15-letter words containing i, d, u, m, e, a
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- sodium arsenite — a white or grayish-white, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaAsO 2 , used chiefly in arsenical soaps for hides, as an insecticide, and as a weed-killer.
- sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- sodium citrates — the sodium salts of citric acid (monosodium citrate, disodium citrate, trisodium citrate)
- sodium ethylate — a white, hygroscopic powder, C 2 H 5 ONa, that is decomposed by water into sodium hydroxide and alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- sodium silicate — a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution
- sodium stearate — Sodium stearate is a salt of stearic acid used as a surfactant (= a substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid and allows it to foam) in order to aid the solubility of hydrophobic substances in oral medicines.
- sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
- steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
- suicide attempt — bid to kill oneself
- suicide machine — a device designed to permit a terminally ill person to commit suicide, as by the automatic injection of a lethal drug.
- summer diarrhea — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
- summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
- turnaround time — the total time taken between the submission of a program for execution and the return of the complete output to the customer
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- unearned income — income received from property, as interest, dividends, or the like.
- unmitigatedness — the state of being unmitigated
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- uralian emerald — demantoid: not a true emerald.
- uranium dioxide — a black, crystalline compound, UO 2 , insoluble in water, used in nuclear fuel rods, in ceramics, and pigments.
- van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory