14-letter words containing o, f, s, c
- saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- saint francois — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing generally W to the St. Lawrence River. 165 miles (266 km) long.
- sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
- sanctification — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanguification — hematopoiesis.
- saponification — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- satisfactional — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- satisfactorily — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- school of arts — a public building in a small town, originally one used for adult education
- school of mind — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the original unity of all things, to be grasped through the perfect attainment of jen.
- school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- self-collected — having or showing self-control; composed; self-possessed.
- 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-composure — calmness and self-possession
- self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-condemned — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- self-confessed — openly admitting to being a type of person with a particular quality, habit, character, etc.: He's a self-confessed gambler.
- self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
- self-confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
- self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
- self-consoling — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-contented — contented with what one is or has
- self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
- self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- self-disclosed — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
- self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
- self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
- self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
- self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- self-selection — selection made by or for oneself: goods arranged on shelves for customer self-selection.
- semiofficially — in a semiofficial manner
- share of voice — the proportion of the total audience or readership commanded by a media group across its full range of publishing and broadcasting activities
- simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
- soft ice-cream — a softer and lighter-textured ice cream that contains more air than standard ice-cream. It was developed in Britain in the 20th century.
- soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
- solidification — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
- sorting office — postal
- space platform — space station.
- special forces — crack military team
- staff corporal — a noncommissioned rank in the British Army above that of staff sergeant and below that of warrant officer