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17-letter words containing f, r, e, s, l

  • self-presentation — an act of presenting.
  • self-preservation — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
  • self-priming pump — A self-priming pump is a pump that will clear its passages of air and start pumping.
  • self-purification — a natural process of purifying, as the ability of a body of water to rid itself of pollutants.
  • self-recollection — the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
  • self-renunciation — renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.
  • self-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • self-rising flour — Self-rising flour is flour that makes cakes rise when they are cooked because it has chemicals added to it.
  • semi-professional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
  • separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
  • sexual preference — Someone's sexual preference is the same as their sexual orientation.
  • sidesaddle flower — a pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea.
  • silicon rectifier — a rectifier consisting of a semiconductor diode using crystalline silicon
  • silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
  • sister of loretto — a member of a congregation of sisters founded at Loretto, Kentucky, in 1812 and engaged in educational and missionary works.
  • smoke-filled room — a place, as a hotel room, for conducting secret negotiations, effecting compromises, devising strategy, etc.
  • soft-rock geology — geology dealing with sedimentary rocks.
  • software platform — a major piece of software, as an operating system, an operating environment, or a database, under which various smaller application programs can be designed to run.
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
  • sports facilities — places and things for doing sports
  • springfield rifle — a single-shot, breechloading .45-caliber rifle used by the U.S. Army from 1867 to 1893.
  • stannous fluoride — a white, crystalline powder, SnF 2 , slightly soluble in water: used as a source of fluorine in the prevention of dental caries, especially as a toothpaste additive.
  • star of bethlehem — the star that is supposed to have appeared above Bethlehem at the birth of Christ
  • star-of-bethlehem — any of several plants belonging to the genus Ornithogalum, of the lily family, having grasslike leaves and clusters of white flowers.
  • star-of-jerusalem — meadow salsify.
  • statue of liberty — a large copper statue, on Liberty Island, in New York harbor, depicting a woman holding a burning torch: designed by F. A. Bartholdi and presented to the U.S. by France; unveiled 1886.
  • stratified sample — a sample that is not drawn at random from the whole population, but separately from a number of disjoint strata of the population in order to ensure a more representative sample
  • strike-slip fault — a geological fault on which the movement is along the strike of the fault
  • striped killifish — a killifish, Fundulus majalis, of the Atlantic coast of the U.S., the female of which is marked with black stripes.
  • sulfonyl chloride — a colorless liquid, SO 2 Cl 2 , having a very pungent odor and corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes: used as a chlorinating or sulfonating agent.
  • sulfurated potash — a yellowish-brown mixture consisting mainly of potassium polysulfides and potassium thiosulfate, used in treating mange.
  • sulphur butterfly — sulfur butterfly.
  • sword of damocles — Damocles (def 2).
  • temple of artemis — the temple at Ephesus dedicated to Artemis.
  • the first line of — If you refer to a method as the first line of, for example, defence or treatment, you mean that it is the first or most important method to be used in dealing with a problem.
  • thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
  • thistle butterfly — any nymphalid butterfly of the genus Vanessa, as the red admiral or painted lady.
  • to feel your oats — to feel exuberant or high-spirited
  • transferable vote — a vote that is transferred to a second candidate indicated by the voter if the first is eliminated from the ballot
  • troilus butterfly — spicebush swallowtail.
  • unclassified road — a road that has not been given a grade because it is of a basic standard
  • uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • unofficial strike — a strike that is not approved by the strikers' trade union
  • unprofessionalism — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
  • walleye surfperch — a common black and silvery surfperch (Hyperprosopon argenteum) found off the coast of California
  • welfare economics — a branch of economics concerned with improving human welfare and social conditions chiefly through the optimum distribution of wealth, the relief or reduction of unemployment, etc.
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