English words: self-destroyer to self-normalize

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English words self-destroyer to self-normalize

self-destroyer noun: One who destroys himself/herself.
self-destruct noun, verb: To destroy oneself or itself.
self-destruction noun: The act of something destroying itself.
self-destructive adjective: Causing injury to oneself or harm to one's interests.
self-destructively adverb: In a self-destructive manner.
self-destructiveness noun: The state or tendency of being self-destructive.
self-determinant adjective: That self-determines; independent.
self-determination noun /ˌsɛlfdɪˌtɜː(ɹ)mɪˈneɪʃən/: The ability or human right to make one's own decisions without interference from others
self-determine verb: To make one's own decisions without outside interference.
self-determined adjective: Marked by self-determination.
self-determinism noun: Synonym of self-determination.
self-determinist noun: A proponent of self-determination.
self-devoted adjective: Devoted in person, or voluntarily devoted.
self-devotion noun: The act of devoting one's self; willingness to sacrifice one's own interests or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.
self-diagnose verb: To attempt to identify a medical condition in oneself without consulting a medical practitioner.
self-diagnosed adjective, verb: Having diagnosed oneself with a medical condition without consulting a medical practitioner.
self-diagnoser noun: One who self-diagnoses.
self-diagnosis noun: An attempt to identify medical conditions in oneself.
self-diagnostic adjective: Relating to self-diagnosis.
self-differentiation noun: The process of developing a distinct identity.
self-diffusion noun: The movement of atoms within a pure substance.
self-directed adjective: Directed, independently by oneself without external control or constraint; directed for oneself.
self-direction noun: The condition of being self-directed.
self-discharge noun, verb: The gradual decrease of charge in a battery while not in use.
self-discharger noun: A ship that is able to discharge its cargo using its own gear, often by means of an excavator fitted on a traverse running over the vessel's entire hatch,...
self-discipline noun: Control of oneself.
self-disciplined adjective: Having self-discipline; in control of oneself and one's actions.
self-disclosure noun: The communication of information from one person about themselves to another, typically to develop the interpersonal relationship.
self-discovery noun: The action or process of achieving self-knowledge.
self-discrepancy noun: The gap in an individual self-perception of what they actually are and what they ought to be.
self discrimination noun: The practice or habit of discriminating against oneself; being too hard upon oneself.
self-disgust noun: Disgust with oneself.
self-disgustedly adverb: in a self-disgusted manner
self-disorder noun: Synonym of ipseity disturbance.
self-dissatisfaction noun: The dissatisfaction with oneself.
self-distance noun: The ability to critically reflect on oneself and one's relations from an external perspective.
self-distribute verb: To distribute without outside help.
self-distrust noun: Distrust of, or lack of confidence in, oneself or in one's own powers.
self-documenting adjective: Written and structured in such a way that it can be understood without consulting separate documentation.
self-domesticate verb: To undergo self-domestication.
self-domestication noun: A hypothesized evolutionary process by which a species develops traits typically associated with domestication, such as reduced aggression or prosocial...
self-doubt noun: The doubting of one's own abilities.
self-dried adjective, verb: That has dried itself without outside intervention.
self-drilling adjective: self-tapping with a drill point
self-drilling screw noun: A fastener similar to a self-tapping screw, which taps and drills its own hole during application.
self-drive verb: To drive autonomously; (of a motor vehicle) to drive itself without a human operator, by means of sensors and computer technology.
self-driver noun: A self-driving car.
self-driving adjective, noun: Of a motor vehicle: equipped with sensors and computer technology to allow it to drive without a human operator.
self-driving car noun: An autonomous vehicle taking the form of a car. A car with some driving capacity.
self-driving taxi noun: Synonym of robotaxi
self-driving truck noun: An autonomous vehicle taking the form of a truck. A truck with some driving capacity.
self-dry verb: Of a substance or other material, to dry itself without external intervention.
self-drying adjective, verb: That dries itself without outside intervention.
self-dual adjective: Of a vector space, isomorphic to its dual space.
self-duality noun: The quality of being self-dual.
