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Seleniureted

Combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen.

Selenocentric

As seen or estimated from the center of the moon; with the moon central.

Selenograph

A picture or delineation of the moon's surface, or of any part of it.

Selenography

The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth.

Selenology

That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon.

Selenonium

A hypothetical radical of selenium, analogous to sulphonium.

Self

The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality.

Self-abased

Humbled by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt, or shame.

Self-abuse

The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties.

Self-acting

Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press.

Self-action

Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself.

Self-active

Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents.

Self-activity

The quality or state of being self-active; self-action.

Self-adjusting

Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery.

Self-approving

Approving one's own action or character by one's own judgment.

Self-asserting

asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner.

Self-assertion

The act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting.

Self-assured

Assured by or of one's self; self-reliant; complacent.

Self-binder

A reaping machine containing mechanism for binding the grain into sheaves.

Self-colored

Being of a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics.

Self-command

Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.

Self-complacent

Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self-satisfied.

Self-conceit

Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.

Self-conceited

Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited.

Self-confidence

The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance.

Self-confident

Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant.

Self-conjugate

Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles.

Self-conscious

Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self.

Self-consistent

Consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation from the ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided; logically consistent throughout; having each part consistent with the rest.

Self-contained

Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.

Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve; -- called also SCUBA, SCUBA gear, or SCUBA apparatus.

Self-contradiction

The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.

Self-control

Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.

Self-convicted

Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, avowal, or acts.

Self-conviction

The act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted.

Self-created

Created by one's self; not formed or constituted by another.

Self-culture

Culture, training, or education of one's self by one's own efforts.

Self-deceit

The act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception.

Self-deceived

Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.

Self-defense

The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.

Self-defensive

Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.

Self-degradation

The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded.

Self-delusion

The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded.

Self-denial

The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.

Self-denying

Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing.

Self-destructive

Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.

Self-determination

Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.

Self-determining

Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power of will.

Self-devotion

The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.

Self-discipline

Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.

Self-educated

Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others.

Self-elective

Having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.

Self-esteem

The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.

Self-evident

Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth.

Self-evolution

Evolution of one's self; development by inherent quality or power.

Self-exaltation

The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.

Self-examinant

One who examines himself; one given to self-examination.

Self-examination

An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.

Self-excite

To energize or excite (the field magnets of a dynamo) by induction from the residual magnetism of its cores, leading all or a part of the current thus produced through the field-magnet coils.

Self-existence

Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to God.

Self-existent

Existing of or by himself, independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being.

self-explaining

Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.

Self-exposure

The act of exposing one's self; the state of being so exposed.

Self-fertilization

The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower and without outer aid; autogamy.

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