12-letter words containing f, s, m
- murfreesboro — a city in central Tennessee: battle of Stone River (or Murfreesboro) 1862.
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- mystifyingly — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- non-feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- of two minds — If you are of two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action.
- oversimplify — make too simple
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- post-fordism — the idea that modern industrial production has moved away from mass production in huge factories, as pioneered by Henry Ford, towards specialized markets based on small flexible manufacturing units
- postfeminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- pro-feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- quasi-famous — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
- refreshments — something that refreshes, especially food or drink.
- rotflmaoastc — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
- safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- self-command — self-control.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
- self-limited — (of a disease) running a definite and limited course.
- self-mastery — self-control.
- self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
- self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
- selfsameness — the quality or state of being selfsame or identical
- semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- semifinished — partially or almost finished.
- semiflexible — moderately or somewhat flexible.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation