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15-letter words containing l, o, s, e, i

  • self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • self-exhibition — an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
  • self-exploiting — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • self-expression — the expression or assertion of one's own personality, as in conversation, behavior, poetry, or painting.
  • self-forgetting — self-forgetful.
  • self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
  • self-glorifying — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
  • self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
  • self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
  • self-immolation — voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.
  • self-infliction — inflicted by oneself upon oneself: a self-inflicted wound.
  • 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-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
  • self-ionization — to separate or change into ions.
  • self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
  • self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
  • self-monitoring — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
  • self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
  • self-oppression — the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, anxiety, etc.
  • self-perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • self-possession — the quality of being self-possessed; control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composure; poise.
  • self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-propulsion — propulsion by a vehicle's own engine, motor, or the like.
  • self-protection — protection of oneself or itself.
  • self-reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
  • 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-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
  • self-solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
  • self-suggestion — the act of suggesting.
  • self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • seller's option — (on the New York Stock Exchange) a special transaction that gives the seller the right to make late delivery of a security within a specified period, ranging from 5 to not more than 60 business days for stocks.
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • semicolonialism — the state of being semicolonial
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • senior lecturer — a university teacher who does not hold a professorship.
  • senior wrangler — (at Cambridge University) a candidate who has obtained first-class honours in Part II of the mathematics tripos and got the highest marks
  • sepoy rebellion — the Indian Mutiny of 1857–58
  • septendecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 54 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 102 zeros.
  • septentrionally — northwards; in the direction of the north
  • serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • serial monogamy — a form of monogamy characterized by several successive, short-term marriages over the course of a lifetime.
  • sewage disposal — waste processing
  • sexual politics — the differences in the amount of power that male and female people have in a society or group
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