| sukiyaki |
a Japanese dish made from thin slices of meat, vegetables, bean curd, and a slightly sweet sauce that includes rice wine and soy sauce, often cooked at the table. |
| sukkah |
booth (Hebrew); a temporary building roofed with leafy boughs or straw, within which meals are eaten during Sukkoth. |
| Sukkoth |
an eight-day or nine-day Jewish festival, observed during Tishri, that commemorates the period during which the Jews wandered in the wilderness. |
| sulf- |
sulfur. |
| sulfa |
of or designating drugs similar or related to sulfanilamide, used to combat certain bacterial infections. |
| sulfadiazine |
a drug made from sulfanilamide, used to treat various bacterial infections such as that causing meningitis. |
| sulfanilamide |
a white crystalline chemical compound used to treat certain bacterial infections. |
| sulfate |
a chemical compound derived from sulfuric acid. [4 definitions] |
| sulfide |
a chemical compound of sulfur and one or more other elements or radicals, esp. a compound of sulfur and a metal. |
| sulfite |
an ester or salt or sulfurous acid. |
| sulfoxide |
any of various organic compounds containing one atom of sulfur and one of oxygen in the molecule. |
| sulfur |
a chemical element that has sixteen protons in each nucleus, that occurs as a pale yellow crystal, or in compounds such as sulfuric acid and the sulfur amino acids, and that has various industrial uses. (symbol: S) [5 definitions] |
| sulfur dioxide |
a colorless, suffocating gas produced by the combustion of sulfur, used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid and for other industrial purposes. |
| sulfureous |
of, resembling, or composed of sulfur. [2 definitions] |
| sulfuret |
see "sulfide." [2 definitions] |
| sulfuric |
of, pertaining to, or containing a certain proportion of sulfur. |
| sulfuric acid |
a corrosive acid, usu. made from sulfur dioxide, that is used to make products such as chemicals, paints, and explosives. |
| sulfurize |
to use sulfur or a sulfur derivative on or with, esp. in disinfecting, fumigating, or bleaching. |
| sulfurous |
of, pertaining to, or containing sulfur. [3 definitions] |
| sulfurous acid |
an acid with a suffocating aroma of sulfur, occurring in solution with water or in salt form and used as a bleach, disinfectant, and reagent. |
| sulfur oxide |
any of several oxides of sulfur. |