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14-letter words containing l, e, f

  • route flapping — flapping router
  • rufflette tape — a kind of heading tape for curtains
  • rule of eleven — the rule that when a player leads his or her fourth-highest card in any suit its numerical value subtracted from eleven gives the number of higher cards of that suit held by the other players.
  • rules of order — the rules by which a legislative or deliberative assembly governs its proceedings; parliamentary law.
  • safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
  • sales forecast — a prediction of future sales of a product, either judgmental or based on previous sales patterns
  • sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
  • santa fe trail — an important trade route going between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, used from about 1821 to 1880.
  • scientifically — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
  • sea of galilee — a lake in NE Israel, 209 m (686 ft) below sea level, through which the River Jordan flows. Area: 165 sq km (64 sq miles)
  • sean o'faolain — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1900–91, Irish writer and teacher.
  • self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
  • self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
  • self-abasement — humiliation of oneself, especially as a result of guilt, shame, or the like.
  • self-actualize — to undergo self-actualization.
  • self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • self-addressed — addressed for return to the sender.
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
  • self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
  • self-annealing — denoting certain metals, such as lead, tin, and zinc, that recrystallize at air temperatures and so may be cold-worked without strain-hardening
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-appraisal — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
  • self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-assurance — self-confidence.
  • self-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
  • self-clearance — the act of clearing.
  • self-collected — having or showing self-control; composed; self-possessed.
  • self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
  • self-composure — calmness and self-possession
  • self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
  • self-condemned — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
  • self-confessed — openly admitting to being a type of person with a particular quality, habit, character, etc.: He's a self-confessed gambler.
  • self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
  • self-confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
  • self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
  • self-consoling — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
  • self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  • self-contented — contented with what one is or has
  • self-criticism — the act or fact of being self-critical.
  • self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
  • self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-dedicated — wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist.
  • self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
  • self-dependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
  • self-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
  • self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
  • self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
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