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11-letter words containing s, t, i, f, l

  • lend itself — to possess the right characteristics or qualities for
  • lethiferous — lethal.
  • life estate — property that may be held only for the extent of the holder's lifetime
  • lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
  • loosestrife — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lysimachia, of the primrose family, having clusters of usually yellow flowers, as L. vulgaris (garden loosestrife) or L. quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife)
  • mailed fist — superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
  • master file — Computers. a permanent file, periodically updated, that serves as an authoritative source of data.
  • misdoubtful — doubting; distrustful
  • mistrustful — full of mistrust; suspicious.
  • multifocals — multifocal spectacles
  • offset-line — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
  • olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
  • outfielders — Plural form of outfielder.
  • pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
  • quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
  • reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
  • riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
  • safety film — Photography. a film having a nonflammable base of triacetate cellulose.
  • saint felix — Saint, died a.d. 530, pope 526–530.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • satisfiable — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
  • self-acting — acting by itself; automatic.
  • self-deceit — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
  • self-ignite — to ignite without spark or flame.
  • self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • self-weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
  • sheriffalty — shrievalty.
  • shift lever — the lever mounted on the steering column or floor of a vehicle that enables the driver to shift gears.
  • shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
  • short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
  • single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
  • sliding fit — a fit that enables one part to be inserted into another by sliding or pushing, rather than by hammering
  • soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
  • soft skills — emotional intelligence
  • soft-boiled — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
  • spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
  • split shift — a work period divided into two parts that are separated by an interval longer than a normal rest period
  • stagflation — an inflationary period accompanied by rising unemployment and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity.
  • stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
  • 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
  • stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
  • studio flat — a flat with one main room
  • stultifying — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
  • stunt flier — someone who performs stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
  • styliferous — having a style (part of the female organ of a plant)
  • subinfluent — an organism that has a lesser effect than an influent on the ecological processes within a community.
  • sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
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