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16-letter words containing s, l, i, n

  • self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-indignation — strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
  • self-integrating — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
  • self-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
  • self-liquidating — capable of being sold and converted into cash within a short period of time or before the date on which the supplier must be paid.
  • self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • self-lubrication — the process of becoming lubricated without external factors
  • self-maintenance — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
  • self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • self-observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • self-opinionated — conceited; having an inordinately high regard for oneself, one's own opinions, views, etc.
  • self-pollination — the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the same flower, another flower on the same plant, or the flower of a plant of the same clone.
  • self-preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
  • self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-pronouncing — having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols: a self-pronouncing dictionary.
  • self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
  • self-questioning — review or scrutiny of one's own motives or behavior.
  • self-realization — the fulfillment of one's potential.
  • self-referential — If you describe something such as a book or film as self-referential, you mean that it is concerned with things such as its own composition or with other similar books or films.
  • self-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
  • self-registering — registering automatically, as an instrument; self-recording.
  • self-replicating — reproducing itself by its own power or inherent nature: self-replicating organisms.
  • self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • self-restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
  • self-sacrificing — sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.
  • self-sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
  • self-stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
  • self-subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
  • self-sufficiency — able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self-sufficient.
  • self-suppression — Psychoanalysis. conscious inhibition of an impulse.
  • self-sustainment — self-supporting.
  • self-terminating — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
  • self-vindicating — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
  • self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
  • self-vulcanizing — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
  • selling expenses — Selling expenses are expenses that are related to sales activities, such as delivery costs and salespeople's wages.
  • semantic tableau — a method of demonstrating the consistency or otherwise of a set of statements by constructing a diagrammatic representation of all the circumstances that satisfy the set of statements
  • semiprofessional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
  • sendero luminoso — Spanish. a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980.
  • sensationalistic — subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
  • sensible horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
  • sesquicentennial — pertaining to or marking the completion of a period of 150 years.
  • settlement price — The settlement price is the average price of a financial instrument at the end of a trading day.
  • seward peninsula — a peninsula in W Alaska, on Bering Strait.
  • sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
  • sexual relations — sexual intercourse; coitus.
  • sexual selection — a special type of natural selection in which the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with certain traits succeed.
  • sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
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