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12-letter words containing c, l, e, f

  • self-command — self-control.
  • self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
  • self-concept — the idea or mental image one has of oneself and one's strengths, weaknesses, status, etc.; self-image.
  • self-concern — to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.
  • self-content — satisfaction with oneself; self-complacency.
  • self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
  • self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
  • self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
  • self-defence — the act of defending one's person when physically attacked, as by countering blows or overcoming an assailant: the art of self-defense.
  • self-elected — chosen by vote, as for an office (contrasted with appointed): an elected official.
  • self-excited — noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.
  • self-finance — 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-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.
  • self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • self-neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • self-respect — proper esteem or regard for the dignity of one's character.
  • self-service — the serving of oneself in a restaurant, shop, gas station, or other facility, without the aid of a waiter, clerk, attendant, etc.
  • selfie stick — a rod on which a camera or mobile phone may be mounted in order to take a photograph of oneself
  • semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
  • 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
  • shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
  • shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
  • siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
  • specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
  • 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.
  • successfully — achieving or having achieved success.
  • sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
  • surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
  • terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
  • the flickers — the cinema
  • tick trefoil — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Desmodium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and jointed pods with hooked hairs by which they adhere to objects.
  • tickler file — a file consisting of memoranda, notices, electronic signals, or the like that serves to remind the user of matters that must be attended to.
  • to lose face — If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
  • tobacco leaf — the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco
  • touchy-feely — Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
  • 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.
  • trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
  • ultracareful — extremely or especially careful
  • unbeneficial — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
  • uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • uncheerfully — without cheerfulness; in an uncheerful manner
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