13-letter words containing f, i, c, e, s
- self-effacing — the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
- self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- self-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
- self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- self-reliance — reliance on oneself or one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- self-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- semi-official — having some degree of official authority.
- service rifle — a rifle that is issued as standard to soldiers of an army or armed force
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
- sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
- significances — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
- significative — serving to signify.
- site-specific — created, designed, or selected for a specific site: a site-specific sculpture.
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- slice of life — accurate depiction of reality
- slice-of-life — of, relating to, or being a naturalistic, unembellished representation of real life: a play with slice-of-life dialogue.
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- special offer — bargain
- 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.
- specific name — the second part in the name of a species, such as norvegicus in Rattus norvegicus
- specification — the act of specifying.
- specificities — the quality or state of being specific.
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- staff section — section (def 10b).
- step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
- 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
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- subjectifying — to make subjective.
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superterrific — more than terrific
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
- telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- testification — the act of testifying or giving testimony.
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
- the franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
- undiscomfited — not discomfited; at ease
- unspecifiable — not able to be specified
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
- venire facias — a writ directing the appropriate official to summon a jury.
- versification — the act of versifying.
- visual effect — Usually, visual effects. a special effect that is added to a film or video in post-production, as computer-generated imagery. Abbreviation: VFX.