12-letter words containing f, e, n, t, o
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-concept — the idea or mental image one has of oneself and one's strengths, weaknesses, status, etc.; self-image.
- self-content — satisfaction with oneself; self-complacency.
- self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
- self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
- 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.
- semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- 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.
- send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- slothfulness — sluggardly; indolent; lazy.
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft science — any of the specialized fields or disciplines, as psychology, sociology, anthropology, or political science, that interpret human behavior, institutions, society, etc., on the basis of scientific investigations for which it may be difficult to establish strictly measurable criteria.
- soft-centred — (of a chocolate or boiled sweet) having a centre consisting of cream, jelly, etc
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- sound effect — any sound, other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation, as the sound of a storm or a creaking door.
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- strong force — Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- suit oneself — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- take offense — If someone takes offense at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
- tender offer — a public offer to purchase stock of a corporation from its shareholders at a certain price within a stated time limit, often in an effort to win control of the company.
- ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
- terraforming — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- to fall open — If something falls open, it opens accidentally.
- to open fire — If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
- toffee-nosed — stuck-up; conceited; pretentious: a toffee-nosed butler; a toffee-nosed shop.
- tongue graft — whip graft.
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- traffic cone — conical road markers
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.
- transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
- unconfronted — to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
- unconfutable — to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
- undefoliated — having the leaves left intact
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.