| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| soaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Soak, Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. |
| soakage | noun | The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking. |
| soaping | present participle & vb. noun | of Soap |
| soaring | present participle & vb. noun | of Soar, a. & n. from Soar. |
| sobbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Sob, A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs. |
| sobered | imp. & past participle | of Sober |
| soberly | adverb | In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously., Grave; serious; solemn; sad. |
| soboles | noun | A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances., A sucker, as of tree or shrub. |
| socager | noun | A tennant by socage; a socman. |
| sociate | adjective | Associated., An associate., To associate. |
| society | noun | The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company., Connection; participation; partnership., A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society., The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances., Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments. |
| sodding | present participle & vb. noun | of Sod |
| softish | adjective | Somewhat soft. |
| softner | noun | See Softener. |
| soiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Soil |
| soilure | noun | Stain; pollution. |
| sojourn | verb i. | To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry., A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land. |
| sokeman | noun | See Socman. |
| solaced | imp. & past participle | of Solace |
| solania | noun | Solanine. |
| solanum | noun | A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade. |
| solaria | plural | of Solarium |
| soldier | noun | One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants., Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer., A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; — used by way of emphasis or distinction., The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.), One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite., To serve as a soldier., To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task. |
| solicit | verb t. | To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms., To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor., To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite., To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to., To disturb; to disquiet; — a Latinism rarely used. |
| solidly | adverb | In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly. |
| soliped | noun | A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate. |
| sollein | adjective | Sullen; sad. |
| soloist | noun | One who sings or plays a solo. |
| solomon | noun | One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man. |
| soluble | adjective | Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water., Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble., Relaxed; open or readily opened. |
| solving | present participle & vb. noun | of Solve |
| solvend | noun | A substance to be dissolved. |
| solvent | adjective | Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid., Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent., A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc., That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery. |
| somatic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic changes., Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo. |
| somehow | adverb | In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow. |
| sommeil | noun | Slumber; sleep. |
| somnial | adjective | Of or pertaining to sleep or dreams. |
| somnour | noun | A summoner; an apparitor; a sompnour. |
| somonce | noun | A summons; a citation. |
| sonance | noun | A sound; a tune; as, to sound the tucket sonance., The quality or state of being sonant. |
| sondeli | noun | The musk shrew. See under Musk. |
| songful | adjective | Disposed to sing; full of song. |
| songish | adjective | Consisting of songs. |
| sonifer | noun | A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf. |
| sonless | adjective | Being without a son. |
| sonnish | adjective | Like the sun; sunny; golden. |
| sonnite | noun | See Sunnite. |
| sonship | noun | The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation. |
| sonties | noun | Probably from “saintes” saints, or from sanctities; — used as an oath. |
| sooting | present participle & vb. noun | of Soot |
| soothed | imp. & past participle | of Soothe |
| soother | noun | One who, or that which, soothes. |
| soothly | adverb | In truth; truly; really; verily. |
| sootish | adjective | Sooty. |
| sopping | present participle & vb. noun | of Sop |
| sophime | noun | Sophism. |
| sophism | noun | The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive. |
| sophist | noun | One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt., Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner. |
| sophora | noun | A genus of leguminous plants., A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally planted in the United States. |
| soprani | plural | of Soprano |
| soprano | noun | The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy’s voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices., A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice. |
| sorance | noun | Soreness. |
| sorbate | noun | A salt of sorbic acid. |
| sorbent | noun | An absorbent. |
| sorbile | adjective | Fit to be drunk or sipped. |
| sorbite | noun | A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance. |
| sorcery | noun | Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment. |
| sordine | noun | See Damper, and 5th Mute. |
| soredia | noun | pl. of Soredium., of Soredium |
| sorehon | noun | Formerly, in Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel. |
| sorghum | noun | A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian)., A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane. |
| sorites | noun | An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedes forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unites the subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the last proposition |
| sororal | adjective | Relating to a sister; sisterly. |
| sorosis | noun | A woman’s club; an association of women., A fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers with their receptacles, ovaries, etc., as the breadfruit, mulberry, and pineapple. |
| sorrage | noun | The blades of green or barley. |
| sorrily | adverb | In a sorry manner; poorly. |
| sorting | present participle & vb. noun | of Sort |
| sotadic | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions of the Greek poet Sotades., A Sotadic verse or poem. |
| sothiac | adjective | Alt. of Sothic |
| sotilte | noun | Subtlety. |
| sottery | noun | Folly. |
| sottish | adjective | Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken. |
| souffle | noun | A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus., A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence. |
| soulili | noun | A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black. |
| sounded | imp. & past participle | of Sound |
| sounder | noun | One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound., A herd of wild hogs. |
| soundly | adverb | In a sound manner. |
| souring | present participle & vb. noun | of Sour, Any sour apple. |
| sourish | adjective | Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste. |
| soursop | noun | The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is closely allied to the custard apple. |
| sousing | present participle & vb. noun | of Souse |
| souslik | noun | See Suslik. |
| soutage | noun | That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops. |
| soutane | noun | A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock. |
| southed | imp. & past participle | of South |
| souther | noun | A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south. |
| southly | adverb | Southerly. |
| sowbane | noun | The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), — said to be fatal to swine. |