Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 111
Soken (n.) A district held by socage.
Soko (n.) (Zool.) An African anthropoid ape, supposed to be a variety of the chimpanzee.
Sol (n.) The sun.
Sol (n.) (Alchem.) Gold; -- so called from its brilliancy, color, and value. -- Chaucer.
Sol (n.) [It.] [Mus.] A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale.
Sol (n.) [It.] [Mus.] The tone itself.
Sol (n.) A sou.
Sol (n.) A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents.
Sol, Sole (n.) [From hydrosol an aqueous colloidal solution, confused with G. sole, soole, salt water from which salt is obtained.] (Chem.) A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid; a liquid colloidal solution or suspension.
Sol (n.) A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a lid is suspended in a liquid [syn: sol, colloidal solution, colloidal suspension].
Sol (n.) (Roman mythology) Ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios.
Sol (n.) The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization [syn: sol, soh, so].
SOL, () Simulation-Oriented Language.
SOL, () Simulation Oriented Language.
SOL, () Second-Order lambda-calculus.
SOL, () Semantic Operating Language. Language for manipulating semantic networks for building cognitive models, particularly for natural language understanding. "Explorations in Cognition", D.A. Norman et al, W.H. Freeman 1974.
SOL, () Shit Outta Luck.
Sola (a.) See Solus.
Sola (n.) (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc. [Written also solah, shola.]
Solus, masc. a., Sola, fem. a. [L.] Alone; -- chiefly used in stage directions, and the like.
Solace (v. t.) Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.
In business of mirth and of solace. -- Chaucer.
The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion. -- Rambler.
Solace (v. t.) Rest; relaxation; ease. [Obs.]
To make his steed some solace. -- Chaucer.
Syn: Comfort; consolation; alleviation; relief.
Solaced (imp. & p. p.) of Solace.
Solacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solace.
Solace (v. t.) To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.
Solace (v. t.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
Syn: To comfort; assuage; allay. See Comfort.
Solace (v. i.) To take comfort; to be cheered. -- Shak.
Solacement (n.) The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces.
Solacious (a.) Affording solace; as, a solacious voice.
Solanaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more.
Soland (n.) A solan goose.
Solander (n.) See Sallenders.
Compare:
Sallenders (n. pl.) (馬後肢跗關節的) 馬膝濕疹 An eruption on the hind leg of a horse. [Written also {sellanders}, and {sellenders}.]
Solander (n.) (Also solander box) 索蘭德盒（一種放書、文件、植物標本等的書狀盒）A protective box made in the form of a book, for holding such items as botanical specimens, maps, papers, etc.
Solan goose () The common gannet.
Solania (n.) Solanine.
Solanicine (n.) (Chem.) An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.
Solanidine (n.) (Chem.) An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.
Solanine (n.) (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade ({Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina.
Solano () A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.
Solano -- U.S. County in California
Population (2000): 394542
Housing Units (2000): 134513
Land area (2000): 829.190062 sq. miles (2147.592310 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 77.480928 sq. miles (200.674674 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 906.670990 sq. miles (2348.266984 sq. km)
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 38.235934 N, 122.051826 W
Headwords:
Solano
Solano, CA
Solano County
Solano County, CA
Solanoid (a.) (Med.) Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.
Solanum (n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants comprehending the potato ({S. tuberosum), the eggplant ({S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.
Solanum (n.) Type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet [syn: Solanum, genus Solanum].
Solar (n.) A loft or upper chamber; a garret room. [Obs.] [Written also
soler, solere, sollar.] -- Oxf. Gloss.
Solar (a.) Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below.
Solar (a.) (Astrol.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun. [Obs.]
And proud beside, as solar people are. -- Dryden.
Solar (a.) Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
Solar (a.) Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar. -- Bacon.
Solar cycle. See under Cycle.
Solar day. See Day, 2.
Solar engine, An engine in which the energy of solar heat is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.
Solar flowers (Bot.), Flowers which open and shut daily at certain hours.
Solar lamp, An argand lamp.
Solar microscope, A microscope consisting essentially, first, of a mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or in a darkened box.
Solar month. See under Month.
Solar oil, A paraffin oil used an illuminant and lubricant.
Solar phosphori (Physics), Certain substances, as the diamond, siulphide of barium (Bolognese or Bologna phosphorus), calcium sulphide, etc., which become phosphorescent, and shine in the dark, after exposure to sunlight or other intense light.
Solar plexus (Anat.), A nervous plexus situated in the dorsal and anterior part of the abdomen, consisting of several sympathetic ganglia with connecting and radiating nerve fibers; -- so called in allusion to the radiating nerve fibers.
