16-letter words containing elf
- an end in itself — If you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it seems desirable and not because it is likely to lead to something else.
- avail oneself of — to make use of to one's advantage
- burn oneself out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
- catch oneself on — to realize that one's actions are mistaken
- do oneself proud — to do extremely well
- do-it-yourselfer — an advocate or enthusiast of do-it-yourself
- fend for oneself — to manage by oneself; get along without help
- forswear oneself — to swear falsely; perjure oneself
- larsen ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the NW Weddell Sea, on the E coast of the Antarctic Peninsula: first explored 1893.
- lay oneself open — to make oneself vulnerable (to criticism, attack, etc)
- outsmart oneself — to have one's efforts at cunning or cleverness result in one's own disadvantage
- pique oneself on — to be proud of
- pride oneself on — to be proud of
- remember oneself — to recover one's good manners after a lapse; stop behaving badly
- self-abandonment — absence or lack of personal restraint.
- self-advancement — an act of moving forward.
- self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
- self-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- self-approbation — approval; commendation.
- self-complacency — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-confinement — the act of confining.
- self-consequence — self-important character or quality; self-importance.
- self-constituted — constituted as such by oneself or itself
- self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- self-containment — the state of being self-contained.
- self-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- self-degradation — the act of degrading.
- self-deliverance — suicide.
- self-denigrating — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- self-deprecating — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- self-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- self-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
- self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
- self-destructive — harmful, injurious, or destructive to oneself: His constant arguing with the boss shows he's a self-destructive person.
- self-determinism — a theory that every present state or condition of the self is a result of previous states or conditions of the self.
- self-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
- self-discernment — the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
- self-disciplined — Someone who is self-disciplined has the ability to control themselves and to make themselves work hard or behave in a particular way without needing anyone else to tell them what to do.
- self-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- self-dissolution — the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
- self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
- self-elaboration — an act or instance of elaborating.
- self-enforcement — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
- self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
- self-examination — examination into one's own state, conduct, motives, etc.
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