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

  • 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.
  • scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
  • scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
  • 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.
  • scratchproof — resistant to scratches.
  • sea crawfish — spiny lobster
  • sea crayfish — spiny lobster.
  • second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
  • 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-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
  • 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.
  • service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
  • service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
  • shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • soft chancre — chancroid.
  • soft-centred — (of a chocolate or boiled sweet) having a centre consisting of cream, jelly, etc
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
  • space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
  • spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
  • sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
  • square-faced — having a front shaped so as to be square or rectangular
  • stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
  • stark effect — Physics. (often lowercase) the splitting into two or more components of the spectral lines of atoms in an electric field.
  • stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
  • stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • strike force — a military force armed and trained for attack.
  • strong force — Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.
  • subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
  • subreference — a secondary reference
  • suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
  • surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • surface area — the total area on the surface of a three-dimensional figure
  • surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
  • surface road — a road or street level with its surroundings: surface roads and elevated highways.
  • surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
  • swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
  • synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
  • testificator — a person who witnesses
  • the flickers — the cinema
  • thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
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