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10-letter words containing f, l, s

  • s. of sol. — Song of Solomon
  • salad fork — a small, broad fork, usually one of a set, for eating salad or dessert.
  • saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
  • salifiable — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
  • salverform — (of the corolla of the phlox and certain other flowers) consisting of a narrow tube with flat spreading terminal petals
  • salvifical — saving
  • san felipe — a city in NE Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
  • san rafael — a city in W Argentina.
  • sandalfoot — (of women's hosiery) having no darker or thicker reinforced areas at the toe or heel, so as to be suitable for wear with sandal-type shoes.
  • satchelful — the amount a satchel will hold
  • scaffolded — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
  • scale leaf — a scalelike leaf, as a bud scale or certain bracts.
  • scapa flow — an area of water off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: British naval base; German warships scuttled 1919.
  • schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
  • scoffingly — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
  • scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
  • scrofulous — pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, or affected with scrofula.
  • scrub fowl — megapode.
  • scrum half — a player who puts in the ball at scrums and tries to get it away to his three-quarter backs
  • scuttleful — the amount a scuttle will hold
  • sdeignfull — disdainful
  • self-abuse — reproach or blame of oneself.
  • self-aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
  • self-belay — a method of preventing oneself from falling by using a controlled rope
  • self-blame — to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
  • self-build — the practice of building one's own home
  • self-doubt — lack of confidence in the reliability of one's own motives, personality, thought, etc.
  • self-drive — of, for, designating, or providing a car that is rented for personal use, without a hired driver.
  • self-exile — a state of exile imposed by oneself.
  • self-given — past participle of give.
  • self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • self-image — the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.
  • self-named — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
  • self-paced — (of an educational system, course, etc.) done or designed to be accomplished at the student's own speed: self-paced instruction.
  • self-pride — pride in one's abilities, status, possessions, etc.; self-esteem.
  • self-serve — self-service.
  • self-stick — having a surface coated or treated to stick to another surface without the use of glue or moisture; self-adhesive.
  • self-study — the study of something by oneself, as through books, records, etc., without direct supervision or attendance in a class: She learned to read German by self-study.
  • self-timer — a mechanism in a camera that operates a delay between the operation of the shutter release and the opening of the shutter, enabling the photographer to be included in the photograph
  • self-trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
  • self-unity — the state of being one; oneness.
  • self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • self-wrong — wrong done to oneself.
  • selflessly — having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish.
  • sellafield — the site of an atomic power station and nuclear reprocessing plant in NW England, in W Cumbria
  • semi-final — competition round that decides finalists
  • semifeudal — partly feudal
  • semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
  • senefelder — Aloys [ah-loh-ys,, ah-lois] /ˈɑ loʊ üs,, ˈɑ lɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1771–1834, German inventor of lithography.
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