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11-letter words containing f, i, t, s

  • short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
  • side-effect — any effect of a drug, chemical, or other medicine that is in addition to its intended effect, especially an effect that is harmful or unpleasant.
  • sight draft — a draft payable upon presentation.
  • significant — important; of consequence.
  • significate — something signified
  • sinfonietta — a short symphony.
  • single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
  • sixty-fifth — next after the sixty-fourth; being the ordinal number for 65.
  • sixty-first — next after the sixtieth; being the ordinal number for 61.
  • skin effect — the phenomenon in which an alternating current tends to concentrate in the outer layer of a conductor, caused by the self-induction of the conductor and resulting in increased resistance.
  • sliding fit — a fit that enables one part to be inserted into another by sliding or pushing, rather than by hammering
  • sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
  • snuff stick — a twig, stick, or brush used to apply snuff on the teeth or gums.
  • soft drinks — A soft drink is a cold, nonalcoholic drink such as lemonade or fruit juice, or a carbonated drink.
  • soft option — If you take the soft option, you do the thing that is easiest or least likely to cause trouble in a particular situation.
  • soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
  • soft skills — emotional intelligence
  • soft tissue — the soft parts of the human body as distinct from bone and cartilage
  • soft-boiled — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
  • soft-finned — having fins supported by articulated rays rather than by spines, as a malacopterygian.
  • sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
  • sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
  • spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
  • specificate — a thing which is specified
  • specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
  • spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
  • spite fence — a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.
  • split shift — a work period divided into two parts that are separated by an interval longer than a normal rest period
  • spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
  • spot fixing — the act of deliberately engineering an outcome within a sporting contest without attempting to alter the outcome of the contest itself
  • st. francis — Saint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
  • stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
  • standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
  • steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
  • steamfitter — a highly skilled person who installs and repairs pipes for air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, and heating systems
  • stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
  • stick shift — a manually operated transmission for an automotive vehicle, with the shift lever set either in the floor or on the steering column.
  • stiffnecked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
  • stiffnesses — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
  • still frame — continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal
  • still lifes — paintings or drawings of inanimate objects
  • stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
  • stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
  • stitchcraft — needlework or embroidery
  • stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
  • strife-torn — divided by violent conflict or dissent
  • strike fire — to make a spark, as with tinder
  • strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
  • stud muffin — a sexually attractive young man
  • studio flat — a flat with one main room
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