14-letter words containing f, i, e, r, s, t
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- safety circuit — a type of electronic circuit that prevents malfunction by stopping the flow of current or sounding an alert.
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- safety officer — The safety officer in a company or an organization is the person who is responsible for the safety of the people who work or visit there.
- santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- scsi interface — SCSI adaptor
- self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-criticism — the act or fact of being self-critical.
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-operative — automatic.
- self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
- self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
- self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
- sensitive fern — a common, widely distributed fern, Onoclea sensibilis, having large, triangular leaves and beadlike spikes that contain the spores.
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- shift register — (in digital circuits) a register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
- soft ice-cream — a softer and lighter-textured ice cream that contains more air than standard ice-cream. It was developed in Britain in the 20th century.
- soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
- sorting office — postal
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- stereospecific — (of a reaction) producing a simple stereoisomer.
- sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- street fighter — a person whose style of fistfighting was learned in the streets, as opposed to a trained or proficient boxer.
- strike benefit — money paid to strikers by a union to enable them to subsist during a strike.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- supereffective — very or extremely effective