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Sulfuryl fluoride

Sulfuryl fluoride is a colorless, odorless, non-flammable gas used as a structural fumigant against termites and other wood-destroying pests, marketed principally as Vikane and first registered in 1959.

Sulh versus anwa land doctrine

The sulh versus anwa land doctrine is the early Islamic legal distinction between land surrendered by treaty and land taken by force, determining ownership and whether tax could lapse.

Suliana Manley

Suliana Manley is an American biophysicist and full professor at EPFL who heads the Laboratory of Experimental Biophysics, developing smart and super-resolution microscopy to study the mitochondrial life cycle.

Sulindac

Sulindac, formerly marketed by Merck as Clinoril, is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug of the indene acetic acid class, unusual in being a prodrug, prescribed for arthritis, gout, and painful shoulder.

Sulis Corona

Sulis Corona is a 136-km-diameter corona (volcano-tectonic feature) on Venus at 44.30N, 14.20E, IAU-named in 2000 for the British goddess of springs; a doughnut-shaped fracture ring and rim, distinct from the SULIS solar mission.

Suliyari Coal Mine

Suliyari Coal Mine, recorded as Suliyari Belwar, is an opencast coal mine in Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh, owned by APMDC and run by Adani Enterprises.

Suljo Linic

Suljo Linic is a chemical engineer and Martin Lewis Perl Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan, known for plasmon-mediated catalysis and predictive catalyst design combining computation and machine learning.

Sulkhan Tamazashvili

Sulkhan Tamazashvili is a Georgian politician who has served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia since April 2026, having previously been Chairman of the Government of Adjara.

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani was a Georgian writer, lexicographer, monk, and diplomat who wrote The Book of Wisdom and Lies and led a Georgian embassy to France and Italy in 1713–1715.

Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (138–78 BCE), Roman dictator and general; first to march an army on Rome (88, 83/82 BCE); proscriptions, constitutional reforms strengthening the Senate, resignation 79 BCE.

Sullay Kaikai

Sullay Kaikai (Sulaiman Borbor Kaikai), born 1995 in London, is a Sierra Leone international winger at Cambridge United; ex-Crystal Palace academy player with spells at Blackpool, Wycombe, and NAC Breda.

Sullectum

Sullectum, at the modern village of Salakta south of Mahdia, was a Punic and Roman harbor city in Byzacena, Tunisia, known for exporting olive oil and garum to Rome.

Sulley Muntari

Sulley Muntari (Sulleyman Ali Muntari), Ghanaian left-footed midfielder born 1984 in Konongo; played for Udinese, Portsmouth, Inter, AC Milan, and others; won the 2010 Champions League with Inter and played three World Cups for Ghana.

Sulli (최진리)

Sulli (설리), born Choi Jin-ri (최진리), was a South Korean singer and actress, f(x) member from 2009 to 2015, solo artist with Goblin (2019), who died in 2019 and is remembered through Persona: Sulli (2023).

Sullivan (Mercurian crater)

Sullivan is a large impact crater on Mercury, about 145 km across at 16.9°S, 86.3°W, named for American architect Louis Sullivan, IAU-approved in 1976, first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974 and photographed by MESSENGER in 2008.

Sullivan & Cromwell

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (S&C), founded 1879 in New York, is a multinational law firm with 1,000+ lawyers in 14 offices, led by co-chairs Giuffra and Miller, ranked first by value in global M&A over 20 years.

Sullivan brothers

The Sullivan brothers were George, Francis, Joseph, Madison, and Albert Sullivan of Waterloo, Iowa, five siblings who served together aboard USS Juneau (CL-52) and were all lost when she sank November 13, 1942, at Guadalcanal, prompting the Sole Survivor Policy and two ships named USS The Sullivans.

Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States

Sullivan County, Tennessee (FIPS 47163), county seat Blountville, formed 1779 from Washington County and named for General John Sullivan. Home to Kingsport and Bristol of the Tri-Cities, the Bristol Sessions birthplace of country music, and Eastman's largest plant; 2020 population 158,163.

Sullivan Expedition

A 1779 scorched-earth campaign of the American Revolutionary War, ordered by Washington and led by John Sullivan, that destroyed over forty Iroquois villages but failed to capture Fort Niagara.

Sullivan Jones

Sullivan Jones (Matthew Anthony Jones, born 1990) is an American actor known for Slave Play on Broadway, T. Thomas Fortune in The Gilded Age, Harlem, Interior Chinatown, Big George Foreman as Muhammad Ali, and video game voice work.

Sullivan King B2B Kayzo

Sullivan King B2B Kayzo, also billed as Kayzo B2B Sullivan King, is the back-to-back DJ pairing of Kayzo and Sullivan King, blending dubstep, trap, and hardstyle with metal guitar.

Sullivan Stapleton

Sullivan Stapleton, Australian actor and producer born 1977 in Melbourne, known for Animal Kingdom (2010), Strike Back, 300: Rise of an Empire as Themistokles, and NBC's Blindspot as Kurt Weller.

Sullivan's Crossing (TV series)

Sullivan's Crossing is a Canadian romantic drama (2023–) adapted from Robyn Carr's novels, created by Roma Roth, starring Morgan Kohan, Chad Michael Murray, and Scott Patterson; it airs on CTV and The CW, streams on Netflix, and was renewed for a fifth season in 2026.

Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Travels (1941) is Preston Sturges's Paramount comedy-drama starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake, in which a comedy director goes undercover as a hobo to research a serious film, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and learns the value of laughter; National Film Registry 1990.

Sullom Voe oil terminal

The Sullom Voe oil terminal is an oil and gas processing and export terminal at Sullom Voe in Shetland, Scotland, one of the largest in Europe.

Sully (film)

Sully is a 2016 American biographical drama directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks as Chesley Sullenberger, who landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River.

Sully Erna

Sully Erna (Salvatore Paul Erna) is the American singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist who founded Godsmack in 1995 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The multi-instrumentalist has sold over 20 million albums, earned four Grammy nominations, released the solo albums Avalon and Hometown Life, and founded The Scars Foundation for mental health.

Sully Prudhomme

Sully Prudhomme, pen name of René François Armand Prudhomme (1839–1907), was a French poet trained in science who won the first Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901.

Sully Sullenberger

Sully Sullenberger, born Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III, is a retired American airline captain who safely ditched US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in 2009.

Sulo Nurmela

Sulo Nurmela (1908–1999) was a Finnish cross-country skier, three-time world champion (1934 18 km and relay, 1935 relay) and 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 10 km relay, skiing the opening leg.