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

  • king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
  • korsakoffian — relating to or suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis
  • lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
  • loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
  • make friends — get to know people
  • man of straw — straw man.
  • mansard-roof — Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.
  • manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
  • mass funeral — a funeral held for several dead people at the same time
  • misfeaturing — distorting the features
  • misformation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
  • misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
  • noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
  • nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
  • off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
  • olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
  • on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • parsley fern — a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
  • passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
  • persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
  • professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • rainbow fish — guppy.
  • rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
  • red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
  • safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
  • safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
  • saffron rice — a dish made from white rice and flavoured with the spice saffron
  • san fernando — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
  • self-renewal — the act of renewing.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • sir sandford — Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3533 meters).
  • snake feeder — a dragonfly.
  • sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • soft chancre — chancroid.
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
  • stand in for — to substitute for
  • stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
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