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12-letter words containing s, e, l, f, i

  • self-conceit — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
  • self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
  • self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
  • self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
  • self-defined — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
  • self-denying — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
  • self-devised — to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method.
  • self-disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
  • self-evident — evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
  • self-excited — noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.
  • self-feeding — automatically supplying itself with what is needed, as a machine
  • self-fertile — capable of self-fertilization.
  • self-filling — that fills or replenishes itself automatically
  • self-finance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
  • self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
  • self-insurer — one insured under self-insurance.
  • self-limited — (of a disease) running a definite and limited course.
  • 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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.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-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-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-service — the serving of oneself in a restaurant, shop, gas station, or other facility, without the aid of a waiter, clerk, attendant, etc.
  • self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
  • self-sterile — incapable of self-fertilization.
  • self-studies — the study of something by oneself, as through books, records, etc., without direct supervision or attendance in a class: She learned to read German by self-study.
  • 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-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.
  • self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
  • selfie stick — a rod on which a camera or mobile phone may be mounted in order to take a photograph of oneself
  • semifinalist — a participant or one qualified to participate in a semifinal.
  • semiflexible — moderately or somewhat flexible.
  • 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.
  • semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
  • serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
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