Designating, or pert. to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese, tungsten and manganese, chromium, molybdenum and manganese, etc. They are chiefly used as high-speed steels.
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A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the healall.
Having the power or property of healing itself.
of, pertaining to, or useful for the process of developing one's capabilities or solving one's problems; as, self-help books on writing for profit.
The act of killing one's self; suicide.
Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations.
Ignorant of one's self.
Imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers and will.
An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.
Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.
Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks.
Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit.
Indignation at one's own character or actions.
Induction in a circuit due to the action of one portion of a current upon an adjacent portion during periods of varying current strength. The nature of the induction is such as to oppose the action which produces it.
Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.
Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.
Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.
Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness.
Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.
One who excuses or justifies himself.
Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power.
Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations.
Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.
Life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's own pleasure or good.
The love of one's self; desire for personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage.
Possessing in itself the property of emitting light.
Made by one's self.
Inborn mettle or courage; one's own temper.
Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneous or voluntary motion.
Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.
Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.
Suicide.
A suicide.
A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests.
Secret.
Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion.
Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited.
Beginning with, or springing from, one's self.
That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others.
Perplexed by doubts originating in one's own mind.
Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself.
The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself.
Composed or tranquil in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.
The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.
Praise of one's self.
The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.
Propagating by one's self or by itself.
Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.
Regulated by one's self or by itself.
Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself.
Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.
Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.
The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.
The quality or state of being self-repelling.
Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling.
Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.
The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.
Reproaching one's self.
The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own sense of guilt.
Reproving one's self; reproving by consciousness of guilt.
In a self-reproving way.
Self-contradictory; inconsistent.
Self-repelling.
Respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable self-esteem.
Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.
Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.
A reverent respect for one's self.
Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.
The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.
The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion.
Yielding up one's own interest, feelings, etc; sacrificing one's self.
The quality or state of being self-satisfied.
Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent.
Giving satisfaction to one's self.
One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.
The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.
Suicide.
A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand; -- called also a starter.
The quality or state of being self-sufficient.
Sufficient for one's self without external aid or cooperation.
Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient.
Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced.
Suspicious or distrustful of one's self.
Taught by one's own efforts.
One who torments himself.
The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
One with itself; separate from others.
A view of one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests.
One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.
Obstinacy.
The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
Wrong done by a person to himself.
Existence as a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality.
Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.
In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others.
Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness.
A selfish person.
Having no regard to self; unselfish.
Quality or state of being selfless.
Selfishness.
Precisely the same; the very same; identical.
A short piece of land in arable ridges and furrows, of uncertain quantity; also, a ridge of land lying between two furrows.
A member of the family of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk.
Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century.
An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
See Sallenders.
One who sells.
A gazogene.
A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc.
Vast woodland plains of South America.
Self; same.
The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.
Having a selvage.
pl. of Self.
Silly.
A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and Medusa.
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