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14-letter words containing c, i, s, e, l

  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
  • self-enriching — to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.
  • self-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
  • self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
  • self-financing — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-inclusive — including oneself or itself.
  • self-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
  • self-inflicted — inflicted by oneself upon oneself: a self-inflicted wound.
  • self-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
  • self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
  • self-publicist — someone who is skilled at promoting him or herself
  • self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
  • self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
  • self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
  • self-sacrifice — sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.
  • self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • self-selection — selection made by or for oneself: goods arranged on shelves for customer self-selection.
  • selling climax — a brief, abrupt decline in stock prices that is succeeded by a rally.
  • semantic field — an area of human experience or perception, as color, that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary items in a language.
  • semi-classical — of or relating to music by classical composers that is familiar or appealing to the general public.
  • semi-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semi-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • semi-socialism — a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
  • semi-spherical — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
  • semicentennial — of or relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
  • semicommercial — of, relating to, or characterized by limited marketing of an experimental product
  • semielliptical — a half ellipse, usually one containing both ends of the major axis.
  • semiofficially — in a semiofficial manner
  • semiologically — in a semiological manner; in a way that pertains to semiology
  • service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
  • service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
  • serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • settle a claim — If an insurer settles a claim it pays money to a policyholder for the occurrence of a loss or risk against which they were insured.
  • shield cricket — the interstate cricket competition held for the Sheffield Shield
  • shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
  • shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
  • shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
  • sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • silent auction — an auction at which previously submitted written bids of prospective buyers are opened and compared, with each item being sold to the highest bidder.
  • silent service — the submarine service (usually preceded by the).
  • silicon valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high-technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated.
  • silver service — formal method of serving dinner
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
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