12-letter words containing s, e, l, f, t
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- lifestreamer — a person who provides an online record of his or her life, either by means of live video footage or via an online collection of social network updates, blogs, and photos
- line of site — a straight line from the muzzle of an artillery gun to its target.
- little falls — a township in NE New Jersey.
- little foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- loose-footed — (of a fore-and-aft sail) not having the foot bent to a boom.
- loosefitting — fitting loosely
- loosestrifes — Plural form of loosestrife.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- out of style — no longer fashionable
- outside-left — a footballer who plays on the outside left wing of the field
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- play it safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pressed felt — Pressed felt is a material made from compressed fibers and used as a filter.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
- safety glass — a pane made by joining two plates or panes of glass with a layer of usually transparent plastic or artificial resin between them that retains the fragments if the glass is broken.
- safety valve — a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level. Compare relief valve.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- self-antigen — autoantigen.
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- self-benefit — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- self-centred — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-concept — the idea or mental image one has of oneself and one's strengths, weaknesses, status, etc.; self-image.
- self-content — satisfaction with oneself; self-complacency.
- self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
- self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- self-devoted — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- self-elected — chosen by vote, as for an office (contrasted with appointed): an elected official.
- self-evident — evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
- self-excited — noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.
- self-fertile — capable of self-fertilization.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- self-limited — (of a disease) running a definite and limited course.