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.