12-letter words containing s, e, t, f, o
- 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-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.
- semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- 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.
- send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- silver frost — glaze (def 17).
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- 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.
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
- soft science — any of the specialized fields or disciplines, as psychology, sociology, anthropology, or political science, that interpret human behavior, institutions, society, etc., on the basis of scientific investigations for which it may be difficult to establish strictly measurable criteria.
- soft-centred — (of a chocolate or boiled sweet) having a centre consisting of cream, jelly, etc
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- 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
- software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sound effect — any sound, other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation, as the sound of a storm or a creaking door.
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- state of war — a condition marked by armed conflict between or among states, existing whether or not war has been declared formally by any of the belligerents.
- stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- strike force — a military force armed and trained for attack.
- strong force — Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
- suit oneself — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- swift-footed — swift in running.
- take offense — If someone takes offense at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- testificator — a person who witnesses