15-letter words containing f, e, t, o, l
- self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
- self-revelatory — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- self-suggestion — the act of suggesting.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- 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
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- 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-boiled egg — boiled egg with runny yolk
- 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.
- sons of liberty — any of several patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- st. elmo's fire — St. Elmo's fire.
- st. ulmo's fire — St. Elmo's fire.
- starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
- 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.
- sulfur trioxide — an irritant, corrosive, low-melting solid, SO 3 , obtained by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- television film — a feature-length film that is made specifically to be shown on television
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- the hell out of — Some people use the hell out of for emphasis after verbs such as 'scare', 'irritate', and 'beat'.
- the holy family — the infant Jesus, Mary, and St Joseph
- the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
- think little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- ticket of leave — (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.
- to fit the bill — If you say that someone or something fits the bill or fills the bill, you mean that they are suitable for a particular job or purpose.
- to fly the coop — If you say that someone has flown the coop, you mean that they have left a place or situation that limits their freedom.
- to fly the flag — If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.
- to get ahold of — to manage to find, contact, or obtain someone or something
- to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
- top-of-the-line — being the best and usually the most expensive of its kind: The company previewed its top-of-the-line carpeting.
- tower of london — a historic fortress in London, England: originally a royal palace, later a prison, now an arsenal and museum.
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro