16-letter words containing sel
- 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.
- assigned counsel — any private lawyer designated by a city or county court to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases at public expense.
- avail oneself of — to make use of to one's advantage
- bertrand russell — (person) (1872-1970) A British mathematician, the discoverer of Russell's paradox.
- brussels griffon — one of a Belgian breed of toy dogs having a thick, wiry, reddish-brown coat.
- 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
- chryselephantine — (of ancient Greek statues) made of or overlaid with gold and ivory
- cobweb houseleek — a small southern European plant, Sempervivum arachoideum, of the stonecrop family, having a dense, globular cluster of cobwebby leaves and red flowers on hairy stalks.
- counselor-at-law — a lawyer, esp one who conducts cases in court; attorney
- cross-cut chisel — a chisel used for making grooves
- demoiselle crane — a gray crane, Anthropoides virgo, of northern Africa, Europe, and Asia, having long, white plumes behind each eye.
- diesel-hydraulic — a locomotive driven by a diesel engine through hydraulic transmission and torque converters
- do oneself proud — to do extremely well
- do-it-yourselfer — an advocate or enthusiast of do-it-yourself
- domain selection — (systems analysis) The prioritisation and selection of one or more domains for which specific software reuse engineering projects are to be initiated.
- edsel ford range — a mountain range in Antarctica, E of the Ross Sea.
- enantioselective — (chemistry) (of a catalyst) that catalyzes the reaction of only one of a pair of enantiomers.
- fend for oneself — to manage by oneself; get along without help
- forswear oneself — to swear falsely; perjure oneself
- gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
- haile selassie i — (Ras Tafari) 1891–1975, emperor of Ethiopia 1930–74: in exile 1936–41.
- hesselman engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a spark for ignition.
- lay oneself open — to make oneself vulnerable (to criticism, attack, etc)
- mousseline sauce — a light sauce, made by adding whipped cream or egg whites to hollandaise sauce
- nassella tussock — type of tussock grass
- 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
- programme seller — someone who sells written or printed lists of the events, performers, etc, in a theatre performance
- remember oneself — to recover one's good manners after a lapse; stop behaving badly
- select committee — a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue.
- selective memory — an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient
- selective strike — a partial strike against a particular area of a business or against one employer or a small number of employers in a collective bargaining situation
- selenomorphology — the study of the lunar surface and landscape
- seleucia trachea — an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
- 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.
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