12-letter words containing f, e, i, s, a
- office space — part of a building for business use
- oil of anise — the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- pack of lies — false account
- pecksniffian — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- piece of ass — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- play it safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- professorial — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- quasi-feudal — of, relating to, or of the nature of a fief or fee: a feudal estate.
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
- safe-deposit — providing safekeeping for valuables: a safe-deposit vault.
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
- sales office — the office or room of the department of a company responsible for selling its goods or services
- salutiferous — salutary.
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- savoir faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- savoir-faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- scared stiff — terrified
- scire facias — a writ requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why a judgment, letters patent, etc., should not be executed, vacated, or annulled.
- 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.
- sea crawfish — spiny lobster
- sea crayfish — spiny lobster.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- self-antigen — autoantigen.
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
- self-disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.