11-letter words containing s, f, e
- safe period — an interval of the menstrual cycle when fertilization is considered to be least likely, usually a number of days prior and subsequent to the onset of menstruation.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- safecracker — a person who breaks open safes to rob them.
- safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- safety belt — seat belt.
- safety bolt — a bolt or lock on a door or gate that cannot be moved from the outside
- safety cage — A safety cage is a rigid part of the body of a vehicle that surrounds the passenger compartment and protects passengers during a crash.
- safety date — someone who accompanies a single person to a function to give the impression that he or she is in a personal relationship
- safety film — Photography. a film having a nonflammable base of triacetate cellulose.
- safety fuse — a slow-burning fuse for igniting detonators from a distance
- safety fuze — a long tube attached to a detonator or percussion cap and filled with a powder that burns slowly when ignited.
- safety hook — a hook that can be transformed into an eye by locking a hinged piece in place.
- safety lamp — a miner's lamp in which the flame is protected by wire gauze to prevent the immediate ignition of explosive gases.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- safety zone — A safety zone is a place in the middle of a road crossing where you can wait before you cross the other half of the road.
- saint felix — Saint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
- sales force — team of salespeople
- san stefano — the former name of Yesilkoy, a town in Turkey, near Istanbul: treaty between Russia and Turkey 1878.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- satisfiable — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- scaffoldage — a scaffold or scaffolding
- scene shift — the changing of scenes during a play
- schaffhouse — a town in N Switzerland, capital of Schaffhausen canton, on the Rhine. Pop: 33 628 (2000)
- schiff base — the product of the chemical association of an aldehyde with a primary amine
- school fees — the money paid for a person to go to school
- school life — the period of your life that you spend at school
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- screencraft — the skills and talent involved in writing or making a movie
- scruffiness — the state of being unkempt or shabby
- scuffle hoe — a hoe with a flat blade, pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
- sdeignfully — disdainfully
- sea feather — any of several anthozoans of the order Gorgonacea, in which the colony assumes a featherlike shape.
- sea of azov — a shallow arm of the Black Sea, to which it is connected by the Kerch Strait: almost entirely landlocked; fed chiefly by the River Don. Area: about 37 500 sq km (14 500 sq miles)
- second self — one who associates so closely with a given person as to assume that person's mode of behavior, personality, beliefs, etc.
- second-feet — a unit of measurement of liquid flow, especially of rivers, equal to one cubic foot per second.
- second-foot — a unit of measurement of liquid flow, especially of rivers, equal to one cubic foot per second.
- second-half — happening in the second half of a game
- section off — If an area is sectioned off, it is separated by a wall, fence, or other barrier from the surrounding area.
- sefer torah — Sepher Torah.
- self-access — In a school or college, a self-access centre is a place where students can choose and use books, tapes, or other materials.
- self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
- self-avowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- self-belief — Self-belief is confidence in your own abilities or judgment.
- self-binder — binder (def 5b).
- self-caused — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- self-deceit — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
- self-denial — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
- self-desire — to wish or long for; crave; want.
- self-driven — (of a machine) containing its own power source, as an engine or motor.
- self-esteem — a realistic respect for or favorable impression of oneself; self-respect.