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12-letter words containing f, i, n, s

  • 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-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-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
  • self-insurer — one insured under self-insurance.
  • 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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.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-opinion — opinion of oneself, especially when unduly high.
  • 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-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
  • 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-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-tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
  • 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.
  • semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
  • semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
  • semifinished — partially or almost finished.
  • 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.
  • seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
  • set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
  • seventy-five — a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.
  • shaving foam — lather used for shaving
  • sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
  • significancy — significance.
  • significants — important; of consequence.
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
  • sinification — to Sinicize.
  • sinking fund — a fund to extinguish an indebtedness, usually a bond issue.
  • sir sandford — Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3533 meters).
  • slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
  • sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
  • sniffishness — the quality or characteristic of being sniffy
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • soft landing — space vehicle
  • soft science — any of the specialized fields or disciplines, as psychology, sociology, anthropology, or political science, that interpret human behavior, institutions, society, etc., on the basis of scientific investigations for which it may be difficult to establish strictly measurable criteria.
  • solifluction — creep (def 22a).
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