14-letter words containing s, a, f, e, d
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- jeff davis pie — a custard pie baked in a pastry shell and containing spices, raisins, pecans, etc.
- leaf-nosed bat — any of various New and Old World bats, as of the families Phyllostomatidae, Rhinolophidae, and Hipposideridae, having a leaflike flap of skin at the tip of the nose.
- lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- non-stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
- off one's head — If you say that someone is off their head, you think that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, foolish, or dangerous.
- one's head off — loudly or excessively
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
- radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
- redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
- reform judaism — Judaism as observed by Reform Jews.
- safe and sound — unharmed and well
- safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
- safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- saturated fats — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
- 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.
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
- self-addressed — addressed for return to the sender.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-dedicated — wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist.
- self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
- self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- self-initiated — initiated or begun by oneself.
- self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
- self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.