12-letter words starting with s
- self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
- self-defence — the act of defending one's person when physically attacked, as by countering blows or overcoming an assailant: the art of self-defense.
- self-defense — the act of defending one's person when physically attacked, as by countering blows or overcoming an assailant: the art of self-defense.
- self-defined — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- self-deluded — the act or fact of deluding oneself.
- self-denying — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
- self-devised — to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method.
- self-devoted — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- self-disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- self-elected — chosen by vote, as for an office (contrasted with appointed): an elected official.
- self-evident — evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
- self-evolved — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
- self-excited — noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.
- self-feeding — automatically supplying itself with what is needed, as a machine
- self-fertile — capable of self-fertilization.
- self-filling — that fills or replenishes itself automatically
- self-finance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- self-focused — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
- self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
- self-insurer — one insured under self-insurance.
- self-limited — (of a disease) running a definite and limited course.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mastery — self-control.
- self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- self-neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- self-offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
- self-opinion — opinion of oneself, especially when unduly high.
- self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- self-powered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
- self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- self-raising — a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- self-reliant — relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- self-renewal — the act of renewing.
- self-respect — proper esteem or regard for the dignity of one's character.
- self-sealing — capable of sealing itself automatically or without the application of adhesive, glue, or moisture: a self-sealing automobile tire; self-sealing envelopes.