14-letter words containing g, i, l, f
- self-enriching — to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.
- self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
- self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
- self-financing — 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-glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-levelling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-poisoning — illness due to the taking of poison
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- shifty-looking — having the appearance of being dishonest
- siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
- sigh of relief — audible breath when difficulty is over
- snifting valve — a valve for releasing small quantities of steam, compressed air, or condensate, as from the cylinder of a steam engine.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
- sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
- the footlights — the theater, or acting as a profession
- to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
- torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
- total fighting — a combat sport in which very few restrictions are placed on the type of blows or tactics that may be used
- traffic lights — a set of coloured lights placed at crossroads, junctions, etc, to control the flow of traffic
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- uniflow engine — a double-acting steam engine exhausting from the middle of each cylinder at each stroke so that the motion of the steam from admission to exhaust is continuous in one direction.
- unreflectingly — in an unreflecting manner
- unrightfulness — the quality of being unjust or unrightful
- url forwarding — URL redirection
- weight lifting — sport: competition to lift barbells
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- wriggle out of — evade: a duty