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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,202 words match “ELF”

SELF-SEEKING a. 2 definitions
Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish. Arbuthnot.
SELF-SLAUGHTER n.
Suicide. Shak.
SELF-STARTER n.
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.
SELF-SUFFICIENCY n.
The quality or state of being self-sufficient.
SELF-SUFFICIENT a. 2 definitions
Sufficient for one's self without external aid or coöperation. Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till we prove the person using it omnipotent and self-sufficient, and such as can never need any mortal assistance. South.
SELF-SUFFICING a.
Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient. -- Self`-suf*fi"cing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp.
SELF-SUSPENDED a.
Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced. Southey.
SELF-SUSPICIOUS a.
Suspicious or distrustful of one's self. Baxter.
SELF-TAUGHT a.
Taught by one's own efforts.
SELF-TORMENTOR n.
One who torments himself.
SELF-TORTURE n.
The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
SELF-TRUST n.
Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
SELF-UNED a.
One with itself; separate from others. [Obs.] Sylvester.
SELF-VIEW n.
A view if one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests
SELF-WILL n.
One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
SELF-WILLED a.
Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.
SELF-WILLEDNESS n.
Obstinacy. Sir W. Scott.
SELF-WORSHIP n.
The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
SELF-WRONG n.
Wrong done by a person himself. Shak.
SELFHOOD n.
Existence as a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality. Bib. Sacra.
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