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12-letter words containing f, e, l, s, i, t

  • life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
  • life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
  • life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
  • lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
  • line of site — a straight line from the muzzle of an artillery gun to its target.
  • little falls — a township in NE New Jersey.
  • little foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
  • loosefitting — fitting loosely
  • loosestrifes — Plural form of loosestrife.
  • malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
  • mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
  • myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
  • olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
  • outside-left — a footballer who plays on the outside left wing of the field
  • petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
  • play it safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
  • salutiferous — salutary.
  • sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • 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-benefit — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
  • self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
  • self-evident — evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
  • self-excited — noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.
  • self-fertile — capable of self-fertilization.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • self-limited — (of a disease) running a definite and limited course.
  • self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
  • self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
  • self-sterile — incapable of self-fertilization.
  • self-studies — the study of something by oneself, as through books, records, etc., without direct supervision or attendance in a class: She learned to read German by self-study.
  • 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-tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
  • selfie stick — a rod on which a camera or mobile phone may be mounted in order to take a photograph of oneself
  • 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.
  • service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
  • service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
  • shirt-lifter — a homosexual
  • silver frost — glaze (def 17).
  • simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
  • sleep it off — to rid oneself of the effects of some excess, overindulgence, etc., specif. of the aftereffects of drinking much alcoholic liquor, by sleeping
  • slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • spitefulness — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
  • stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
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