14-letter words containing elf
- self-poisoning — illness due to the taking of poison
- self-possessed — having or showing control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composed; poised.
- self-professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- self-propelled — propelled by itself.
- self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- self-publicist — someone who is skilled at promoting him or herself
- self-published — published independently by the author: self-published books.
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- self-reference — reference made to oneself, to one's own character or experience, or to a group with which one identifies.
- self-reflexive — self-referential
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- self-replicate — (of a computer virus, etc) to reproduce itself
- self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- self-restraint — restraint imposed on one by oneself; self-control.
- self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
- self-reverence — a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
- self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
- self-sacrifice — sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.
- self-satisfied — feeling or showing satisfaction with oneself.
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- self-selection — selection made by or for oneself: goods arranged on shelves for customer self-selection.
- self-slaughter — suicide.
- self-stability — the state or quality of being stable.
- self-surrender — the surrender or yielding up of oneself, one's will, affections, etc., as to another person, an influence, or a cause.
- self-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
- self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
- social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
- square oneself — to make amends for damage, a wrong, hurt, etc. done by oneself to another
- twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
- welfare centre — a place where people or animals receive assistance
- welfare island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
- welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- welfare worker — sb who does social or community work