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15-letter words containing s, a, l, t

  • self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
  • 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-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
  • self-infatuated — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
  • self-initiative — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
  • 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-ionization — to separate or change into ions.
  • self-lacerating — to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
  • self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
  • self-management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
  • self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
  • 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-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
  • 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-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
  • self-regulatory — Self-regulatory systems, organizations, or activities are controlled by the people involved in them, rather than by outside organizations or rules.
  • self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
  • self-revelatory — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • self-satisfying — effecting satisfaction to oneself.
  • self-sustaining — self-supporting.
  • self-sustenance — means of sustaining life; nourishment.
  • self-validating — requiring no external confirmation, sanction, or validation.
  • selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
  • seller's market — commerce: greater demand than supply
  • sellers' market — a market in which goods and services are scarce and prices relatively high.
  • semi-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • semi-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • semi-illiterate — unable to read and write: an illiterate group.
  • semi-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • semicrystalline — partly or imperfectly crystalline.
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • semiterrestrial — living mostly on land but requiring a moist environment or nearby water, especially as a breeding site: Most amphibians are semiterrestrial.
  • semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
  • senile dementia — a syndrome of progressive, irreversible impairment of cognitive function, caused by organic factors and having its onset late in life.
  • sensitive plant — Also called humble plant. a tropical American plant, Mimosa pudica, cultivated in greenhouses, having bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched.
  • sentinel animal — an animal that is placed in a given environment and then monitored to find out if an infectious disease or other harmful agent is present in that environment
  • separate school — (in Canada) a school for a large religious minority financed by its rates and administered by its own school board but under the authority of the provincial department of education
  • septentrionally — northwards; in the direction of the north
  • sergeant at law — a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
  • serjeant at law — (formerly in England) a barrister of a special rank, to which he was raised by a writ under the Great Seal
  • settlement date — day by which payment must be made
  • sexual equality — the same status, rights, and responsibilities for male and female people
  • sexual politics — the differences in the amount of power that male and female people have in a society or group
  • shalosh seudoth — the last of the three prescribed Sabbath meals, taken after Minhah and before the evening service.
  • shark repellent — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
  • sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver.
  • shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
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