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14-letter words containing d, i, s, u, l

  • sesquisulphide — a sulphide containing three sulphur atoms to two of some other element
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • siraj-ud-daula — 1728?–57, nawab of Bengal 1756–57.
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
  • sld resolution — (logic, programming)   (Selected, Linear, Definite) Linear resolution with a selection function for definite sentences. A definite sentence has exactly one positive literal in each clause and this literal is selected to be resolved upon, i.e. replaced in the goal clause by the conjunction of negative literals which form the body of the clause.
  • slide mountain — a mountain in SE New York: highest peak of the Catskill Mountains. 4204 feet (1280 meters).
  • slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
  • 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 sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, detergents, glass, and ceramic glazes.
  • sodium sulfide — a yellow or brick-red, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, Na 2 S, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, soaps, and rubber, as a depilatory for leather, and in the flotation of powdered lead and copper ores.
  • sodium sulfite — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 3 , used chiefly as a food preservative, as a bleaching agent, and as a developer in photography.
  • solid compound — a word formed from two or more other words or elements, written or printed as single word without a hyphen
  • solid solution — a solid, homogeneous mixture of substances, as glass or certain alloys.
  • solitudinarian — a person who seeks solitude; recluse.
  • sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
  • squared circle — a wrestling ring
  • squared splice — square splice.
  • steel industry — production of steel
  • striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
  • structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
  • studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
  • stuffed animal — soft toy
  • sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
  • suicide clause — a clause in a life-insurance policy stating that the insurer is required to pay only the reserve or the total premiums paid if the policyholder should commit suicide within a stated period.
  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sulfur dioxide — a colorless, nonflammable, water-soluble, suffocating gas, SO 2 , formed when sulfur burns: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals such as sulfuric acid, in preserving fruits and vegetables, and in bleaching, disinfecting, and fumigating.
  • sulfurous acid — a colorless liquid, H 2 SO 3 , having a suffocating odor, obtained by dissolving sulfur dioxide in water, known mainly by its salts, which are sulfites: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a bleach.
  • 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
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • sulphuric acid — Sulphuric acid is a colourless, oily, and very powerful acid.
  • supercivilized — (of a person or society) highly or excessively civilized
  • superinsulated — highly insulated
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • talaud islands — a group of islands in NE Indonesia. 495 sq. mi. (1281 sq. km).
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • transductional — of or relating to transduction
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • tubuai islands — a chain of small islands extending about 1400 km (850 miles) in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia; discovered by Captain Cook in 1777; annexed by France in 1880. Pop: 1979 (2002). Area: 173 sq km (67 sq miles)
  • tunnel disease — aeroembolism (def 2).
  • ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
  • un-replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
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