13-letter words containing id
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- self-identify — identify (defs 7, 8): to self-identify as gay; to self-identify with others in the same situation.
- self-identity — the identity or consciousness of identity of a thing with itself.
- self-ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- semicarbazide — an organic nitrogen compound derived from urea
- semidominance — incomplete dominance.
- seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
- shill bidding — (on an online auction) the illegal practice of a seller or a seller’s acquaintances placing bids on his or her goods in order to drive up the price
- side entrance — an entrance at the side of a building
- side whiskers — sideburns: hair at side of man's face
- side-slipping — travelling down a slope in a direction that is not in line with one's skis
- side-stepping — to step to one side.
- sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
- sidereal time — time measured by the diurnal motion of stars. A sidereal day is about four minutes shorter than a solar day, with hours, minutes, and seconds all proportionally shorter.
- sidereal year — year (def 4c).
- sidesplitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
- sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
- sidewalk sale — a sale, often held annually, as at the end of each summer, in which merchants display reduced-price merchandise on the sidewalks in front of their stores.
- sigmoid colon — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- sigmoidectomy — surgical removal of the sigmoid colon
- sigmoidoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope for visual examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon.
- sigmoidoscopy — an examination by means of a sigmoidoscope.
- silver halide — a compound in which silver is combined with a halogen, as silver chloride, bromide, or iodide.
- silver iodide — a pale-yellow, water-insoluble solid, AgI, which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in medicine, photography, and artificial rainmaking.
- slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
- sliding scale — a variable scale, especially of industrial costs, as wages, that may be adapted to changes in demand.
- sodium iodide — a colorless or white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, NaI, used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions, in organic synthesis, and as a disinfectant in veterinary medicine.
- solid-looking — reassuringly substantial or stable in appearance: They're a very solid-looking, intelligent couple.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- solifidianism — a person who maintains that faith alone, without the performance of good works, is all that is necessary for salvation.
- sphenoid bone — the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- spider flower — cleome
- spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
- spider orchid — any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys, esp O. sphegodes, having a flower with yellow, green, or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip
- stannic oxide — a white, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, SnO 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramic glazes and glass, and of polishing powders for metal, glass, and marble.
- star of david — Judaism: six-pointed star
- starting grid — area marked as start of a race
- stem the tide — prevent sth increasing
- steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
- subsidization — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
- succinic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 4 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of lacquers, dyes, and perfume.
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- suicidologist — someone who studies suicidology
- sulfadimidine — an antibacterial sulfa drug used in human and veterinary medicine. It is effective against chlamydia, toxoplasma, and cocidia
- sulfanilamide — a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C 6 H 8 N 2 O 2 S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
- sulfuric acid — a clear, colorless to brownish, dense, oily, corrosive, water-miscible liquid, H 2 SO 4 , usually produced from sulfur dioxide: used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, chemicals, explosives, and dyestuffs and in petroleum refining.
- sunny side up — (of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.