self-edit verb: To censor oneself; to stop oneself from saying certain things.
self-educate verb: To learn or study without the direction of a teacher.
self-educated adjective, verb: Of a person, having learned without the direction of a teacher.
self-education noun: The act or process of educating oneself by one's own efforts.
self-effacement noun: The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
self-effacing adjective: Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable.
self-effacingly adverb: The quality of carrying oneself in a humble manner.
self-effacingness noun: Having the quality of humility.
self-efficacy noun: The extent or strength of one's belief in one's own ability to complete tasks and to reach goals.
self-elect adjective, noun, verb: To self-select; to choose for oneself, rather than having another choose for one.
self-elective adjective: Having the right to elect oneself.
self-elevation noun: elevation of oneself in one's own mind
self-embedding noun: A form of self-harm by inserting foreign objects into tissue or muscle.
self-emitting adjective: That emits its own light, rather than receiving it from a backlight.
self-employed adjective: Working for oneself, rather than for an employer.
self-employee noun: A self-employed person.
self-employment noun: The act or practice of working for oneself, such as being an independent contractor.
self-emptying adjective: That can empty itself, when required to do so.
self-enclosed adjective: Enclosed and separate.
self-encrypting adjective: Automatically encrypting data without user intervention.
self-energising adjective: Containing means for augmentation of power within itself.
self-energizing adjective: Alternative form of self-energising.
self-energy noun: the portion of the elementary particle's mass due to the interaction with its environment
self-enforcing adjective: Of an agreement: enforced only by the parties to it, who find it mutually beneficial, and thus not susceptible to outside interference.
self-entitled adjective: Having a baseless sense of self-importance and of deserving special consideration.
self-enucleate verb /ˈsɛlfənukliˌait/: To remove one or both of one's own eyes.
self-enucleation noun /ˈsɛlf.ə.nuk.liˌai.ʃən/: The self-inflicted removal of one or both of one's own eyes.
self-envenomation noun: The injection of a venom into oneself by means of a sting, etc.
self-esteem noun /ˌsɛlf.əˈstiːm/: Confidence in one's own worth; self-respect.
self-esteeming noun: That has high self-esteem
self-esterification noun: The production of one or more esters as a result of a compound reacting with itself.
self-etch adjective: Pertaining to adhesive systems for bonding fillings to teeth that combine the etching and priming phases into a single step.
self-evacuate verb: To evacuate a place by one's own decision, without assistance, or unaided.
self-evacuation noun: The evacuation of a place by one's own decision, without assistance, or unaided.
self-evaluate verb: To evaluate oneself.
self-evaluation noun: An evaluation of oneself.
self-evidence noun: The quality of being self-evident.
self-evidency noun: The condition, fact, or quality of being self-evident.
self-evident adjective: Obviously true, and requiring no proof, argument or explanation, axiomatic.
self-evidently adverb: In a self-evident manner.
self-evolution noun: Development by inherent power or quality.
self-exaltation noun: The exaltation of oneself.
self-exalting adjective, noun: Exalting oneself; holding oneself in high esteem.
self-exam noun: A self-examination.
self-examination noun: An examination of oneself; scrutiny of one's own state, condition, motives, etc.
self-excitation noun: The feedback of the output of a generator
self-excite verb: 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...
self-excited adjective, verb: Relating to a machine or system that generates or excites its own magnetic field.
self-exclusion noun: The banning of a customer from a casino or betting shop at the customer's own request, used to combat gambling addiction.
self-executing adjective: Needing no legislation to enforce it.
self-exile noun, verb: A voluntary exile; One who chooses to leave their homeland or community.
self-exiled adjective, verb: Characterized by self-exile.
self-existence noun: inherent existence; existence by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause
self-existent adjective /ˌsɛlfɛɡzˈɪstənt/: Existing without having been created.
self-experiment verb: To conduct an experiment on oneself.
self-experimental adjective: Done by experiments upon oneself.
self-experimentation noun: Experimentation conducted upon oneself.
self-explanatory adjective: Obvious, having a nature that makes it clear or that explains itself.
