14-letter words containing f, e, n, s
- self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- self-knowledge — knowledge or understanding of oneself, one's character, abilities, motives, etc.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- self-levelling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
- self-obsession — the state of being interested in oneself, one's happiness, motivations and interests to the exclusion of other things
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-poisoning — illness due to the taking of poison
- self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- self-reference — reference made to oneself, to one's own character or experience, or to a group with which one identifies.
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
- self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-reverence — a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- self-selection — selection made by or for oneself: goods arranged on shelves for customer self-selection.
- self-surrender — the surrender or yielding up of oneself, one's will, affections, etc., as to another person, an influence, or a cause.
- self-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
- sense of humor — finding things funny
- sensitive fern — a common, widely distributed fern, Onoclea sensibilis, having large, triangular leaves and beadlike spikes that contain the spores.
- seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
- shamefacedness — modest or bashful.
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- shipping fever — a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock.
- shortened form — an abbreviated form of a multisyllable word; clipped form.
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- shoshone falls — waterfall on the Snake River, in S Ida.: c. 200 ft (61 m)
- siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- skeleton staff — the minimum staff needed by a company during a time where most staff do not normally work, such as a holiday, weekend, etc
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- snifting valve — a valve for releasing small quantities of steam, compressed air, or condensate, as from the cylinder of a steam engine.
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
- soft tree fern — an Australian tree fern, Dicksonia antarctica, with a thick trunk and large spreading green fronds
- sorting office — postal
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
- spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful