13-letter words containing s, e, l, f, n, g
- 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-evolving — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
- self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
- self-governed — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- 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-judgment — the act or fact of judging oneself.
- self-limiting — limiting oneself or itself: a self-limiting authority.
- self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- 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-negating — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- 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.
- self-renewing — of or relating to the act of renewing oneself or itself
- self-resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
- self-righting — able to or designed to right itself or oneself after falling or capsizing.
- self-soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- self-standing — An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.
- self-starting — starter (def 3).
- self-steering — maintaining a course without constant human action
- self-strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
- self-thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- self-training — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
- selling floor — floor (def 10).
- single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
- single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
- single-figure — relating to numbers below ten
- when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.