self-expression noun: The means by which one's personal characteristics are displayed; showing one's internal beliefs or character by means of external actions/changes.
self-extinguishing adjective: That extinguishes a fire in the material that it is a part of
self-fabric noun: The same fabric used for the main garment, rather than another contrasting fabric.
self-faced adjective: Of a rock, undressed or unhewn.
self-facial noun: A sex act of ejaculation onto one's own face.
self-feed adjective, verb: Of a drill or drill bit: designed to pull itself into the material being drilled, for better precision.
self-feeling noun: Self-awareness; knowledge of, or familiarity with, oneself.
self-fertile adjective: Capable of self-fertilization.
self-fertilisation noun: Alternative form of self-fertilization.
self-fertility noun: Ability to fertilize itself.
self-fertilization noun: The fertilization of a plant by itself; self-pollination, autogamy.
self-finance verb: To finance without outside help.
self-financing noun, verb: Financing by oneself, or of a scheme, by itself.
self-finished adjective: Of fabric, not requiring additional finishing work such as hem or bias tape to prevent fraying.
self-finishing adjective: Of a polymer, requiring no additional finishing after it has been formed.
self-fitting adjective: Of a candle: having a specially shaped or tapered base that will fit various different sizes of holder.
self-flagellation noun: The practice of whipping oneself as penance for sins.
self-flagellatory adjective: Characterized by self-flagellation; extremely repentant.
self-flattery noun: The holding of an unjustifiably high opinion of oneself or one's actions.
self-focus noun, verb: to focus itself, or by itself
self-formed adjective: Formed by itself.
self-fulfilling adjective: Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted.
self-fulfilling prophecy noun: A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true.
self-fulfillment noun: Personal fulfillment or satisfaction.
self-fund verb: To provide the money (for something) oneself.
self-funding noun, verb: Funding by oneself.
self-generating adjective: Producing something (such as electrical power) within or for itself.
self-giving adjective, noun: Surrender.
self-glorious adjective: Arising from vainglory or vanity; boastful.
self goal noun: Synonym of own goal
self-govern verb: To govern autonomously, without the overseeing of another governing body.
self-governance noun: Synonym of self-government.
self-governing adjective: autonomous
self-government noun: The governance of a region by its own populace; autonomy.
self-gratification noun: Self-satisfaction.
self-gratifying adjective: Giving oneself pleasure or satisfaction, especially without regard for others.
self-gravitating adjective: Alternative form of selfgravitating.
self-guided adjective: (of a tour, etc.) done without a guide
self-guilt noun /ˌsɛlfˈɡɪlt/: Guilt for one's own actions.
self-handicap noun, verb: To avoid making an effort, or to introduce deliberate obstacles to one's success, so as to prevent potential failure from hurting one's self-esteem.
self-hardening adjective: Designating, or pertaining 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...
self harm noun, verb: The deliberate nonsuicidal injuring of one's own body.
self-harmer noun: Someone who performs self-harm.
self-hate noun: The hatred or loathing of oneself.
self-hateful adjective: Self-hating.
self-hating adjective: Exhibiting self-hatred; feeling hatred toward oneself.
self-hatred noun: The hatred of oneself.
self-heal noun, verb: To heal itself, or by itself.
self-healing adjective, noun, verb: Capable of repairing itself.
self-heating adjective: Able to create and sustain its own heat, often through a chemical reaction; exothermic.
self-helixing adjective: Synonym of self-twisting.
self-help noun: The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others.
self-helper noun: A person with an interest in self-improvement.
self-helpish adjective: Reminiscent of the self-help movement or literature.
self-heterodyne noun: Synonym of autodyne.
self-homeomorphism noun: A continuous bijection from a topological space onto itself.
self-homicide noun: suicide
self-host verb: To host something, such as a website, without the use of a third party.
self-hosted adjective: Hosted without the use of a third party.
self-hosting adjective, noun: Of software: capable of generating new versions of itself.
self-hunter noun: A hunting dog that goes hunting on its own.
self-ID noun, verb: Synonym of self-identify.
