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14-letter words containing d, e, f, l

  • self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • self-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
  • self-disclosed — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
  • self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • self-engrossed — to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb: Their discussion engrossed his attention. She is engrossed in her work.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-exploited — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
  • self-glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • 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-induction — the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit.
  • self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
  • self-inflicted — inflicted by oneself upon oneself: a self-inflicted wound.
  • self-initiated — initiated or begun by oneself.
  • self-knowledge — knowledge or understanding of oneself, one's character, abilities, motives, etc.
  • self-laudation — an act or instance of lauding; encomium; tribute.
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
  • self-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • self-possessed — having or showing control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composed; poised.
  • self-professed — avowed; acknowledged.
  • self-propelled — propelled by itself.
  • self-published — published independently by the author: self-published books.
  • self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
  • self-satisfied — feeling or showing satisfaction with oneself.
  • self-surrender — the surrender or yielding up of oneself, one's will, affections, etc., as to another person, an influence, or a cause.
  • 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.
  • semper fidelis — always faithful
  • seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
  • sheffield lake — a town in N Ohio.
  • siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
  • skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
  • slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
  • sodium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, detergents, glass, and ceramic glazes.
  • sodium sulfide — a yellow or brick-red, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, Na 2 S, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, and rubber, as a depilatory for leather, and in the flotation of powdered lead and copper ores.
  • sodium sulfite — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 3 , used chiefly as a food preservative, as a bleaching agent, and as a developer in photography.
  • stuffed animal — soft toy
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sulfur dioxide — a colorless, nonflammable, water-soluble, suffocating gas, SO 2 , formed when sulfur burns: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, in preserving fruits and vegetables, and in bleaching, disinfecting, and fumigating.
  • take the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
  • the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
  • the free world — the non-Communist countries collectively, esp those that are actively anti-Communist
  • the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
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