13-letter words containing f, e, t, a
- sergeant fish — cobia
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- shaft feather — one of the two fletchings on an arrow
- shamefastness — the state or quality of being modest, shy, or bashful
- shape-shifter — a creature or thing that can change shape at will or that does so under certain conditions
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- ship of state — a nation or its affairs likened to a ship under sail.
- short-staffed — A company or place that is short-staffed does not have enough people working there.
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- significative — serving to signify.
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- slatted floor — a floor made with slats of wood so that water can drain away
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- snap fastener — A snap fastener is a small metal object used to fasten clothes, made up of two parts which can be pressed together.
- soixante-neuf — sixty-nine (def 4).
- soothfastness — the state of being soothfast
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- special staff — all staff officers assigned to headquarters of a division or higher unit who are not members of the general staff or personal staff.
- specific heat — the number of calories required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1°C, or the number of BTU's per pound per degree F.
- specification — the act of specifying.
- specrate_fp92 — (benchmark) A benchmark result derived from the results of a set of floating-point benchmarks (the geometric mean of 14 SPEC rates from CFP92) run multiple times simultaneously, which can be used to estimate a machine's overall multi-tasking throughput for floating-point code. It is typically used on multiprocessor machines. SPECrate_fp92 obsoletes SPECfpThruput89.
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- staff canteen — a canteen or cafeteria in a company, establishment, etc, for members of staff to eat at
- staff college — a training centre for executive military personnel
- staff meeting — company gathering of employees
- staff of life — bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet.
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- staff section — section (def 10b).
- staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
- staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- stanley falls — series of seven cataracts of the upper Congo River, just south of Kisangani
- stanley knife — A Stanley knife is a very sharp knife that is used to cut materials such as carpet and paper. It consists of a small blade fixed in the end of a handle.
- start of text — (character) (STX) Mnemonic for ASCII 2.
- state funeral — a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person
- state of aden — Aden (def 2).
- state of mind — mental condition, mood
- state of play — current situation
- steadfastness — fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
- stock footage — film containing stock shots.
- straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- strategic fit — (in business) the degree to which the activities of different sections of a business or businesses working together complement one another to achieve competitive advantage and business success
- strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
- stuffed derma — kishke.
- sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
- sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.