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15-letter words containing f, i, b, s, t

  • self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
  • self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
  • self-exhibition — an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
  • self-subsisting — to exist; continue in existence.
  • six of the best — six strokes with a cane on the buttocks or hand
  • social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
  • soft-boiled egg — boiled egg with runny yolk
  • sons of liberty — any of several patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.
  • stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
  • strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
  • 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
  • syllabification — to form or divide into syllables.
  • synod of whitby — the synod held in 664 at Whitby at which the Roman date for Easter was accepted and the Church in England became aligned with Rome
  • tariff barriers — a barrier to trade between certain countries or geographical areas which takes the form of abnormally high taxes levied by a government on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
  • tibetan mastiff — a heavy well-built dog of a Tibetan breed with a long thick coat and a bushy tail carried curled over its back, often used as a guard dog
  • transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • widow's benefit — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a former weekly payment made to a widow
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