15-letter words containing f, u, s, l, i
- specific volume — volume per unit mass; the reciprocal of density.
- st. ulmo's fire — St. Elmo's fire.
- stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
- stiff upper lip — stoicism
- strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
- subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
- sulfanilic acid — a grayish-white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, the para form of C 6 H 7 NO 3 S, used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
- sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
- sulfur trioxide — an irritant, corrosive, low-melting solid, SO 3 , obtained by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
- superficialness — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- suspension file — a folder for documents that has protruding ends that can be hung over rails for storage
- sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- ultrafastidious — extremely fastidious
- un-fortuitously — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- unfamiliarities — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- unfossiliferous — (of sediment, clay, rock, etc) not containing fossils
- unselfconscious — not self-conscious; without affectation or pretense: an unselfconscious manner.
- wish fulfilment — (in Freudian psychology) any successful attempt to fulfil a wish stemming from the unconscious mind, whether in fact, in fantasy, or by such disguised means as sublimation