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Words starting with sul

4 letter words starting with sul

  • sulk — to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood: Promise me that you won't sulk if I want to leave the party early.
  • sulu — a member of the most numerous tribe of Moros, living chiefly in the Sulu Archipelago.
  • sulu archipelago — an island group in the SW Philippines, separating the Sulawesi Sea from the Sulu Sea. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Jolo.
  • sulu sea — a sea in the W Pacific, between the SW Philippines and Borneo.

5 letter words starting with sul

  • sulci — a furrow or groove.
  • sulf- — of or containing sulfur
  • sulfa — related chemically to sulfanilamide.
  • sulfo — containing the sulfo group; sulfonic.
  • sulks — to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood: Promise me that you won't sulk if I want to leave the party early.

6 letter words starting with sul

  • sulcal — of or pertaining to a sulcus
  • sulcus — a furrow or groove.
  • sulfo- — containing sulfur, esp. divalent sulfur
  • sulfur — Also, especially British, sulphur. Chemistry. a nonmetallic element that exists in several forms, the ordinary one being a yellow rhombic crystalline solid, and that burns with a blue flame and a suffocating odor: used especially in making gunpowder and matches, in medicine, in vulcanizing rubber, etc. Symbol: S; atomic weight: 32.064; atomic number: 16; specific gravity: 2.07 at 20° C.
  • sulked — to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood: Promise me that you won't sulk if I want to leave the party early.

7 letter words starting with sul

  • sulcate — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
  • sulfate — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
  • sulfide — a compound of sulfur with a more electropositive element or, less often, a group.
  • sulfite — a salt or ester of sulfurous acid.
  • sulfone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the bivalent group –SO 2 –, united with two hydrocarbon groups.

8 letter words starting with sul

  • sulawesi — an island in central Indonesia. 72,986 sq. mi. (189,034 sq. km).
  • suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
  • sulfinyl — containing the sulfinyl group; thionyl.
  • sulfonic — sulfo.
  • sulfonyl — sulfuryl.

9 letter words starting with sul

  • sulcalize — to furrow, make a furrow in; predominantly, to make a furrow in (the tongue), make the surface of (the tongue) concave in order to produce certain phonemes
  • sulcation — having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
  • sulfatase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sulfuric acid esters.
  • sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
  • sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.

10 letter words starting with sul

  • sulfanilyl — containing the sulfanilyl group.
  • sulfhydryl — mercapto.
  • sulfureous — consisting of, containing, or pertaining to sulfur.
  • sullenness — showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
  • sulphatase — an enzyme of the esterase group that catalyses the hydrolysis of sulphate esters

11 letter words starting with sul

  • sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
  • sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
  • sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
  • sulphhydryl — the univalent radical group -SH
  • sulphurator — an apparatus used in treating anything with sulphur or sulphur fumes, such as in fumigating

12 letter words starting with sul

  • sulfadiazine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 0 H 1 0 N 4 O 2 S, used chiefly in the treatment of urinary tract infections, meningitis, and malaria.
  • sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
  • sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs

13 letter words starting with sul

  • sulfadimidine — an antibacterial sulfa drug used in human and veterinary medicine. It is effective against chlamydia, toxoplasma, and cocidia
  • sulfamerazine — a sulfa drug, C11H12N4O2S, a methyl derivative of sulfadiazine that is more rapidly absorbed
  • 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.
  • sulfasalazine — a substance, C 1 8 H 1 4 N 4 O 5 S, used in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

14 letter words starting with sul

  • sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
  • sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
  • 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
  • sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2

15 letter words starting with sul

  • sully-prudhomme — René François Armand [ruh-ney frahn-swa ar-mahn] /rəˈneɪ frɑ̃ˈswa arˈmɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1839–1907, French poet: Nobel prize 1901.
  • sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
  • sulphur-crested cockatoo — a large Australian white parrot, Kakatoe galerita, with a yellow erectile crest

16 letter words starting with sul

  • sulfamethoxazole — an antimicrobial substance, C 1 0 H 1 1 N 3 O 3 S, used against a variety of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, as in the treatment of certain urinary tract infections and skin infections.
  • sulfarsphenamine — a yellow, water-soluble, arsenic-containing powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 As 2 N 2 Na 2 O 8 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of syphilis.
  • sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.

18 letter words starting with sul

  • sulphate-resisting cement — a type of Portland cement that resists normal concentrations of sulphates: used in concrete for flues and underwater work

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