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16-letter words containing el

  • 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-resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
  • self-restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
  • self-sacrificial — sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.
  • 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.
  • serra da estrela — a mountain range in N central Portugal. Highest peak, Malhão da Estrela, 6532 feet (1991 meters).
  • service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
  • 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.
  • shark repellents — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
  • sheffield shield — (in Australia) the former name for the trophy of the annual interstate cricket competition
  • sheltering trust — a trust that provides a fund for a beneficiary, as a minor, with the title vested so that the fund or its income cannot be claimed by others, as creditors of the beneficiary.
  • shipping channel — a navigational pathway that a ship uses to travel from one place to another
  • shirring elastic — elastic used for shirring
  • shopping channel — television station used to sell goods
  • show one's heels — to run away
  • singing telegram — a greetings service in which a person is employed to present greetings by singing to the person celebrating
  • single-barrelled — (of a firearm) having a single barrel
  • skaneateles lake — a lake in central New York, SW of Syracuse: one of the Finger Lakes. 14 sq. mi. (35 sq. km).
  • smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
  • smokeless powder — any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, especially one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton.
  • so help me (god) — I swear
  • solid propellant — a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer.
  • soufflé omelette — a very light fluffy dish made with egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites
  • south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
  • spanish bluebell — a bulbous plant, Endymion hispanicus, of the lily family, native to Spain and Portugal, having blue, white, or pink, bell-shaped flowers.
  • spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
  • spanish omelette — an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs
  • speak for itself — be self-evident
  • special delivery — (in the U.S. Postal Service) delivery of mail outside the regularly scheduled hours, by a special messenger, upon the payment of an extra fee.
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • spelling mistake — error in writing a word
  • spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
  • springer spaniel — a dog of either of two breeds of medium-sized spaniels, used for flushing and retrieving game.
  • sth rings a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
  • stockbroker belt — The stockbroker belt is an area outside a city, especially London, where rich people who travel to work in the city live.
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