14-letter words containing d, a, m, s, u
- sodium citrate — a white, crystalline or granular, water-soluble, odorless solid, Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, having a cool, saline taste: used in photography, in soft drinks, and in medicine chiefly to prevent the coagulation of blood.
- sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
- sodium lactate — a water-soluble, hygroscopic salt, C 3 H 5 NaO 3 , used in solution in medicine to treat metabolic acidosis, usually by injection.
- sodium nitrate — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, NaNO 3 , that occurs naturally as soda niter: used in fertilizers, explosives, and glass, and as a color fixative in processed meats.
- sodium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, detergents, glass, and ceramic glazes.
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
- stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
- stuffed animal — soft toy
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- tax adjustment — a change to the amount of tax owed by a company or individual
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- understatement — the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts: The journalist wrote that the earthquake had caused some damage. This turned out to be a massive understatement of the devastation.
- undiminishable — unable to be diminished
- undomesticated — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- unhandsomeness — unattractiveness
- unidimensional — one-dimensional.
- unmaterialised — not materialised
- unsystematized — not systematized or arranged in a system
- Ústí nad labem — a port in the Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: textile and chemical industries. Pop: 95 000 (2005 est)
- vacuum residue — Vacuum residue is the substance which is obtained by vacuum distillation (= a process of separating substances by reducing pressure to less than atmospheric pressure).
- vanadium steel — an alloy steel containing vanadium.
- young marrieds — young married people