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Self-heal

A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the healall.

Self-help

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.

Self-ignorance

Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations.

Self-importance

An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.

Self-important

Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.

Self-imposed

Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks.

Self-induction

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.

Self-indulgence

Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

Self-interest

Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.

Self-involution

Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.

Self-kindled

Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power.

Self-knowing

Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations.

Self-knowledge

Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.

Self-life

Life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's own pleasure or good.

Self-love

The love of one's self; desire for personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage.

Self-luminous

Possessing in itself the property of emitting light.

Self-motion

Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneous or voluntary motion.

Self-moved

Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.

Self-moving

Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.

Self-opinion

Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion.

Self-opinioned

Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited.

Self-partiality

That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others.

Self-posited

Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself.

Self-positing

The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself.

Self-possessed

Composed or tranquil in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.

Self-possession

The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.

Self-registering

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.

Self-reliance

Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.

Self-reliant

Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.

Self-renunciation

The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.

Self-repelling

Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling.

Self-repetition

Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.

Self-reproach

The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.

Self-reproof

The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.

Self-reproved

Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own sense of guilt.

Self-reproving

Reproving one's self; reproving by consciousness of guilt.

Self-respect

Respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable self-esteem.

Self-restrained

Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.

Self-sacrifice

The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion.

Self-sacrificing

Yielding up one's own interest, feelings, etc; sacrificing one's self.

Self-satisfied

Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent.

Self-seeker

One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.

Self-seeking

The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.

Self-starter

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.

Self-sufficient

Sufficient for one's self without external aid or cooperation.

Self-sufficing

Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient.

Self-torture

The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.

Self-uned

One with itself; separate from others.

Self-view

A view of one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests.

Self-will

One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.

Self-willed

Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.

Self-worship

The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.

Selfhood

Existence as a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality.

Selfish

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.

Selfishly

In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.

Selfishness

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.

Selfism

Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness.

Selfless

Having no regard to self; unselfish.

Selfsame

Precisely the same; the very same; identical.

Selion

A short piece of land in arable ridges and furrows, of uncertain quantity; also, a ridge of land lying between two furrows.

Seljuckian

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.

Seljukian

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.

Sell

An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.

Selvagee

A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc.

Selvedge Selvage

The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.

Semaeostomata

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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