13-letter words containing f, l, i, t, s
- self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
- self-starting — starter (def 3).
- self-steering — maintaining a course without constant human action
- self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
- semi-finalist — A semi-finalist is a player, athlete, or team that is competing in a semi-final.
- shiftlessness — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- significantly — important; of consequence.
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- 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
- social misfit — a person who does not conform to others' views of what is normal or acceptable in society
- 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.
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- staff of life — bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet.
- stanley knife — A Stanley knife is a very sharp knife that is used to cut materials such as carpet and paper. It consists of a small blade fixed in the end of a handle.
- 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.
- 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
- stultifyingly — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sulfathiazole — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 9 H 9 N 3 O 2 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of pneumonia and staphylococcal infections, but now largely replaced because of its toxicity.
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- swift-flowing — moving rapidly
- teasel family — the plant family Dipsacaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite or whorled leaves, dense flower heads surrounded by an involucre, and small, dry fruit, and including the scabious and teasel.
- telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- think less of — to have a lower opinion of
- tiffany glass — Favrile Glass.
- transfer list — In football, a transfer list is a list of players at a club who may be sold to other clubs.
- transfusional — of or relating to transfusion
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- tubuliflorous — having the corolla tubular in all the perfect flowers of a head, as certain composite plants.
- ultra-leftism — the beliefs of extremely left-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-leftist — a person with extremely left-wing political views
- undutifulness — the quality of being undutiful
- unjustifiable — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- unjustifiably — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- unmistrustful — not mistrustful
- unpitifulness — a lack or absence of pity
- unsatisfiable — not able to be satisfied
- 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.
- weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
- wichita falls — a city in N Texas.