Solar spots. See Sun spots, under Sun.
Solar system (Astron.), The sun, with the group of celestial bodies which, held by its attraction, revolve round it. The system comprises the major planets, with their satellites; the minor planets, or asteroids, and the comets; also, the meteorids, the matter that furnishes the zodiacal light, and the rings of Saturn. The satellites that revolve about the major planets are twenty-two in number, of which the Earth has one (see Moon.), Mars two, Jupiter five, Saturn nine, Uranus four, and Neptune one. The asteroids, between Mars and Jupiter, thus far discovered (1900), number about five hundred, the first four of which were found near the beginning of the century, and are called Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.
Note: The principal elements of the major planets, and of the comets seen at more than one perihelion passage, are exhibited in the following tables: I. -- Major Planets. Symbol.Name.Mean distance -- that of the Earth being unity.Period in days.Eccentricity.Inclination of orbit.Diameter in miles II. -- Periodic Comets. Name.Greatest distance from sun.Least distance from sun.Inclination of orbit.Perihelion passage. [deg] [min] 54 Encke's3.314.100.34212 541885.2 Solar telegraph, telegraph for signaling by flashes of reflected sunlight.
Solar time. See Apparent time, under Time.
Solar (a.) Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun; "solar eclipse"; "solar energy".
Solar eclipse (n.) 日蝕 A solar eclipse (as seen from the planet Earth) is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and when the Moon fully or partially blocks ("occults") the Sun. This can happen only at new moon when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment referred to as syzygy. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured.
If the Moon were in a perfectly circular orbit, a little closer to the Earth, and in the same orbital plane, there would be total solar eclipses every month. However, since the Moon's orbit is tilted at more than 5 degrees to the Earth's orbit around the Sun, its shadow usually misses Earth. The Moon's orbit must cross Earth's ecliptic plane in order for an eclipse (both solar as well as lunar) to occur. In addition, the Moon's actual orbit is elliptical, often taking it far enough away from Earth that its apparent size is not large enough to block the Sun entirely. The orbital planes cross each other at a line of nodes resulting in at least two, and up to five, solar eclipses occurring each year; no more than two of which can be total eclipses. [1] [2] However, total solar eclipses are rare at any particular location because totality exists only along a narrow path on the Earth's surface traced by the Moon's shadow or umbra.
An eclipse is a natural phenomenon. However, in some ancient and modern cultures, solar eclipses were attributed to supernatural causes or regarded as bad omens. A total solar eclipse can be frightening to people who are unaware of its astronomical explanation, as the Sun seems to disappear during the day and the sky darkens in a matter of minutes.
Since looking directly at the Sun can lead to permanent eye damage or blindness, special eye protection or indirect viewing techniques are used when viewing a solar eclipse. It is technically safe to view only the total phase of a total solar eclipse with the unaided eye and without protection; however, this is a dangerous practice, as most people are not trained to recognize the phases of an eclipse, which can span over two hours while the total phase can only last a maximum of 7.5 minutes for any one location. People referred to as eclipse chasers or umbraphiles will travel to remote locations to observe or witness predicted central solar eclipses. [3] [4]
Solaria (n. pl. ) of Solarium.
Solarium (n.) An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.
Solarium (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera.
The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.
Solarium (n.) A room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun [syn: sun parlor, sun parlour, sun porch, sunporch, sunroom, sun lounge, solarium].
Solarization (n.) (Photog.) Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.
Solarization (n.) Exposure to the rays of the sun [syn: solarization, solarisation].
Solarized (imp. & p. p.) of Solarize.
Solarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solarize.
Solarize (v. t.) (Photog.) To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn.
Solarize (v. i.) (Photog.) To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera ; -- an older term now replaced by overexpose.
Solarize (v.) Reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it [syn: solarize, solarise].
Solarize (v.) Become overexposed; "The film solarized" [syn: solarize, solarise].
Solarize (v.) Overexpose to sunlight; "be careful not to solarize the photographic film" [syn: solarize, solarise].
Solarize (v.) Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned" [syn: sun, insolate, solarize, solarise].
Solary (a.) Solar. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Solas (n.) Solace. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Solatium (n.) Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings.
Sold () imp. & p. p. of Sell.
Sold (n.) Solary; military pay. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Sold (a.) Disposed of to a purchaser; "this merchandise is sold" [ant: unsold].
Soldan (n.) A sultan. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Soldanel (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of the Primrose family.
