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11-letter words containing s, f, e

  • self-excuse — to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.): Excuse his bad manners.
  • self-feeder — an apparatus or machine that automatically discharges a supply of some material, especially one consisting of a hopper and a trough for feeding livestock.
  • self-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
  • self-giving — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • self-guided — accompanied by a guide: a guided tour.
  • self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
  • self-hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
  • self-ignite — to ignite without spark or flame.
  • self-insure — to subject (one's property or interests) to self-insurance.
  • self-loader — semiautomatic (def 3).
  • self-mailer — an advertisement, booklet, or the like, that has space for a name, address, and postage and can be mailed without a wrapper or envelope.
  • self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
  • self-minded — having a certain kind of mind (usually used in combination): strong-minded.
  • self-moving — capable of moving without an external agency.
  • self-murder — suicide
  • self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • self-poised — acting with poise.
  • self-praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • self-profit — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • self-reform — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
  • self-regard — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • self-rising — rising without the addition of leaven: self-rising pancake flour.
  • self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
  • self-safety — the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
  • self-seeker — a person who seeks his or her own interest or selfish ends.
  • self-slayer — one who kills oneself.
  • self-speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
  • self-strong — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
  • self-styled — styled, called, or considered by oneself as specified: a self-styled leader.
  • self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
  • self-tender — an offer by a company to buy back some or all of its shares from its shareholders, esp as a protection against an unwelcome takeover bid
  • self-weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • self-willed — stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.
  • selfishness — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
  • semifluidic — of the nature of a semifluid; partially fluidic
  • send flying — to dismiss or cause to depart hurriedly
  • sending-off — If there is a sending-off during a game of football, a player is told to leave the field by the referee, as a punishment for seriously breaking the rules.
  • septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
  • septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
  • server farm — a collection of computer servers (usually in a business, organization, etc) used to accomplish tasks for which multiple machines are needed
  • set fire to — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • set forward — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • set on fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • set on foot — to initiate or start (something)
  • severalfold — comprising several parts or members.
  • sewage farm — a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
  • shaft alley — an enclosure on a ship for housing a propeller shaft and a walk for oilers.
  • shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
  • shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
  • shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
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