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13-letter words containing f, i, l, c

  • self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-critical — capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
  • self-deceived — holding an erroneous opinion of oneself, one's own effort, or the like.
  • self-directed — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
  • 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
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • significantly — important; of consequence.
  • simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
  • slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
  • 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.
  • social misfit — a person who does not conform to others' views of what is normal or acceptable in society
  • spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
  • 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.
  • suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
  • sulfuric acid — a clear, colorless to brownish, dense, oily, corrosive, water-miscible liquid, H 2 SO 4 , usually produced from sulfur dioxide: used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, explosives, and dyestuffs and in petroleum refining.
  • superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
  • telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
  • the afflicted — afflicted people considered collectively
  • the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • traffic light — a set of electrically operated signal lights used to direct or control traffic at intersections.
  • trifunctional — pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.
  • tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
  • umbraculiform — umbrella-shaped
  • unconflicting — being in conflict or disagreement; not compatible: conflicting viewpoints.
  • unelectrified — not powered by electricity
  • unfacilitated — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
  • unflinchingly — not flinching; unshrinking: unflinching courage.
  • unofficiously — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
  • unrectifiable — able to be rectified.
  • unspecifiable — not able to be specified
  • unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
  • vacuum filter — A vacuum filter is a filter in which the liquid passes through more easily because of a vacuum on the liquid output side.
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