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13-letter words containing l, o, e, f

  • role conflict — emotional conflict arising when competing demands are made on an individual in the fulfillment of his or her multiple social roles.
  • rouse oneself — to become active or energetic
  • rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • saddle oxford — saddle shoe.
  • safflower oil — an oil expressed or extracted fromsafflower seeds, used in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc.
  • san ildefonso — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
  • school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
  • screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
  • second fiddle — a secondary role: to play second fiddle to another person.
  • self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
  • self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
  • self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
  • self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
  • self-begotten — a past participle of beget.
  • self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
  • self-coloured — of one color.
  • self-composed — being or appearing to be composed; calm.
  • self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
  • self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
  • self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-delusion — the act or fact of deluding oneself.
  • self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
  • self-donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • self-employed — earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another.
  • self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
  • self-evolving — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
  • self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
  • self-exposure — the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering: the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
  • self-governed — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
  • self-ignition — the spontaneous combustion or ignition of something without any external spark or flame
  • self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
  • self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-involved — self-centered; preoccupied with oneself
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • self-luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
  • self-oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
  • self-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
  • self-obsessed — If you describe someone as self-obsessed, you are criticizing them for spending too much time thinking about themselves or their own problems.
  • self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • self-ordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
  • self-oriented — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
  • self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
  • self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
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