountered in speaking
- sports facilities — places and things for doing sports
- stare in the face — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- stay of execution — If you are given a stay of execution, you are legally allowed to delay obeying an order of a court of law.
- stereospecificity — (of a reaction) producing a simple stereoisomer.
- stock certificate — a certificate evidencing ownership of one or more shares of stock in a corporation.
- suffice it to say — Suffice it to say or suffice to say is used at the beginning of a statement to indicate that what you are saying is obvious, or that you will only give a short explanation.
- sufficient reason — the principle that nothing happens by pure chance, but that an explanation must always be available
- sulfonyl chloride — a colorless liquid, SO 2 Cl 2 , having a very pungent odor and corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes: used as a chlorinating or sulfonating agent.
- supreme sacrifice — the sacrifice of one's own life: Many made the supreme sacrifice during the war.
- surface condenser — a device condensing steam or vapor by passing it over a cool surface.
- surface structure — a structural representation of the final syntactic form of a sentence, as it exists after the transformational component has modified a deep structure. Compare deep structure.
- surface treatment — A surface treatment is a process applied to the surface of a material to make it better in some way, for example by making it more resistant to corrosion or wear.
- sword of damocles — Damocles (def 2).
- take no notice of — pay no attention to, disregard
- take the place of — replace, be a substitute for
- teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
- technical offence — an action which is prohibited by law, but for which no blame can be attached to the person who commits it
- the bag of tricks — every device; everything
- the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
- the confederation — the original 13 states of the United States of America constituted under the Articles of Confederation and superseded by the more formal union established in 1789
- the factory floor — all the workers in a factory
- the facts of life — the details of sexual behaviour and reproduction, esp as told to children
- the final curtain — the closing of the curtain at the end of the action of a play
- the life sciences — sciences such as biology, botany, physiology, zoology which are concerned with the study of living organisms