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16-letter words containing i, l, o

  • schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
  • school committee — (in New Zealand) a parent group selected to support a primary school
  • school inspector — an official whose job is to inspect schools and to report on their quality and conditions
  • school librarian — a librarian who works in or is in charge of a school library
  • school-age child — a child who is old enough to go to school
  • schoolgirl crush — an infatuation that a young girl has, usually for an older man such as a teacher or an actor, which is seen as superficial and unlikely to last for long
  • schoolteacherish — showing characteristics thought to be typical of a schoolteacher, as strictness and primness.
  • schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
  • scribbling block — scratch pad.
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
  • second childhood — senility; dotage.
  • security council — the division of the United Nations charged with maintaining international peace, composed of five permanent members (U.S., Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, and the People's Republic of China) and ten temporary members, each serving for two years.
  • seidlitz powders — a mild laxative consisting of tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and Rochelle salt, which are dissolved separately, mixed, and drunk after effervescence.
  • select committee — a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue.
  • selective memory — an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient
  • self-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
  • self-approbation — approval; commendation.
  • self-confinement — the act of confining.
  • self-constituted — constituted as such by oneself or itself
  • self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
  • self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • self-degradation — the act of degrading.
  • self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • self-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
  • self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
  • self-dissolution — the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
  • self-elaboration — an act or instance of elaborating.
  • self-examination — examination into one's own state, conduct, motives, etc.
  • self-explication — the act of explicating.
  • self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-indignation — strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
  • self-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
  • self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
  • self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • 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-preoccupied — preoccupied by one's own concerns
  • 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-questioning — review or scrutiny of one's own motives or behavior.
  • self-realization — the fulfillment of one's potential.
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