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12-letter words containing f, r, e, s

  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • savoir faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
  • savoir-faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
  • scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
  • scared stiff — terrified
  • schrieffer's — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
  • scire facias — a writ requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why a judgment, letters patent, etc., should not be executed, vacated, or annulled.
  • scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
  • sea crawfish — spiny lobster
  • sea crayfish — spiny lobster.
  • second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
  • seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
  • self-assured — self-confident.
  • self-centred — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
  • self-colored — of one color.
  • self-concern — to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.
  • self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
  • self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
  • self-fertile — capable of self-fertilization.
  • self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
  • self-insurer — one insured under self-insurance.
  • self-mastery — self-control.
  • self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
  • self-powered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
  • self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
  • self-renewal — the act of renewing.
  • self-respect — proper esteem or regard for the dignity of one's character.
  • self-service — the serving of oneself in a restaurant, shop, gas station, or other facility, without the aid of a waiter, clerk, attendant, etc.
  • self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
  • self-starter — starter (def 3).
  • self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
  • self-sterile — incapable of self-fertilization.
  • self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
  • self-support — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
  • self-torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
  • self-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
  • self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
  • self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
  • seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
  • send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
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