Soldanrie (n.) The country ruled by a soldan, or sultan ; a sultanate [2]. [Poet.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Solder (n.) A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement. Hence, anything which unites or cements.
Hard solder, A solder which fuses only at a red heat, as one composed of zinc and copper, or silver and copper, etc.
Soft solder, A solder fusible at comparatively low temperatures; as, plumbers' solder, consisting of two parts lead and one part tin, is a soft solder.
Soldered (imp. & p. p.) of Solder.
Soldering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solder.
Solder (v. t.) To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement.
Solder (v. t.) To mend; to patch up. "To solder up a broken cause." -- Hooker.
Solder (n.) An alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces.
Solder (v.) Join or fuse with solder; "solder these two pipes together".
Solderer (n.) One who solders.
Solderer (n.) A worker who joins or mends with solder.
Soldering () a. & n. from Solder, v. t.
Soldier (n.) 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.
Soldier (n.) Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
Soldier (n.) A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction.
Soldier (n.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)
Soldier (n.) 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.
Soldier (v. i.) To serve as a soldier.
Soldier (v. i.) To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task.
Soldieress (n.) A female soldier.
Soldiering (n.) The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier.
Soldiering (n.) The act of feigning to work. See the Note under Soldier, v. i., 2.
Soldierlike (a.) Like a soldier; soldierly.
Soldierly (a.) Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable; soldierlike.
Soldiership (n.) Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier.
Soldierwood (n.) A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.
Soldiery (n.) A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military.
Soldiery (n.) Military service.
Soldi (n. pl. ) of Soldo.
Soldo (n.) A small Italian coin worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth part of a lira.
Sole (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.
Sole (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species.
Lemon, or French, sole (Zool.), A European species of sole ({Solea pegusa).
Smooth sole (Zool.), The megrim.
Sole (n.) The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot. -- Gen. viii. 9.
Hast wandered through the world now long a day, Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead. -- Spenser.
Sole (n.) The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
The "caliga" was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep. -- Arbuthnot.
Sole (n.) The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing. Specifically:
Sole (n.) (Agric.) The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow.
Sole (n.) (Far.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
Sole (n.) (Fort.) The bottom of an embrasure.
Sole (n.) (Naut.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel. -- Totten.
Sole (n.) (Mining.) The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
Sole leather, Thick, strong, used for making the soles of boots and shoes, and for other purposes.
Soled (imp. & p. p.) of Sole.
Soling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sole.
Sole (v. t.) To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.
Sole (a.) Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.
"The sole son of my queen." -- Shak.
He, be sure . . . first and last will reign Sole king. -- Milton.
Sole (a.) (Law) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.
Corporation sole. See the Note under Corporation.
Syn: Single; individual; only; alone; solitary.
Sole (a.) Not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" [syn: exclusive, sole(a)].
Sole (a.) Being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)].
Sole (n.) The underside of footwear or a golf club.
Sole (n.) Lean flesh of any of several flatfish [syn: sole, fillet of sole].
Sole (n.) The underside of the foot.
Sole (n.) Right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European.
Sole (v.) Put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" [syn: sole, resole].
Sole, () Alone, single; used in contradistinction to joint or married. A sole tenant, therefore, is one who holds lands in his own right, without being joined with any other. A feme sole is a single woman; a sole corporation is one composed of only one natural person.
Solecism (n.) An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax.
A barbarism may be in one word; a solecism must be of more. -- Johnson.
Solecism (n.) Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners.
Caesar, by dismissing his guards and retaining his power, committed a dangerous solecism in politics. -- C. Middleton.
The idea of having committed the slightest solecism in politeness was agony to him. -- Sir W. Scott.
Syn: Barbarism; impropriety; absurdity.
Solecism (n.) A socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie].
Solecism (n.) A nonstandard usage or grammatical construction; also, a minor blunder in speech.
Solecism (n.) A breach of good manners or etiquette.
Solecism (n.) Any inconsistency, mistake, or impropriety. Solecism comes from Latin soloecismus, from Greek soloikizein, "to speak incorrectly," from soloikos, "speaking incorrectly," literally, "an inhabitant of Soloi," a city in ancient Cilicia where a dialect regarded as substandard was spoken.
Solecist (n.) One who commits a solecism. -- Blackwall.
Solecistic (a.) Solecistical.
Solecistical (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect. "He thought it made the language solecistical and absurd." -- Blackwall.
Solecistically (adv.) In a solecistic manner.
Solecize (v. i.) To commit a solecism. [R.] -- Dr. H. More.
Solely (adv.) Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.
Solely (adv.) Without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him" [syn: entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only].