16-letter words containing f, e, l, n, o, p
- self-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
- self-explanatory — explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.
- self-explication — the act of explicating.
- self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-opinionated — conceited; having an inordinately high regard for oneself, one's own opinions, views, etc.
- self-pollination — the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the same flower, another flower on the same plant, or the flower of a plant of the same clone.
- self-preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- self-pronouncing — having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols: a self-pronouncing dictionary.
- self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- self-suppression — Psychoanalysis. conscious inhibition of an impulse.
- semiprofessional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
- ship of the line — a former sailing warship armed powerfully enough to serve in the line of battle, usually having cannons ranged along two or more decks; battleship.
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
- step out of line — to fail to conform to expected standards, attitudes, etc
- stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
- wolfenden report — a study produced in 1957 by the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in Britain, which recommended that homosexual relations between consenting adults be legalized