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12-letter words containing s, u, i, f

  • rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
  • safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
  • salutiferous — salutary.
  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
  • self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
  • self-insurer — one insured under self-insurance.
  • 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-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.
  • seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
  • serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
  • set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
  • siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.
  • simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
  • sinking fund — a fund to extinguish an indebtedness, usually a bond issue.
  • sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
  • sixty-fourth — next after the sixty-third; being the ordinal number for 64.
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
  • soboliferous — bearing or producing soboles
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
  • solifluction — creep (def 22a).
  • soporiferous — bringing sleep; soporific.
  • soufflé dish — A dish for making souffles
  • south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
  • south-facing — facing towards the south
  • spinal fluid — cerebrospinal fluid
  • spitefulness — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
  • sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
  • square serif — a font of type having serifs with a weight equal to or greater than that of the main strokes. Compare Egyptian (def 5).
  • squirrelfish — any of several brightly colored, nocturnal fishes of the family Holocentridae, inhabiting shallow waters of tropical reefs, especially the reddish Holocentrus ascensionis of the West Indies, armed with sharp spines and scales.
  • stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
  • stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
  • 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.
  • stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
  • student file — a file containing information about each student in a school, college, etc, such as demographic information and information about grades, etc
  • stuffing box — a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.
  • stuffing nut — a large nut that is tightened to compress the packing in a stuffing box
  • stunt flying — the activity or practice of performing stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
  • stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
  • stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
  • stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
  • stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
  • sub-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
  • 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
  • subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
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