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13-letter words containing l, o, n, i, e

  • segregational — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • selenocentric — having the moon as its center.
  • selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
  • selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
  • self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
  • 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-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-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-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-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-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-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
  • self-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
  • selling floor — floor (def 10).
  • selling point — a unique or advantageous feature that appeals to the prospective buyer of a service, product, etc.: A generous discount is the chief selling point of the book club.
  • seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
  • semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • senior school — a school for pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18
  • sensationally — producing or designed to produce a startling effect, strong reaction, intense interest, etc., especially by exaggerated, superficial, or lurid elements: a sensational novel.
  • sensible note — the major seventh note of any scale
  • sensorineural — related to or affecting a sensory nerve or a sensory mechanism together with its neural circuitry.
  • sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
  • septentrional — northern; boreal
  • serialization — to publish in serial form.
  • serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
  • sex selection — the practice of attempting to control the sex of a baby in order to achieve a desired sex, through various scientific methods
  • sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
  • sexualization — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
  • shed light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
  • silicon alley — an area of New York City in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
  • silver salmon — coho salmon.
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • single mother — a mother who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
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