self-identical adjective: Of a quality of being the same thing as itself.
self-identification noun: The act of self-identifying.
self-identifier noun: One who self-identifies.
self-identify verb /ˌsɛlfaɪˈdɛntɪfaɪ/: To identify (oneself) with a particular person or group, or as part of a particular group.
self-identity noun: The quality of being the same thing as itself.
self-ignite verb: To catch fire due to sufficient temperature.
self image noun: A person's own view of themselves and their own character and worth.
self-imitate verb: To imitate oneself; to repeat one's own movements.
self-imitation noun: The imitation of oneself; the repetition of one's own actions or movements.
self-immolate verb: To set oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.
self-immolation noun: The act of setting oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.
self-importance noun: An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, especially as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.
self-important adjective: Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
self-importantly adverb: In a self-important manner.
self-impose verb: To voluntarily impose on oneself.
self-imposed adjective, verb: Voluntarily imposed upon oneself.
self-impotent adjective: Incapable of self-fertilization.
self-improve verb: To better one's health or status, often by following a disciplined program to improve physical health, mental health, and character.
self-improvement noun: The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.
self-incompatibility noun: The incapability of self-fertilization.
self-incompatible adjective /ˌsɛlf.ɪn.kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/: Incapable of self-fertilization.
self-incriminate verb: To incriminate oneself.
self-incrimination noun: Act of giving testimony, in a trial, that would incriminate oneself.
self-induce verb: To cause in, for, or on oneself.
self-induced adjective, verb: Caused by the action of the person which it affects.
self-induction noun: Induction in a circuit caused by changes in the circuit itself.
self indulgence noun: Excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs above all others.
self-indulgent adjective: Exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence.
self-indulgently adverb: In a self-indulgent manner.
self-infection noun: Infection of an entire organism from a local lesion.
self-inflicted adjective: Inflicted by oneself.
self-initiate verb: To begin or facilitate by oneself.
self-initiated adjective, verb: Begun or initiated by oneself.
self-initiation noun: The act of being initiated by oneself; the process of being initiated or introduced by oneself.
self-injure verb: To commit self-injury.
self-injurer noun: One who self-injures.
self-injurious adjective: Causing injury or harm to oneself.
self-injury noun: self-harm
self-insert noun, verb: A character in a story who represents the author's own person.
self-insertion noun: A literary device in which the author writes himself or herself into the story as a character.
self-insurance noun: The practice of choosing to bear a risk oneself rather than taking out insurance with a third party (an insurance company).
self-insure verb: To choose to bear a risk oneself rather than taking out insurance with a third party (an insurance company). Usually the concept of accumulated capital is...
self-intensifier noun: Synonym of intensive pronoun.
self-interest noun: One's personal interest or advantage, especially when pursued without regard for others.
self-interested adjective: Having self-interest; particularly concerned for oneself.
self-interestedness noun: The quality of being self-interested.
self-interpreter noun: That which interprets itself.
self-interrupt verb: to interrupt (an ongoing task or activity, or the person performing it) due to distractions, or shifting priorities.
self-interruption noun: The act of self-interrupting.
self-interview noun: interview in which the same person asks and responds to the questions
self-intimidation noun: The act or process of intimidating oneself.
self-involution noun: Involution in oneself; hence, mental abstraction; reverie.
self-involved adjective: Wrapped up in oneself or in one's thoughts.
self-involvement noun: The quality of being self-involved.
self-ironic adjective: Self-deprecating.
self-iso noun, verb: Clipping of self-isolation.
self-isolate verb: To quarantine or isolate oneself from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease.
self-isolation noun: Voluntary isolation from others, especially in order to avoid spreading a communicable disease.
self-judgment noun: The judgment of oneself.
self-justification noun: Justification of oneself.
self-justificatory adjective: Having the quality of justifying itself.
self-justifier noun: One who excuses or justifies himself/herself.
self-justify verb: To provide self-justification, to justify or excuse oneself or itself.
self-kill verb: To kill oneself; commit suicide.
self-killed adjective: Killed by oneself.
self-killer noun: One who kills oneself; a suicide.
