10-letter words containing s, f, e
- reliefless — lacking or deprived of relief
- remanifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- remorseful — full of remorse.
- resolidify — to (cause to) become solid again
- respectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- resurfaced — to give a new surface to.
- resurfacer — a machine or tool used for resurfacing
- retransfer — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- river fish — a freshwater fish
- roast beef — cow's meat cooked in oven
- roof space — the attic space inside a roof
- rose fever — a form of hay fever caused by the inhalation of rose pollen, characterized by nasal discharge and lacrimation.
- rudderfish — any of various fishes having the habit of following behind ships, as a pilot fish.
- sacrificed — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- sacrificer — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- safe haven — an area near a combat zone that is maintained as being free from military attack.
- safe house — a dwelling or building whose conventional appearance makes it a safe or inconspicuous place for hiding, taking refuge, or carrying on clandestine activities.
- safe space — a place or forum where people can openly discuss controversial subjects without fear of reprisal
- safety car — life car.
- safety man — safety (def 6c).
- safety net — a large net rigged between a person, as a trapeze performer, and the ground as protection in a fall.
- safety pin — pin with covered point
- safety-pin — to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve.
- sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- salifiable — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- salverform — (of the corolla of the phlox and certain other flowers) consisting of a narrow tube with flat spreading terminal petals
- san felipe — a city in NE Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
- san rafael — a city in W Argentina.
- sanctified — made holy; consecrated: sanctified wine.
- sanctifier — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- sans serif — a style of monotonal type without serifs.
- sans-serif — a style of monotonal type without serifs.
- santa fean — a city in and the capital of New Mexico, in the N part: founded c1605.
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- satchelful — the amount a satchel will hold
- satisfiers — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- scaffolded — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scale leaf — a scalelike leaf, as a bud scale or certain bracts.
- scar-faced — with a face marked by a scar or scars.
- schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- schrieffer — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
- scientific — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.