9-letter words containing s, n, e, f
- signified — the thing or concept denoted by a sign.
- signifier — a person or thing that signifies.
- signifies — (in linguistics) the signified.
- sinn fein — a political organization in Ireland, founded about 1905, advocating the complete political separation from Great Britain of a unified Ireland.
- snake fly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- snakefish — lizardfish.
- sniffable — capable of being sniffed
- snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
- snipefish — any of several fishes of the family Macrorhamphosidae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a long, tubular snout and a compressed body.
- snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- soft lens — a nonrigid contact lens made of porous plastic, having a high water content that is replenished from eye surface moisture.
- soft line — a position or policy, as in politics, that is moderate and flexible.
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- soften up — make softer
- solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- spleenful — full of or displaying spleen.
- spongefly — any of several insects of the family Sisyridae, the aquatic larvae of which feed on freshwater sponges.
- spoon-fed — fed with a spoon.
- spot fine — penalty paid immediately
- stenchful — malodorous; foul-smelling
- sternfast — a rope for securing a boat at stern to another boat, dock, or buoy
- stiffened — to make stiff.
- stiffener — a person or thing that stiffens.
- stiffness — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- stoneface — living stones.
- stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- subinfeud — a grant by a feudal tenant of land to a further tenant
- suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
- sunflower — any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 inches (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
- superfine — extra fine, as in grain or texture; unusually fine: superfine sugar.
- superfund — a large fund set up to finance an expensive program or project.
- surf zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- surf-zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- swiftness — moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.
- swine flu — a highly contagious form of influenza caused by infection with a filterable virus first isolated from swine.
- transfect — to cause transfection in (a cell).
- transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
- unconfuse — to remove confusion from
- underfish — to catch fewer fish than the maximum amount permitted
- underself — the part of a personality that remains hidden
- unfairest — most unfair
- unfleshly — not fleshly; not carnal or corporeal; spiritual.
- unfocused — not brought into focus; lacking proper focus: an unfocused camera.
- unrestful — giving or conducive to rest.
- unselfish — not selfish; disinterested; generous; altruistic.
- unshifted — (of a keyboard shift key) not pressed or activated.
- unsnuffed — (of a candle, flame, etc) still lit