11-letter words containing f, u, s, e
- self-excuse — to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.): Excuse his bad manners.
- self-guided — accompanied by a guide: a guided tour.
- self-insure — to subject (one's property or interests) to self-insurance.
- self-murder — suicide
- self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
- self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
- semifluidic — of the nature of a semifluid; partially fluidic
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- shuffle off — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
- snuff movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- snuff-movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- sodium-free — (of food) containing less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
- soft tissue — the soft parts of the human body as distinct from bone and cartilage
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- square foot — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. 2 , sq. ft. Abbreviation: ft.
- squeeze off — If you squeeze off a shot, you fire a bullet from a gun.
- staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- strengthful — full of strength, strong
- strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
- stuffed toy — A stuffed toy is the same as a stuffed animal.
- stunt flier — someone who performs stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- sub-surface — below the surface, especially of a body of water.
- subaffluent — between poor and affluent
- subfreezing — below the freezing point.
- subinfluent — an organism that has a lesser effect than an influent on the ecological processes within a community.
- subspecific — of, relating to, or of the nature of a subspecies.
- sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
- suffer from — be ill with
- sufficiency — the state or fact of being sufficient; adequacy.
- suffragette — a woman advocate of female suffrage.
- suffumigate — to fumigate from below; apply fumes or smoke to.
- sulfide dye — any of the class of dyes produced by heating an organic compound, as an indophenol, with sulfur or sodium polysulfide, used chiefly in dyeing cotton.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- sunk relief — cavo-relievo.
- superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
- superfatted — (of soap) containing excess fat that has not been converted into soap by saponification
- superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superficies — the surface, outer face, or outside of a thing.
- superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
- superfluous — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise