9-letter words containing s, e, l, f, i
- self-pity — pity for oneself, especially a self-indulgent attitude concerning one's own difficulties, hardships, etc.: We must resist yielding to self-pity and carry on as best we can.
- self-will — stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.
- selfishly — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
- selfridge — Harry Gordon, 1857?–1947, British retail merchant, born in the U.S.
- semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
- semifluid — imperfectly fluid; having both fluid and solid characteristics; semiliquid.
- serrefile — an officer placed in the rearmost file of soldiers in a troop
- sheaflike — resembling a sheaf
- sheffield — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- shelf ice — ice forming part of or broken from an ice shelf.
- shelflist — a record of the books and other materials in a library arranged in the order in which the materials are stored on shelves.
- shellfire — the firing of explosive shells or projectiles.
- shellfish — an aquatic animal having a shell, as the oyster and other mollusks and the lobster and other crustaceans.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shiftless — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- siffleuse — a female professional whistler
- skiffless — without a skiff
- slow fire — a rate of firing small arms that allows time to aim before each shot.
- sniffable — capable of being sniffed
- snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
- snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
- soft line — a position or policy, as in politics, that is moderate and flexible.
- solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
- solfeggio — a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- spiel off — to recite by or as if by rote
- spoilfive — a game played by two to ten persons having five cards each.
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulfoxide — a brown liquid, C 1 8 H 2 8 O 3 S, insoluble in water, used as an insecticide synergist.
- sulfurize — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- sutcliffe — Herbert. 1894–1978, English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire; scorer of 149 centuries and 1000 runs in a season 24 times
- swellfish — puffer (def 2).
- swine flu — a highly contagious form of influenza caused by infection with a filterable virus first isolated from swine.
- test film — a short film that serves as an example of a longer work
- unselfish — not selfish; disinterested; generous; altruistic.
- unstifled — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- up-itself — pretentious or pompous
- welfarism — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- welfarist — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- westfield — a city in S Massachusetts.
- wildfires — Plural form of wildfire.