12-letter words containing s, t, i, f, l
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-sterile — incapable of self-fertilization.
- self-studies — the study of something by oneself, as through books, records, etc., without direct supervision or attendance in a class: She learned to read German by self-study.
- self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
- self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
- 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.
- selfie stick — a rod on which a camera or mobile phone may be mounted in order to take a photograph of oneself
- semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
- 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.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
- shirt-lifter — a homosexual
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- silver frost — glaze (def 17).
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- sleep it off — to rid oneself of the effects of some excess, overindulgence, etc., specif. of the aftereffects of drinking much alcoholic liquor, by sleeping
- slipper foot — an elongated pad foot.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- soft landing — space vehicle
- solifluction — creep (def 22a).
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- spiflication — rough treatment
- spitefulness — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strobiliform — shaped as a strobilus
- student file — a file containing information about each student in a school, college, etc, such as demographic information and information about grades, etc
- stunt flying — the activity or practice of performing stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- suit oneself — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sulfite pulp — wood pulp made by the sulfite process.
- the flickers — the cinema
- the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- the sniffles — a cold in the head
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- tonic sol-fa — a system of singing characterized by emphasis upon tonality or key relationship, in which tones are indicated by the initial letters of the syllables of the sol-fa system rather than by conventional staff notation.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- ultraleftist — ultraleft.
- west mifflin — a city in W Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
- wolf whistle — a wolf call made by whistling, often characterized by two sliding sounds, a peal up to a higher note and then one up to a lower note and down.
- wolf-whistle — If someone wolf-whistles, they make a whistling sound with a short rising note and a longer falling note. Some men wolf-whistle at a woman to show that they think she is attractive, and some women find this offensive.
- zinc sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.