self-killing noun, verb: The killing of oneself; suicide.
self-knowing adjective: Knowing of itself, or without the communication from another.
self-knowledge noun /ˌsɛlfˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/: Knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations; self-understanding.
self-knowledgeable adjective: Possessing self-knowledge.
self-lacing adjective: Whose laces tighten automatically without having to be tied
self-lapping adjective: Of a valve, especially for brakes, maintaining the force of pressure selected by a control.
self-learning noun: Learning done by oneself, without a teacher or instructor.
self-legitimation noun: The act of legitimizing one's actions.
self-licensing noun: The act of giving oneself permission or license to do something.
self-licking ice cream cone noun: Synonym of self-licking lollipop.
self-licking lollipop noun: Something that apparently exists only to sustain itself.
self-lie noun: A lie told to oneself.
self-life noun: Life dedicated to oneself, pleasure or self-fulfilment, often as opposed to a life devoted to God.
self-limitation noun: The quality or state of being self-limiting; the action of choosing to limit oneself.
self-limited adjective: Tending toward recovery after a certain course.
self-limiting adjective: That limits its own growth.
self-liquidator noun: A special offer that covers the promoter's costs despite being presented as a discount.
self-loader noun: A semi-automatic firearm.
self-loading adjective: Synonym of semi-automatic.
self-loading freight noun: Human passengers on a vehicle or vessel.
self-loathing adjective: Loathing oneself.
self-loathing Jew noun: Synonym of self-hating Jew
self-locking adjective: That remains safely in place after being moved or positioned, even in the absence of continued applied force.
self-loop noun: Synonym of loop.
self-love noun: Regard for oneself; love of oneself.
self-loving adjective: Exhibiting or exemplary of self-love.
self-lubrication noun: The process of self-lubricating
self-luminous adjective: Light-emitting.
self-made adjective: Having achieved success by one's own efforts, with little to no support from family members and others.
self-made man noun /ˌsɛlfˈmeɪ̯d mæn/: A man who has achieved success by his own efforts, especially from a modest background.
self-made wealth noun: Wealth that was built through one's own effort and work, as opposed to the one that was inherited
self-mailer noun: A piece of advertising mail that is folded over and stuck closed, instead of being placed inside an envelope.
self-mailing adjective: Designed to be sent as a self-mailer.
self-management noun: a form of management encompassing self-directed work processes by an organization's workforce with or without joint control by workers and management.
self-massage noun: the practice of applying massage techniques to one’s own body in order to relieve tension, ease discomfort, or promote relaxation and well-being
self-mastery noun: The conscious control of one's behaviour.
self-med verb: To self-medicate.
self-medicate verb: To consume a substance as a medication without the advice of a physician.
self-medication noun: The treatment or medication of oneself without professional advice in order to treat a real or imagined condition.
self-medicator noun: A person who administers self-medication.
self-metathesis noun: Any metathesis reaction in which both double bonds are part of the same molecule.
self-minded adjective: Concerned or preoccupied with one's own selfish or self-centered needs, interests, or wants; egocentric.
self-mockery noun: Teasing language or humor directed against oneself.
self-mockingly adverb: in a self-mocking manner
self-moderating adjective: Moderating without outside help.
self-monitor verb: To monitor itself or oneself.
self-motion noun: Motion given by inherent powers, without external impulse.
self-motivated adjective: Motivated to achieve something due to one's own interest.
self-moving adjective: Moving by or of itself.
self-mulching noun: Synonym of argillipedoturbation.
self-murder noun: Suicide.
self-murderer noun: One who commits self-murder; a suicide.
self-mutilation noun: self-harm
self name noun: Alternative form of selfname.
self-narrative noun: An introspective recounting of a person's development.
self-naughting noun: The negation of the self, as in certain meditative practices.
self-neglectfulness noun: The state of being self-neglectful.
self-noise noun: The input sound level that creates the same output voltage as the receiving microphone in the absence of any sound, and which represents the lowest point of...
self-normalize verb: to normalize itself; to bring itself to normalized condition

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.