13-letter words containing o, f, e, n, s
- self-doubting — lacking in confidence
- self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
- self-evolving — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
- self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
- self-governed — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
- 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-involved — self-centered; preoccupied with oneself
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- self-luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- self-oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
- self-ordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- self-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- selling floor — floor (def 10).
- send away for — order by post
- sensate focus — a series of touching exercises designed to increase intimacy in a sexual relationship
- shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
- sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- soixante-neuf — sixty-nine (def 4).
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- soothfastness — the state of being soothfast
- sound effects — any sounds artificially produced, reproduced from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop; used in plays, films, etc
- southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- specification — the act of specifying.
- spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- sponge finger — sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- staff section — section (def 10b).
- staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- state of aden — Aden (def 2).
- state of mind — mental condition, mood
- step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
- sternforemost — Nautical. with the stern, foremost.
- stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
- strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
- sulfonmethane — a colorless, crystalline compound, C7H16O4S2, used in medicine as a soporific and hypnotic
- sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- surfer's knot — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- testification — the act of testifying or giving testimony.