15-letter words containing f, e, s, t, c
- self-lacerating — to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
- self-perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-protection — protection of oneself or itself.
- self-rectifying — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- self-reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- self-reflective — that reflects; reflecting.
- self-respecting — You can use self-respecting with a noun describing a particular type of person to indicate that something is typical of, or necessary for, that type of person.
- self-restricted — confined; limited.
- self-solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- self-sufficient — able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self-sufficient.
- self-sustenance — means of sustaining life; nourishment.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
- shut one's face — to be silent
- significatively — serving to signify.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
- single-cut file — a file with teeth in one direction only: used for filing soft material
- sister of mercy — a member of a congregation of sisters founded in Dublin in 1827 by Catherine McAuley (1787–1841) and engaged chiefly in works of spiritual and corporal mercy.
- slashdot effect — a temporary surge in the numbers visiting a website and consequent service slowdown or even server crash that sometimes arises as a result of a new link being set up from a more popular website
- snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- soft-focus lens — a lens designed to produce an image that is uniformly very slightly out of focus: typically used for portrait work
- soft-shell clam — an edible clam, Mya arenaria, inhabiting waters along both coasts of North America, having an oval, relatively thin, whitish shell.
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- special effects — Usually, special effects. a video or audio illusion in film or other media, created with computer-generated images, prosthetic makeup, pyrotechnics, etc.
- special feature — an article differing from the normal format and focusing on a particular topic
- stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
- star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
- station officer — a person who is in charge of a fire station
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- stiffneckedness — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- stress fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
- sub-post office — (in Britain) a post office run by a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress as a self-employed agent for the Post Office
- sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
- super-efficient — performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; having and using requisite knowledge, skill, and industry; competent; capable: a reliable, efficient assistant.
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
- syngeneic graft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the classifieds — a section of classified advertising in a publication
- the second form — the second year of secondary school
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- to sb's defence — If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
- toreador fresco — a mural (c1500 b.c.) from Minoan Crete.