13-letter words containing f, r, i, c, s
- ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
- reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
- rose of china — China rose (def 2).
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- sacrifice fly — a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
- sacrificially — pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.
- safari jacket — bush jacket.
- san francisco — a seaport in W California, on San Francisco Bay: earthquake and fire 1906; United Nations Conference 1945.
- sao francisco — a river flowing NE and E through E Brazil into the Atlantic. 1800 miles (2900 km) long.
- scabbard fish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
- 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.
- scene shifter — a person who changes scenes during a play
- 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.
- scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
- security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
- self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-critical — capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
- self-directed — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
- self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- self-reliance — reliance on oneself or one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- service rifle — a rifle that is issued as standard to soldiers of an army or armed force
- 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
- 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
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- south african — of southern Africa.
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- special offer — bargain
- staff officer — a commissioned officer who is a member of a staff.
- stick out for — If you stick out for something, you keep demanding it and do not accept anything different or less.
- straight face — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- strategic fit — (in business) the degree to which the activities of different sections of a business or businesses working together complement one another to achieve competitive advantage and business success
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- sulfuric acid — a clear, colorless to brownish, dense, oily, corrosive, water-miscible liquid, H 2 SO 4 , usually produced from sulfur dioxide: used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, explosives, and dyestuffs and in petroleum refining.
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superterrific — more than terrific
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- surfing music — rock-'n'-roll music from California in the early 1960s, characterized by close treble harmonies and with lyrics emphasizing the exhilaration of surfing and beach life.
- swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.