12-letter words containing s, o, f, t, n, e
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- non-feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- of necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- of substance — wealthy
- olefiant gas — ethylene (def 2).
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- perforations — the holes punched that allow individual stamps, coupons, etc to be easily separated
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- postfeminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-concept — the idea or mental image one has of oneself and one's strengths, weaknesses, status, etc.; self-image.
- self-content — satisfaction with oneself; self-complacency.
- self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
- self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
- self-tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
- semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
- semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
- send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
- serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
- set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- slothfulness — sluggardly; indolent; lazy.
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft science — any of the specialized fields or disciplines, as psychology, sociology, anthropology, or political science, that interpret human behavior, institutions, society, etc., on the basis of scientific investigations for which it may be difficult to establish strictly measurable criteria.
- soft-centred — (of a chocolate or boiled sweet) having a centre consisting of cream, jelly, etc
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- sound effect — any sound, other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation, as the sound of a storm or a creaking door.
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- strong force — Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- suit oneself — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- take offense — If someone takes offense at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- toffee-nosed — stuck-up; conceited; pretentious: a toffee-nosed butler; a toffee-nosed shop.
- transfection — the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.