15-letter words containing s, e, l, f, r, t
- self-restricted — confined; limited.
- self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
- self-revelatory — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
- skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
- soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
- sons of liberty — any of several patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- special feature — an article differing from the normal format and focusing on a particular topic
- st. elmo's fire — St. Elmo's fire.
- st. ulmo's fire — St. Elmo's fire.
- starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
- stiff upper lip — stoicism
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
- strombuliferous — having organs coiled as spirals
- sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
- sulfur trioxide — an irritant, corrosive, low-melting solid, SO 3 , obtained by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- tray classifier — A tray classifier is a tank for leaching from a dispersed solid, in which pulp at the bottom of the tank is raked (= moved to the exit) while solvent is forced toward the bottom of the tank.
- true-false test — a test requiring one to mark statements as true or false.
- unfamiliarities — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
- waterford glass — fine cut or gilded glass made in Waterford, Ireland, having a slight blue cast due to the presence of cobalt.
- welfare statism — the belief in or practices of a welfare state.
- west nile fever — a viral disease, caused by a flavivirus and spread by a mosquito (Culex pipiens), that results in encephalitis
- wolf-rayet star — a very hot (35,000–100,000 K) and luminous star in the early stages of evolution, with broad emission lines in its spectrum.
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason