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11-letter words containing s, a, n, r, f

  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
  • screencraft — the skills and talent involved in writing or making a movie
  • slant front — a flap of a desk, sloping upward and inward to close the desk, and opening forward and downward to a horizontal position as a writing surface: a form of fall front.
  • snail fever — schistosomiasis.
  • snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
  • sonata form — a musical form comprising an exposition, in which the main theme or themes are stated, a development section, a recapitulation of the material in the exposition, and, usually, a coda.
  • spacefaring — space travel
  • spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
  • st. francisSaint Francis (Francisco Javier"the Apostle of the Indies") 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
  • staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
  • strand wolf — brown hyena.
  • subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
  • sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
  • surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
  • tea infuser — mesh ball for straining tea leaves
  • transferase — any of the class of enzymes, as the transaminases that catalyze the transfer of an organic group from one compound to another.
  • transferral — transference; transfer.
  • transferred — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transferrin — a plasma glycoprotein that transports dietary iron to the liver, spleen, and bone marrow.
  • transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
  • transfinite — going beyond or surpassing the finite.
  • transfixing — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
  • transfixion — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
  • transformed — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • transformer — a person or thing that transforms.
  • transfusion — the act or process of transfusing.
  • unrefusable — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • waterfronts — Plural form of waterfront.
  • wharfingers — Plural form of wharfinger.
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