13-letter words containing f, i, r, s
- shape-shifter — a creature or thing that can change shape at will or that does so under certain conditions
- shark finning — the practice of catching sharks, removing their fins (which are commercially valuable) and throwing the rest of the shark back into the sea (often while it is still alive, but doomed to drown because it cannot swim without its fins)
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- 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
- siege warfare — the use of offensive operations carried out to capture a fortified place by surrounding it, severing its communications and supply lines, and deploying weapons against it
- sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
- significatory — serving to signify
- silver surfer — elderly internet user
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single-figure — relating to numbers below ten
- skin friction — the friction acting on a solid body when it is moving through a fluid
- skin grafting — the transplanting of healthy skin from the patient's or another's body to a wound or burn, to form new skin.
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- soundproofing — materials used to make something soundproof
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- special offer — bargain
- spider flower — cleome
- spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- sponge finger — sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- sprint finish — the end of a long race in which competitors speed up as they approach the finish line
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- star of david — Judaism: six-pointed star
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- stick out for — If you stick out for something, you keep demanding it and do not accept anything different or less.
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
- straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straightforth — straight or directly forward
- 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
- stress relief — Stress relief involves removing stresses in a material, usually by heating it to a temperature at which it can deform easily.
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- stuffed shirt — a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
- 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.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- sulfamerazine — a sulfa drug, C11H12N4O2S, a methyl derivative of sulfadiazine that is more rapidly absorbed
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
- 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.
- sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.