| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| soaky | adjective | Full of moisture; wet; soppy. |
| soapy | superl. | Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth., Smeared with soap; covered with soap. |
| soave | adjective | Sweet. |
| sober | superl. | Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man., Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober., Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed., Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses., Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate., To make sober., To become sober; — often with down. |
| socky | adjective | Wet; soaky. |
| socle | noun | A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth., A plain face or plinth at the lower part of a wall. |
| soddy | adjective | Consisting of sod; covered with sod; turfy. |
| soder | noun & verb t. | See Solder. |
| sodic | adjective | Of or pertaining to sodium; containing sodium. |
| sofas | plural | of Sofa |
| sofis | plural | of Sofi |
| softa | noun | Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of the higher branches of theology in a mosque school. |
| soggy | superl. | Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber. |
| soily | adjective | Dirty; soiled. |
| soken | noun | A toll. See Soc, n., 2., A district held by socage. |
| solar | adjective | A loft or upper chamber; a garret room., Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below., Born under the predominant influence of the sun., Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year., Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence. |
| solas | noun | Solace. |
| soldi | plural | of Soldo |
| soldo | noun | A small Italian coin worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth part of a lira. |
| soled | imp. & past participle | of Sole |
| solen | noun | A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6., Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera of the family Solenidae; a razor shell. |
| soler | noun | Alt. of Solere |
| solid | adjective | Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; — opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand., Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy., Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches., Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall., Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; — opposed to hyphened., Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine., Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body., Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem., Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; — applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter., Not having the lines separated by leads; not open., United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate., A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid., A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides. |
| solos | plural | of Solo |
| solon | noun | A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; — often used ironically. |
| solus | fem. adjective | Alt. of Sola |
| solve | verb t. | To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem., A solution; an explanation. |
| somaj | noun | Alt. of Samaj |
| somal | noun | A Hamitic people of East Central Africa. |
| somne | verb t. | To summon. |
| soncy | adjective | Alt. of Sonsy |
| sonsy | adjective | Lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump., See Soncy. |
| sonde | verb t. | That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial. |
| soord | noun | Skin of bacon. |
| soote | adjective | Sweet. |
| sooth | superl. | True; faithful; trustworthy., Pleasing; delightful; sweet., Truth; reality., Augury; prognostication., Blandishment; cajolery. |
| sooty | superl. | Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot., Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark., To black or foul with soot. |
| sophi | noun | See Sufi. |
| sopor | noun | Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only with difficulty. |
| soppy | adjective | Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy. |
| sopra | adverb | Above; before; over; upon. |
| soree | noun | Same as Sora. |
| sorel | noun | A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck., A yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel. |
| sorex | noun | A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews. |
| sorgo | noun | Indian millet and its varieties. See Sorghum. |
| sorry | adjective | Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; — now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling., Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful., Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. |
| sorus | noun | One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns. |
| sorwe | noun & verb | Sorrow. |
| so-so | adjective | Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent., Tolerably; passably. |
| sotel | adjective | Alt. of Sotil |
| sotil | adjective | Subtile. |
| sothe | adjective | Sooth. |
| souce | noun | See 1st Souse., See Souse. |
| sough | noun | A sow., A small drain; an adit., The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring., Hence, a vague rumor or flying report., A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying., To whistle or sigh, as the wind. |
| souke | verb t. & i. | To suck. |
| sound | noun | The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food., A cuttlefish., Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship., Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; — said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding., Firm; strong; safe., Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; — said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker., Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles., heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating., Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep., Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land., Soundly., A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound., To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet., Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe., To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient., To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device., Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture., The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound., The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound., Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else., To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect., To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound., To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention., To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn., To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument., To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley., To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit., To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient., To signify; to import; to denote. |
| soune | verb t. & i. | To sound. |
| soupy | adjective | Resembling soup; souplike. |
| sours | noun | Source. See Source. |
| souse | noun | A corrupt form of Sou., Pickle made with salt., Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine., The ear; especially, a hog’s ear., The act of sousing; a plunging into water., To steep in pickle; to pickle., To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid., To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly., To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack., To pounce upon., The act of sousing, or swooping., With a sudden swoop; violently. |
| south | noun | That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east., A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country., Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon’s line. See under Line., The wind from the south., Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole., Toward the south; southward., From the south; as, the wind blows south., To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south., To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; — said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine. |
| sowed | imp. | of Sow, of Sow |
| sowar | noun | In India, a mounted soldier. |
| sowce | noun & verb | See Souse. |
| sower | noun | One who, or that which, sows. |
| sowle | verb t. | To pull by the ears; to drag about. |
| sowne | verb t. & i. | To sound. |
| sowse | noun & verb | See Souse. |
| soyle | verb t. | To solve, to clear up; as, to soyl all other texts., Prey. |
| sourt | noun | A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt., A shoot; a bud., Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy. |
| souir | verb t. | To throw with a jerk; to throw edge foremost. |