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

  • 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
  • swallow-tailed — having a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow, as various birds.
  • swamp milkweed — a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball-like clusters of rose-purple flowers.
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • syllable-timed — having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
  • tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • take a dislike — If you take a dislike to someone or something, you decide that you do not like them.
  • talaud islands — a group of islands in NE Indonesia. 495 sq. mi. (1281 sq. km).
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
  • the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
  • the wild geese — the Irish expatriates who served as professional soldiers with the Catholic powers of Europe, esp France, from the late 17th to the early 20th centuries
  • the wilderness — the barren regions to the south and east of Palestine, esp those in which the Israelites wandered before entering the Promised Land and in which Christ fasted for 40 days and nights
  • the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
  • to stand trial — If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
  • to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
  • tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
  • traditionalist — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
  • traffic island — a raised or marked-off area between lanes of a roadway, used by pedestrians to get out of the flow of traffic, as a place for traffic signals, for separating lanes, etc.
  • transductional — of or relating to transduction
  • travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
  • trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • trial division — trial department
  • tridimensional — having three dimensions.
  • triple dresser — a dresser having three drawers across for most of its height.
  • 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.
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
  • undiminishable — unable to be diminished
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
  • unidimensional — one-dimensional.
  • unmaterialised — not materialised
  • unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
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