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15-letter words containing i, n, f, l, u, e

  • self-fulfilling — characterized by or bringing about self-fulfillment.
  • self-fulfilment — the act or fact of fulfilling one's ambitions, desires, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
  • self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
  • self-infatuated — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
  • self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • self-justifying — offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
  • self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
  • self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-propulsion — propulsion by a vehicle's own engine, motor, or the like.
  • self-punishment — the act of punishing.
  • self-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
  • self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
  • self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • self-subsisting — to exist; continue in existence.
  • self-sufficient — able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self-sufficient.
  • self-suggestion — the act of suggesting.
  • self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • self-sustaining — self-supporting.
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • single-cut file — a file with teeth in one direction only: used for filing soft material
  • snafu principle — /sna'foo prin'si-pl/ [WWII Army acronym for "Situation Normal: All Fucked Up"] "True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth." - a central tenet of Discordianism, often invoked by hackers to explain why authoritarian hierarchies screw up so reliably and systematically. The effect of the SNAFU principle is a progressive disconnection of decision-makers from reality. This lightly adapted version of a fable dating back to the early 1960s illustrates the phenomenon perfectly: In the beginning was the plan, and then the specification; And the plan was without form, and the specification was void. And darkness was on the faces of the implementors thereof; And they spake unto their leader, saying: "It is a crock of shit, and smells as of a sewer." And the leader took pity on them, and spoke to the project leader: "It is a crock of excrement, and none may abide the odor thereof." And the project leader spake unto his section head, saying: "It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide it." The section head then hurried to his department manager, and informed him thus: "It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength." The department manager carried these words to his general manager, and spoke unto him saying: "It containeth that which aideth the growth of plants, and it is very strong." And so it was that the general manager rejoiced and delivered the good news unto the Vice President. "It promoteth growth, and it is very powerful." The Vice President rushed to the President's side, and joyously exclaimed: "This powerful new software product will promote the growth of the company!" And the President looked upon the product, and saw that it was very good. After the subsequent disaster, the suits protect themselves by saying "I was misinformed!", and the implementors are demoted or fired.
  • stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
  • subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
  • sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
  • superficialness — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • suspension file — a folder for documents that has protruding ends that can be hung over rails for storage
  • sylvian fissure — lateral fissure.
  • tentaculiferous — having tentacles
  • tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
  • trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
  • ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
  • underfulfilling — falling short of satisfactory
  • unfamiliarities — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
  • unfossiliferous — (of sediment, clay, rock, etc) not containing fossils
  • uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
  • unselfconscious — not self-conscious; without affectation or pretense: an unselfconscious manner.
  • unverifiability — the quality or state of being unverifiable
  • van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory
  • winter flounder — any of various popular food flatfishes, as Parophrys vetulus of the Pacific (English sole) and Pseudopleuronectes americanus of the Atlantic (winter flounder or blackback flounder)
  • wish fulfilment — (in Freudian psychology) any successful attempt to fulfil a wish stemming from the unconscious mind, whether in fact, in fantasy, or by such disguised means as sublimation
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