12-letter words containing s, u, c, e, f
- 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.
- safety touch — a two-point play
- schaffhausen — a canton in N Switzerland. 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
- self-focused — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
- set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
- sheep fescue — a widely distributed grass, Festuca ovina, having densely clustered stems and cultivated for lawns and forage.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.
- 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.
- spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- square-faced — having a front shaped so as to be square or rectangular
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- subjectified — to make subjective.
- subjectifies — to make subjective.
- subreference — a secondary reference
- successfully — achieving or having achieved success.
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
- surface area — the total area on the surface of a three-dimensional figure
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- surface road — a road or street level with its surroundings: surface roads and elevated highways.
- surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- unconfusedly — in an unconfused manner
- underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- undersurface — underside; bottom surface.
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- unobfuscated — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- unrespectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- unsanctified — not sanctified
- unscientific — not scientific; not employed in science: an unscientific measuring device.
- unscottified — not Scottish; taken out of a Scottish context
- unsuccessful — not achieving or not attended with success: an unsuccessful person; an unsuccessful venture.
- unsufficient — insufficient
- vociferously — crying out noisily; clamorous.
- watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
- 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.
- zinc sulfide — a white to yellow, crystalline powder, ZnS, soluble in acids, insoluble in water, occurring naturally as wurtzite and sphalerite: used as a pigment and as a phosphor on x-ray and television screens.