14-letter words starting with s
- see eye to eye — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- seebeck effect — thermoelectric effect.
- seeing as/that — You can use seeing that or seeing as to introduce a reason for what you are saying.
- seeing eye dog — a dog that has been specially trained to lead or guide a blind person in walking about.
- seeing-eye dog — blind person's guide dog
- segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
- segregationist — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
- seine-et-marne — a department in N France. 2290 sq. mi. (5930 sq. km). Capital: Melun.
- seine-maritime — a department in NW France. 2449 sq. mi. (6340 sq. km). Capital: Rouen.
- seine-st-denis — a department in N France. 91 sq. mi. (236 sq. km). Capital: Bobigny.
- seismic survey — A seismic survey is a method of investigating underground properties and rock patterns using induced shock wave reflections.
- seismic vessel — A seismic vessel is a ship that is used for carrying out seismic surveys.
- selection rule — any of several rules designating allowed transitions between quantum states in terms of the quantum numbers associated with the states.
- selenious acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous powder, H 2 SeO 3 , used chiefly as a reagent.
- self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
- self-abasement — humiliation of oneself, especially as a result of guilt, shame, or the like.
- self-actualize — to undergo self-actualization.
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-addressed — addressed for return to the sender.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-adornment — something that adds attractiveness; ornament; accessory: the adornments and furnishings of a room.
- self-adulation — excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.
- self-annealing — denoting certain metals, such as lead, tin, and zinc, that recrystallize at air temperatures and so may be cold-worked without strain-hardening
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-appraisal — the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
- self-assertion — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assurance — self-confidence.
- self-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- self-clearance — the act of clearing.
- self-collected — having or showing self-control; composed; self-possessed.
- self-communion — (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
- self-composure — calmness and self-possession
- self-conceited — an excessively favorable opinion of oneself, one's abilities, etc.; vanity.
- self-condemned — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- self-confessed — openly admitting to being a type of person with a particular quality, habit, character, etc.: He's a self-confessed gambler.
- self-confident — realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc.
- self-confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
- self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
- self-consoling — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- self-contained — containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
- self-contented — contented with what one is or has
- self-criticism — the act or fact of being self-critical.
- self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
- self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
- self-dedicated — wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal: a dedicated artist.
- self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
- self-dependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.