14-letter words containing f, e, t, a, l
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-dedicated — wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist.
- self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
- self-formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- self-initiated — initiated or begun by oneself.
- 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-operating — automatic.
- self-operative — automatic.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
- self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
- self-satisfied — feeling or showing satisfaction with oneself.
- self-slaughter — suicide.
- self-stability — the state or quality of being stable.
- self-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- 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.
- seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- skeleton staff — the minimum staff needed by a company during a time where most staff do not normally work, such as a holiday, weekend, etc
- slide fastener — zipper (def 2).
- slit fricative — a fricative, as (f) or (th), in which the tongue is relatively flat, with air channeled over it through a shallow slit.
- snifting valve — a valve for releasing small quantities of steam, compressed air, or condensate, as from the cylinder of a steam engine.
- 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.
- space platform — space station.
- special effect — Usually, special effects. a video or audio illusion in film or other media, created with computer-generated images, prosthetic makeup, pyrotechnics, etc.
- steer clear of — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- store of value — the function of money that enables goods and services to be paid for a considerable time after they have been acquired
- stuffed animal — soft toy
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- table football — a game based on soccer, played on a table with sets of miniature human figures mounted on rods allowing them to be tilted or spun to strike the ball
- take sb's life — If someone takes another person's life, they kill them. If someone takes their own life, they kill themselves.
- take the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
- temperamentful — full of temperament