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Answer for the clue "A long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative ", 14 letters:
phenobarbitone

Word definitions for phenobarbitone in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) A barbiturate drug used as a sedative.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative [syn: sodium thiopental , phenobarbital , Luminal , purple heart ]

Usage examples of phenobarbitone.

Someone had just opened a new bottle of soluble Phenobarbitone and used a couple of spoonfuls.

Mickey had not been given any Phenobarbitone until he was clearly deranged.

Here you are, my dear, a strong gin and Phenobarbitone and a quick trip to heaven.

There are gin and Campari and Phenobarbitone in the office and also in the sample from her stomach.

Hong Kong, asked for means of ensuring unconsciousness for a few hours, had provided a hypodermic, a box of ampoules each containing three grains of phenobarbitone, and a demonstration of how an injection should be made.

Lafarge a small shot of phenobarbitone to knock him out for a few minutes time enough for Weng to disappear.

Modesty gave her another intramuscular injection of the three-grain phenobarbitone solution.

Three grains of phenobarbitone would give them several hours of undisturbed sleep, and meanwhile a thorough and unhindered inspection of the villa could be made.

Lafarge a small shot of phenobarbitone to knock him out for a few minutes - time enough for Weng to disappear.