15-letter words containing s, t, o, n, e, f
- self-definition — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-employment — the act or fact of being self-employed.
- self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- self-exhibition — an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
- self-exploiting — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
- self-forgetting — self-forgetful.
- self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
- self-government — control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
- self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
- self-immolating — of, relating to, or tending toward self-immolation.
- self-immolation — voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.
- self-infliction — inflicted by oneself upon oneself: a self-inflicted wound.
- self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- self-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- self-ionization — to separate or change into ions.
- self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
- self-monitoring — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- self-motivation — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
- self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- self-perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-protection — protection of oneself or itself.
- self-reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
- self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
- self-suggestion — the act of suggesting.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- selfabandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- shut one's face — to be silent
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- snowball effect — a process of continuously accelerating change in size, importance, etc
- social benefits — the social welfare provision made available to those in need
- soft-focus lens — a lens designed to produce an image that is uniformly very slightly out of focus: typically used for portrait work
- sons of liberty — any of several patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- spare no effort — do all you can
- speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
- spirits of wine — alcohol (def 1).
- spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
- stand in awe of — to respect and fear
- station officer — a person who is in charge of a fire station
- steam reforming — a process in which methane from natural gas is heated, with steam, usually with a catalyst, to produce a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in organic synthesis and as a fuel
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).