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

  • school friend — A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children.
  • second fiddle — a secondary role: to play second fiddle to another person.
  • self-adhesive — having a side or surface coated with an adhesive substance to permit sticking without glue, paste, or the like: a self-adhesive label; self-adhesive ceramic tiles.
  • self-admitted — admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed: a self-admitted spy.
  • self-analysis — the application of psychoanalytic techniques and theories to an analysis of one's own personality and behavior, especially without the aid of a psychiatrist or other trained person.
  • self-anointed — to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
  • self-assuming — taking too much for granted; presumptuous.
  • self-catering — holiday accommodation not including meals
  • self-chastise — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
  • self-cleaning — an act or instance of making clean: Give the house a good cleaning.
  • self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • self-critical — capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
  • self-deceived — holding an erroneous opinion of oneself, one's own effort, or the like.
  • self-defining — decisive; critically important: Taking a course in architecture was a defining turn in her life.
  • self-deifying — to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
  • self-delusion — the act or fact of deluding oneself.
  • self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
  • self-directed — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
  • self-distrust — lack of confidence in oneself, in one's abilities, etc.
  • 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-estimate — to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
  • 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-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • 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-medicate — to medicate oneself without consulting a physician
  • 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-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • self-ordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
  • self-oriented — the 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.
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