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12-letter words containing n, s, f

  • self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
  • self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
  • self-insurer — one insured under self-insurance.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • self-neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • self-offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
  • self-opinion — opinion of oneself, especially when unduly high.
  • self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
  • self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
  • self-renewal — the act of renewing.
  • self-sealing — capable of sealing itself automatically or without the application of adhesive, glue, or moisture: a self-sealing automobile tire; self-sealing envelopes.
  • self-seeking — the seeking of one's own interest or selfish ends.
  • self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
  • self-tanning — cosmetic substance applied to the skin to simulate a suntan
  • self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet
  • self-torment — an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
  • self-tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
  • self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
  • selflessness — having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish.
  • selfsameness — the quality or state of being selfsame or identical
  • sell oneself — to convince someone else of one's potential or worth
  • semi-fiction — the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
  • semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
  • semifinished — partially or almost finished.
  • semifloating — noting or pertaining to a driving axle of an automobile or the like, the inner end of which is carried by the differential gear and the outer end of which is keyed to a wheel supported by the axle housing.
  • seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
  • send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • serpentiform — shaped like a snake.
  • set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
  • seventy-five — a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.
  • seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
  • sex offender — a person who has been found guilty of one or more sex crimes.
  • shaving foam — lather used for shaving
  • sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
  • shelf fungus — bracket fungus
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
  • significancy — significance.
  • significants — important; of consequence.
  • significator — a planet deemed significant in astrology
  • simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
  • sinification — to Sinicize.
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