14-letter words containing i, n, s, u, f
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
- quasi-infinite — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- quasi-informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- quinquefarious — consisting of or divided into five lines, sections, etc
- redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- sanguification — hematopoiesis.
- school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
- self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
- self-diffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
- self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
- self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
- self-inclusive — including oneself or itself.
- self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
- self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- snap out of it — return quickly to normal
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- staff discount — a discount off goods sold by a particular shop, given to members of staff of that shop
- state function — a thermodynamic quantity that has definite values for given states of a system, such as entropy, enthalpy, free energy, etc
- stuffed animal — soft toy
- subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sugar refinery — place where sugar is processed
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- superefficient — extremely efficient
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
- transfusionist — a medical professional who transfuses blood into someone
- trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
- unclassifiable — that cannot be categorized
- unfaithfulness — not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
- unfriendedness — the state of being unfriended
- unprofessional — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
- unrightfulness — the quality of being unjust or unrightful
- unsaponifiable — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.