13-letter words containing n, i, f, t
- scene shifter — a person who changes scenes during a play
- scientificity — the application of scientific methods and principles
- scorification — an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.
- scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
- self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
- self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
- self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
- self-existent — existing independently of any cause, as God.
- self-identify — identify (defs 7, 8): to self-identify as gay; to self-identify with others in the same situation.
- self-identity — the identity or consciousness of identity of a thing with itself.
- self-ignition — the spontaneous combustion or ignition of something without any external spark or flame
- self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- self-immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
- self-interest — regard for one's own interest or advantage, especially with disregard for others.
- self-limiting — limiting oneself or itself: a self-limiting authority.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-negating — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
- self-starting — starter (def 3).
- self-steering — maintaining a course without constant human action
- self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
- semi-finalist — A semi-finalist is a player, athlete, or team that is competing in a semi-final.
- sergeant fish — cobia
- seventy-fifth — next after the seventy-fourth; being the ordinal number for 75.
- seventy-first — next after the seventieth; being the ordinal number for 71.
- shiftlessness — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- significantly — important; of consequence.
- signification — meaning; import; sense.
- significative — serving to signify.
- significatory — serving to signify
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- skin friction — the friction acting on a solid body when it is moving through a fluid
- skin grafting — the transplanting of healthy skin from the patient's or another's body to a wound or burn, to form new skin.
- slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
- soda fountain — a counter, as in a restaurant or drugstore, at which sodas, ice cream, light meals, etc., are served.
- soixante-neuf — sixty-nine (def 4).
- south african — of southern Africa.
- southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- specification — the act of specifying.