Selection (n.) The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
Selection (n.) That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books.
Selective (a.) Selecting; tending to select.
Selectmen (pl. ) of Selectman
Selectman (n.) One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town.
Selectness (n.) The quality or state of being select.
Selector (n.) One who selects.
Selenate (n.) A salt of selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate.
Selenhydric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen selenide, H2Se, regarded as an acid analogous to sulphydric acid.
Selenic (a.) Of or pertaining to selenium; derived from, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with selenious compounds.
Selenide (n.) A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.
Seleniferous (a.) Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.
Selenio- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a phosphate having selenium in place of all, or a part, of the oxygen.
Selenious (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with selenic compounds.
Selenite (n.) A salt of selenious acid.
Selenite (n.) A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.
Selenitic (a.) Alt. of Selenitical
Selenitical (a.) Of or pertaining to selenite; resembling or containing selenite.
Selenium (n.) A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9.
Seleniuret (n.) A selenide.
Seleniureted (a.) Combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen.
Selenecentric (a.) As seen or estimated from the center of the moon; with the moon central.
Selenograph (n.) A picture or delineation of the moon's surface, or of any part of it.
Selenographer (n.) One skilled in selenography.
Selenographic (a.) Alt. of Selenographical
Selenographical (a.) Of or pertaining to selenography.
Selenographist (n.) A selenographer.
Selenography (n.) The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth.
Selenonium (n.) A hypothetical radical of selenium, analogous to sulphonium.
Selenology (n.) That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon.
Self (a.) Same; particular; very; identical.
Selves (pl. ) of Self
Self (n.) 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 (n.) Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.
Self (n.) Personification; embodiment.
Self-abased (a.) Humbled by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt, or shame.
Self-abasement (n.) Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
Self-abasement (n.) Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.
Self-abasing (a.) Lowering or humbling one's self.
Self-abhorrence (n.) Abhorrence of one's self.
Self-abnegation (n.) Self-denial; self-renunciation; self-sacrifice.
Self-abuse (n.) The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties.
Self-abuse (n.) Self-deception; delusion.
Self-abuse (n.) Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.
Self-accused (a.) Accused by one's self or by one's conscience.
Self-acting (a.) 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 (n.) Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself.
Self-active (a.) Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents.
Self-activity (n.) The quality or state of being self-active; self-action.
Self-adjusting (a.) 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-admiration (n.) Admiration of one's self.
Self-affairs (n. pl.) One's own affairs; one's private business.
Self-affrighted (a.) Frightened at or by one's self.
Self-aggrandizement (n.) The aggrandizement of one's self.
Self-annihilated (a.) Annihilated by one's self.
Self-annihilation (n.) Annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's desires.
Self-applause (n.) Applause of one's self.
Self-applying (a.) Applying to or by one's self.
Self-approving (a.) Approving one's own action or character by one's own judgment.
Self-asserting (a.) 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 (n.) The act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting.
Self-assertive (a.) Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting.
Self-assumed (a.) Assumed by one's own act, or without authority.
Self-assured (a.) Assured by or of one's self; self-reliant; complacent.
Self-banished (a.) Exiled voluntarily.
Self-begetten (a.) Begotten by one's self, or one's own powers.
Self-bern (a.) Born or produced by one's self.
Self-centered (a.) Alt. of Self-centred
Self-centred (a.) Centered in itself, or in one's self.
Self-centering (a.) Alt. of Self-centring
Self-centring (a.) Centering in one's self.
Self-centration (n.) The quality or state of being self-centered.
Self-charity (n.) Self-love.
Self-color (n.) A color not mixed or variegated.
Self-celored (a.) Being of a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics.
Self-command (n.) Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.
Self-commune (n.) Self-communion.
Self-communicative (a.) Imparting or communicating by its own powers.
Self-communion (n.) Communion with one's self; thoughts about one's self.
Self-complacency (n.) The quality of being self-complacent.
Self-complacent (a.) Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self-satisfied.
Self-conceit (n.) Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.
Self-conceited (a.) Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited.
Self-concern (n.) Concern for one's self.
Self-condemnation (n.) Condemnation of one's self by one's own judgment.
Self-confidence (n.) The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance.
Self-confident (a.) Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant.
Self-conjugate (a.) Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles.
Self-conscious (a.) Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self.
Self-conscious (a.) Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious.
Self-consciousness (n.) The quality or state of being self-conscious.
Self-considering (a.) Considering in one's own mind; deliberating.
Self-consistency (n.) The quality or state of being self-consistent.
Self-cconsistent (a.) 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-consuming (a.) Consuming one's self or itself.
Self-contained (a.) Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.
Self-contained (a.) Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself.
Self-contradiction (n.) 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-contradictory (a.) Contradicting one's self or itself.
Self-control (n.) Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.