15-letter words containing f, s, k
- reworked fossil — a fossil eroded from sediment and redeposited in younger sediment
- rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
- sargon of akkad — 24th to 23rd century bc, semilegendary Mesopotamian ruler whose empire extended from the Gulf to the Mediterranean
- saw-edged knife — a knife with a serrated edge
- schottky defect — an unoccupied position in a crystal lattice caused by the relocation of an atom or ion from the interior to the surface of the crystal.
- schottky effect — a reduction in the energy required to remove an electron from a solid surface in a vacuum when an electric field is applied to the surface
- see the back of — to be rid of
- shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- shockwave flash — flash
- skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
- speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- stiffneckedness — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- twist the knife — to make a bad situation worse in a deliberately malicious way
- walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
- walnut husk fly — any of several fruit flies, as Rhagoletis completa, the larvae of which feed on and discolor walnut husks.
- work oneself up — become overwrought