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6-letter words containing s, f

  • infuse — to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.
  • isodef — uniform deficiency, especially a line connecting points of equal deviation from a mean, as on a chart or graph.
  • itself — Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a thing or animal previously mentioned as the subject of the clause.
  • jiffs' — a very short time; moment: to get dressed in a jiffy.
  • kafirs — Plural form of kafir.
  • kalifs — Plural form of kalif.
  • kloofs — Plural form of kloof.
  • knifes — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
  • kulfis — Plural form of kulfi.
  • l-soft — An international corporation formed by Eric Thomas, the author of Listserv, to develop it and port it to platforms other than the IBM VM operating system, including Unix. Listserv has been enhanced to use both the Internet and BITNET.
  • lifers — Plural form of lifer.
  • loslyf — a promiscuous female
  • mafias — Plural form of mafia.
  • massif — a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits.
  • mflops — 1.   (unit)   megaflops. 2.   (benchmark)   A benchmark which attemps to estimate a system's floating-point "MFLOPS" rating for specific FADD, FSUB, FMUL and FDIV instruction mixes.
  • misfed — (of a machine, paper, materials, etc.) to feed incorrectly: The copying machine will jam if it starts to misfeed.
  • misfit — something that fits badly, as a garment that is too large or too small.
  • mosfet — Electronics. metal oxide semiconducter field-effect transistor.
  • motifs — a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
  • muftis — Plural form of mufti.
  • myself — There is no disagreement over the use of myself and other -self forms when they are used intensively (I myself cannot agree) or reflexively (He introduced himself proudly). Questions are raised, however, when the -self forms are used instead of the personal pronouns (I, me, etc.) as subjects, objects, or complements.  Myself occurs only rarely as a single subject in place of I:  Myself was the one who called.  The recorded instances of such use are mainly poetic or literary. It is also uncommon as a simple object in place of me:  Since the letter was addressed to myself, I opened it.  As part of a compound subject, object, or complement, myself and to a lesser extent the other -self forms are common in informal speech and personal writing, somewhat less common in more formal speech and writing:  The manager and myself completed the arrangements. Many came to welcome my husband and myself back to Washington.   Myself and other -self forms are also used, alone or with other nouns or pronouns, in constructions after as, than, or but in all varieties of speech and writing:  The captain has far more experience than myself in such matters. Orders have arrived for everyone but the orderlies and yourself.   There is ample precedent, going as far back as Chaucer and running through the whole range of British and American literature and other serious formal writing, for all these uses. Many usage guides, however, state that to use myself in any construction in which I or me could be used instead (as My daughter and myself play the flute instead of My daughter and I, or a gift for my husband and myself instead of for my husband and me) is characteristic only of informal speech and that such use ought not to occur in writing. See also me.  
  • nakfas — Plural form of nakfa.
  • nefast — nefarious, wicked
  • nsfnet — National Science Foundation Network
  • oafish — a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
  • of his — belonging to or associated with him
  • offers — Plural form of offer.
  • offish — aloof; unapproachable; standoffish.
  • offset — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
  • ofsted — Office for Standards in Education: a government body set up in 1993 to inspect and assess the educational standards of schools and colleges in England and Wales
  • oftest — Most often (Superlative form of oft), (chiefly poetic and dialectal).
  • ossify — to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
  • proofs — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
  • quaffs — Plural form of quaff.
  • refers — to direct for information or anything required: He referred me to books on astrology.
  • refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • resift — to sift again
  • rifles — a unit of soldiers equipped with rifles
  • rosbif — a term used in France for an English person
  • rufous — reddish; tinged with red; brownish red.
  • s of s — Song of Songs
  • s.afr. — South Africa(n)
  • safari — a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
  • safely — secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.
  • safest — secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.
  • safety — the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
  • safrol — an oily liquid obtained from sassafras
  • salify — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
  • samfoo — a style of casual dress worn by Chinese women, consisting of a waisted blouse and trousers
  • sanify — to make or become healthy
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