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12-letter words containing f, g, l

  • self-feeding — automatically supplying itself with what is needed, as a machine
  • self-filling — that fills or replenishes itself automatically
  • self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • 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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.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-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-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
  • self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-sealing — capable of sealing itself automatically or without the application of adhesive, glue, or moisture: a self-sealing automobile tire; self-sealing envelopes.
  • self-seeking — the seeking of one's own interest or selfish ends.
  • self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
  • self-storage — noting or pertaining to a warehouse or other facility that rents units to people for storing personal possessions.
  • self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
  • self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
  • self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
  • self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • shelf fungus — bracket fungus
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • soft landing — space vehicle
  • solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • 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)
  • spongillafly — spongefly.
  • sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
  • sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
  • stunt flying — the activity or practice of performing stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
  • stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
  • target rifle — a rifle designed especially for shooting at targets.
  • terrifyingly — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
  • the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
  • topping lift — a line for raising and supporting a spar, as a yard or boom.
  • triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
  • undelightful — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
  • unflaggingly — in a consistently strong or tireless manner
  • unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
  • unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
  • unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
  • unfulfilling — not carried out or done: many unfulfilled requests.
  • ungracefully — in an ungraceful manner
  • unmeaningful — not meaningful; without significance.
  • unreflecting — not reflecting; unthinking: an unreflecting, self-satisfied man.
  • unrevengeful — not tending to take revenge; forgiving
  • unrightfully — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
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