11-letter words containing s, f, e
- soft solder — a solder fusible at temperatures below 700°F (370°C), generally an alloy of lead and tin.
- soft target — sth easy to hit
- soft tissue — the soft parts of the human body as distinct from bone and cartilage
- soft-boiled — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
- soft-finned — having fins supported by articulated rays rather than by spines, as a malacopterygian.
- soft-footed — having or making light, quiet footsteps
- soft-headed — foolish; stupid.
- soft-soaper — a person who flatters or cajoles, especially for reasons of self-interest or personal advantage: a soft-soaper specializing in rich, elderly women.
- soft-spoken — (of persons) speaking with a soft or gentle voice; mild.
- softhearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- solar flare — flare (def 22).
- soldier fly — any of several flies of the family Stratiomyidae, characterized by brightly colored abdominal stripes.
- soldierfish — any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae.
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- spacefaring — space travel
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- specifiable — that can be specified.
- specificate — a thing which is specified
- specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
- speech form — linguistic form.
- speechcraft — the art of rhetoric
- speechifier — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
- speed freak — an addict or habitual user of amphetamines, methamphetamines, or similar stimulating drugs.
- spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
- spent force — If you refer to someone who used to be powerful as a spent force, you mean that they no longer have any power or influence.
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- spite fence — a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- springfield — a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,400 sq. mi. (146,075 sq. km). Capital: Springfield. Abbreviation: IL (for use with zip code), Ill.
- square foot — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. 2 , sq. ft. Abbreviation: ft.
- squeeze off — If you squeeze off a shot, you fire a bullet from a gun.
- staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
- steadfastly — fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
- steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
- steamfitter — a highly skilled person who installs and repairs pipes for air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, and heating systems
- steel-faced — having the front or outer surfaces covered with or characterized by steel.
- steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
- stiffnecked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stiffnesses — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- still frame — continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal
- still lifes — paintings or drawings of inanimate objects
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- stone-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- stony-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- store front — Store fronts are the windows of stores that can be looked into from the street, often displaying the types of product each store sells.
- storm force — (on the Beaufort scale) force 10 0r 11
- strawflower — any of several everlasting flowers, especially an Australian composite plant, Helichrysum bracteatum, having heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red, or white flowers.