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18-letter words containing f, o, r, e, s, i

  • self-contradiction — an act or instance of contradicting oneself or itself.
  • self-contradictory — an act or instance of contradicting oneself or itself.
  • self-determination — determination by oneself or itself, without outside influence.
  • self-fertilization — Botany. fertilization of an ovum of a plant by a male gamete from the same flower (opposed to cross-fertilization).
  • self-glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
  • self-gratification — the act of pleasing or satisfying oneself, especially the gratifying of one's own impulses, needs, or desires.
  • self-incrimination — the act of incriminating oneself or exposing oneself to prosecution, especially by giving evidence or testimony.
  • self-instructional — pertaining to or constituting learning materials and conditions arranged so that students can proceed to learn on their own with little or no supervision.
  • self-interrogation — the act of interrogating; questioning.
  • self-mortification — the inflicting of pain or privation on oneself: He was certain that self-mortification was the only road to salvation.
  • self-preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
  • self-raising flour — flour with baking powder
  • self-recrimination — the act of recriminating, or countercharging: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.
  • senior aircraftman — a rank in the Royal Air Force comparable to that of a private in the army, though not the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force
  • sense of direction — Your sense of direction is your ability to know roughly where you are, or which way to go, even when you are in an unfamiliar place.
  • shift one's ground — to change one's argument or defense
  • shoot from the hip — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
  • shrubby cinquefoil — a small shrub, Potentilla fruticosa, of the rose family, native to the Northern temperate region, having pinnate leaves and numerous, showy, bright-yellow flowers.
  • silvery cinquefoil — any of several plants belonging to the genus Potentilla, of the rose family, having yellow, red, or white five-petaled flowers, as P. reptans (creeping cinquefoil) of the Old World, or P. argentea (silvery cinquefoil) of North America.
  • six-finger country — an isolated area considered as being inhabited by people who practise inbreeding
  • sixth-form college — (in England and Wales) a college offering A-level and other courses to pupils over sixteen from local schools, esp from those that do not have sixth forms
  • smooth fox terrier — a breed of short-haired fox terrier with a mostly white, smooth coat.
  • society of friends — a Christian denomination, founded in England c. 1650 by George Fox, that has no formal creed, liturgy, or priesthood and rejects violence in human relations, esp. warfare
  • soda-lime feldspar — plagioclase.
  • soldier of fortune — a person who independently seeks pleasure, wealth, etc., through adventurous exploits.
  • sonic depth finder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
  • spectrofluorimeter — an instrument in which the spectrum of secondarily emitted fluorescent light is used to identify chemical compounds.
  • squinting modifier — a word or phrase that can modify either the words that precede it or those that follow, as frequently in the sentence Studying frequently is tedious.
  • strait of magellan — a strait between the mainland of S South America and Tierra del Fuego, linking the S Pacific with the S Atlantic. Length: 600 km (370 miles). Width: up to 32 km (20 miles)
  • sunflower seed oil — the oil extracted from sunflower seeds, used as a salad oil, in the manufacture of margarine, etc
  • symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
  • the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
  • the first sea lord — the senior of the two serving naval officers who sits on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
  • thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
  • throw oneself into — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
  • to play favourites — to display favouritism
  • torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
  • transrectification — rectification occurring in one circuit as a result of the application of an alternating voltage to another circuit.
  • treasury of merits — the superabundant store of merits and satisfactions, comprising those of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.
  • treaty of rijswijk — a treaty signed at Rijswijk in the Netherlands in 1697, ending the War of the Grand Alliance
  • triangle of forces — a triangle whose sides represent the magnitudes and directions of three forces whose resultant is zero and which are therefore in equilibrium
  • tufted loosestrife — a primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora
  • tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
  • turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
  • under the aegis of — guided or protected by
  • uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
  • vermilion rockfish — a scarlet-red rockfish, Sebastes miniatus, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America, important as a food fish.
  • visiting professor — a professor from another institution invited to teach at a university or college for a limited period, usually for a semester or one academic year.
  • warrant of fitness — a six-monthly certificate required for motor vehicles certifying mechanical soundness
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