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10-letter words containing s, f, e

  • screen off — If part of a room or area is screened off, it is made into a separate area, using a screen.
  • scurfiness — the state or quality of being scurfy
  • scuttleful — the amount a scuttle will hold
  • sdeignfull — disdainful
  • sebiferous — producing or carrying a fatty, oily, or waxlike substance
  • securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
  • seferiades — Giorgos Stylianou [yawr-gaws stee-lyah-noo] /ˈyɔr gɔs ˌsti lyɑˈnu/ (Show IPA), (Giorgos Seferis) 1900–71, Greek poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1963.
  • self-abuse — reproach or blame of oneself.
  • self-aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
  • self-belay — a method of preventing oneself from falling by using a controlled rope
  • self-blame — to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
  • self-build — the practice of building one's own home
  • self-doubt — lack of confidence in the reliability of one's own motives, personality, thought, etc.
  • self-drive — of, for, designating, or providing a car that is rented for personal use, without a hired driver.
  • self-exile — a state of exile imposed by oneself.
  • self-given — past participle of give.
  • self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • self-image — the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.
  • self-named — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
  • self-paced — (of an educational system, course, etc.) done or designed to be accomplished at the student's own speed: self-paced instruction.
  • self-pride — pride in one's abilities, status, possessions, etc.; self-esteem.
  • self-serve — self-service.
  • self-stick — having a surface coated or treated to stick to another surface without the use of glue or moisture; self-adhesive.
  • self-study — 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-timer — a mechanism in a camera that operates a delay between the operation of the shutter release and the opening of the shutter, enabling the photographer to be included in the photograph
  • self-trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
  • self-unity — the state of being one; oneness.
  • self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • self-wrong — wrong done to oneself.
  • selflessly — having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish.
  • sellafield — the site of an atomic power station and nuclear reprocessing plant in NW England, in W Cumbria
  • semi-final — competition round that decides finalists
  • semifeudal — partly feudal
  • semifitted — designed to fit closely but not snugly: a semifitted jacket.
  • semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
  • semifreddo — a partially frozen Italian dessert similar to ice cream
  • send a fax — If you send a fax, you send a copy of a document from one fax machine to another.
  • send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
  • senefelder — Aloys [ah-loh-ys,, ah-lois] /ˈɑ loʊ üs,, ˈɑ lɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1771–1834, German inventor of lithography.
  • senna leaf — the dried leaflets of any of these plants, used as a cathartic and laxative
  • setiferous — having setae or bristles.
  • settle for — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
  • setup file — a file needed to set up or install a computer program
  • sex factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
  • shamefaced — modest or bashful.
  • shamefully — causing shame: shameful behavior.
  • sheep farm — place where sheep are raised
  • sheep-fold — an enclosure for sheep.
  • sheet feed — the part of a computer printer where sheets of paper can be inserted and are then fed through the machine one at a time
  • sheet film — a flat piece of film cut to a required size before being loaded into a camera.
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