11-letter words containing s, o, l, f
- slant front — a flap of a desk, sloping upward and inward to close the desk, and opening forward and downward to a horizontal position as a writing surface: a form of fall front.
- slow-footed — proceeding at a slow pace.
- smoke shelf — a ledge at the bottom of a smoke chamber, so made as to deflect or break downdrafts from the chimney.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
- social life — leisure time spent with other people
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- soft palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- soft skills — emotional intelligence
- soft solder — a solder fusible at temperatures below 700°F (370°C), generally an alloy of lead and tin.
- soft-boiled — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
- 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.
- soothfastly — in a soothfast manner
- sorrowfully — full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
- spiraliform — having or resembling spiral lines
- splashproof — resistant to splashing
- stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
- steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
- stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- strand wolf — brown hyena.
- strawflower — any of several everlasting flowers, especially an Australian composite plant, Helichrysum bracteatum, having heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red, or white flowers.
- studio flat — a flat with one main room
- styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
- sulfo group — the univalent group SO 3 H–, derived from sulfuric acid.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- superfluous — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
- swell front — a horizontally convex front, as of a chest of drawers.
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- theftuously — in a theftuous or thievish manner
- thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
- tubiflorous — tubuliflorous.
- twofoldness — the quality or state of being twofold
- unfrivolous — not frivolous
- unreposeful — characterized by a lack of repose or rest
- up for sale — If a property or company is up for sale, its owner is trying to sell it.
- vasculiform — shaped like a small vase or flowerpot
- vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
- wallflowers — Plural form of wallflower.
- werewolfish — characteristic of a werewolf
- whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- wildflowers — Plural form of wildflower.
- wolf packs' — a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.
- wolf spider — any of numerous ground spiders of the family Lycosidae, including the southern European tarantula, Lycosa taretula, that hunt their prey instead of using a web.
- wolfishness — The quality of being wolfish.