12-letter words containing s, e, l, f, t
- self-mastery — self-control.
- self-neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-respect — proper esteem or regard for the dignity of one's character.
- self-starter — starter (def 3).
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- self-sterile — incapable of self-fertilization.
- self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
- self-studies — the study of something by oneself, as through books, records, etc., without direct supervision or attendance in a class: She learned to read German by self-study.
- self-support — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
- self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
- self-to-self — autologous.
- self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
- self-torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- self-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- self-tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- selfie stick — a rod on which a camera or mobile phone may be mounted in order to take a photograph of oneself
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shirt-lifter — a homosexual
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- silver frost — glaze (def 17).
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- sleep it off — to rid oneself of the effects of some excess, overindulgence, etc., specif. of the aftereffects of drinking much alcoholic liquor, by sleeping
- slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
- slothfulness — sluggardly; indolent; lazy.
- soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
- soft-shelled — Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- space flight — journey into outer space
- spitefulness — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- starter flat — a compact flat marketed by price and size specifications to suit the requirements of first-time home buyers
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- stefan's law — the principle that the energy radiated per second by unit area of a black body at thermodynamic temperature T is directly proportional to T4. The constant of proportionality is the Stefan constant, equal to 5.670400 × 10–8 Wm–2 K–4
- stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- student file — a file containing information about each student in a school, college, etc, such as demographic information and information about grades, etc
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- suit oneself — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.