13-letter words containing f, o, s, i, c
- on-off switch — electrical or electronic device: control knob
- ossifications — Plural form of ossification.
- perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
- perfectionist — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
- piece of piss — something easily obtained of achieved
- piece of shit — despicable person
- pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- postinfection — of, relating to or occurring in the period after infection
- press officer — A press officer is a person who is employed by an organization to give information about that organization to the press.
- profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
- ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- san francisco — a seaport in W California, on San Francisco Bay: earthquake and fire 1906; United Nations Conference 1945.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- sao francisco — a river flowing NE and E through E Brazil into the Atlantic. 1800 miles (2900 km) long.
- scalariformly — in a scalariform or ladder-like manner
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
- scarification — an act or instance of scarifying.
- school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
- school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
- scimitar foot — any short leg or foot, as to a pedestal table, having the form of an arc tangent to the floor plane.
- scorification — an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.
- scorpion fish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
- scottish fold — a breed of medium-sized short-haired cat with folded ears
- scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
- second fiddle — a secondary role: to play second fiddle to another person.
- self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- self-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- semi-official — having some degree of official authority.
- 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
- sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
- signification — meaning; import; sense.
- significatory — serving to signify
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- skin friction — the friction acting on a solid body when it is moving through a fluid
- 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.
- slice of life — accurate depiction of reality
- slice-of-life — of, relating to, or being a naturalistic, unembellished representation of real life: a play with slice-of-life dialogue.
- social misfit — a person who does not conform to others' views of what is normal or acceptable in society
- south african — of southern Africa.
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- special offer — bargain
- specification — the act of specifying.