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13-letter words containing n, i, e, f

  • 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-effacing — the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
  • self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
  • self-evolving — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
  • self-existent — existing independently of any cause, as God.
  • 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-identify — identify (defs 7, 8): to self-identify as gay; to self-identify with others in the same situation.
  • self-identity — the identity or consciousness of identity of a thing with itself.
  • 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-immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
  • self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
  • self-interest — regard for one's own interest or advantage, especially with disregard for others.
  • self-involved — self-centered; preoccupied with oneself
  • self-limiting — limiting oneself or itself: a self-limiting authority.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • self-luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
  • self-managing — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
  • self-negating — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
  • 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-orientedthe Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • self-pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
  • self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
  • self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
  • self-reliance — reliance on oneself or one's own powers, resources, etc.
  • self-renewing — of or relating to the act of renewing oneself or itself
  • self-resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
  • self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
  • self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
  • self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
  • self-starting — starter (def 3).
  • self-steering — maintaining a course without constant human action
  • self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
  • self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
  • self-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
  • selling floor — floor (def 10).
  • semi-finalist — A semi-finalist is a player, athlete, or team that is competing in a semi-final.
  • semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
  • sergeant fish — cobia
  • seventy-fifth — next after the seventy-fourth; being the ordinal number for 75.
  • seventy-first — next after the seventieth; being the ordinal number for 71.
  • sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
  • shiftlessness — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
  • sigmund freudAnna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
  • sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
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