Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 114
Solve (v. 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.
True piety would effectually solve such scruples. -- South.
God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. --Tickell.
Syn: To explain; resolve; unfold; clear up.
Solve (n.) A solution; an explanation. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Solve (v.) Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" [syn: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work].
Solve (v.) Find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" [syn: resolve, solve].
Solve (v.) Settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt" [syn: clear, solve].
Solve, () Parallel object-oriented language. "Message Pattern Specifications: A New Technique for Handling Errors in Parallel Object- Oriented Systems", J.A. Purchase et al, SIGPLAN Notices 25(10):116-125 (OOPSLA/ECOOP '90) (Oct 1990).
Solvency (n.) The quality or state of being solvent.
Solvend (n.) A substance to be dissolved.
Solvent (a.) Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
Solvent (a.) Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
Solvent (n.) 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.
Solvent (n.) That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
Solver (n.) One who, or that which, solves.
Solvible (a.) See Solvable.
Soly (adv.) Solely.
Soma (n.) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
Somaj (n.) Alt. of Samaj.
Samaj (n.) A society; a congregation; a worshiping assembly, or church, esp. of the Brahmo-somaj.
Somali (n.) Alt. of Somal.
Somal (n.) A Hamitic people of East Central Africa.
Somalia (n.) 索馬利亞聯邦共和國 [6] （索馬利亞語：Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya；阿拉伯語： جمهورية الصومال الفدرالية；Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fiderāliyya；英語： Federal Republic of Somalia），簡稱索馬利亞（索馬利亞語：Soomaaliya；阿拉伯語：الصومال；aṣ-Ṣūmāl；/soʊˈmɑːliə/；so-MAH-lee-ə；英語：Somalia），是一個東非國家，位於索馬利亞半島上，東濱印度洋，北臨亞丁灣，與衣索比亞、肯亞、吉布地相鄰。索馬利亞目前處於內戰狀態，戰前首都為摩加迪休（Mogadishu）。位於索國西北部的索馬利蘭為一獨立的政治實體。索馬利亞的地理位置，居於地中海與印度洋的亞丁灣之南，是各國貨輪出入蘇伊士運河的必經海路。2004年的《奈洛比全面協定》簽署後，索馬利亞成立過渡政府，2012年8月23日索馬利亞結束為期8年的過渡期，8月29日選出聯邦議會議長，9月10日全國選民普選產生新總統，9月17日總統內閣人選經聯邦議會批准成立，9月21日索馬利亞變為聯邦州縣自治管理，同時恢復實行聯邦憲政。
Somalia (n.) Officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, Is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland, [10] and its terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains and highlands. [3] Climatically, hot conditions prevail year-round, with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall. [11]
Somalia has an estimated population of around 14.3 million. [4] Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis, [3] who have historically inhabited the northern part of the country. Ethnic minorities are largely concentrated in the southern regions. [12] The official languages of Somalia are Somali and Arabic, both of which belong to the Afroasiatic family. [3] Most people in the country are Muslim, [13] with the majority being Sunni. [14]
In antiquity, Somalia was an important commercial centre. [15] [16] It is among the most probable locations of the fabled ancient Land of Punt. [17] [18] [19] During the Middle Ages, several powerful Somali empires dominated the regional trade, including the Ajuran Empire, the Adal Sultanate, the Warsangali Sultanate, and the Geledi Sultanate. In the late 19th century, through a succession of treaties with these kingdoms, the British and Italian empires gained control of parts of the coast and established the colonies of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. [20] [21] In the interior, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's Dervish State repelled the British Empire four times and forced it to retreat to the coastal region, [22] before succumbing to defeat in 1920 by British airpower. [23] The toponym Somalia was coined by the Italian explorer Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti (1855–1926). [24] Italy acquired full control of the northeastern, central and southern parts of the area after successfully waging the so-called Campaign of the Sultanates against the ruling Majeerteen Sultanate and Sultanate of Hobyo. [21] Italian occupation lasted until 1941, yielding to British military administration. British Somaliland would remain a protectorate, while Italian Somaliland in 1949 became a United Nations Trusteeship under Italian administration, the Trust Territory of Somaliland. In 1960, the two regions united to form the independent Somali Republic under a civilian government. [25]
The Supreme Revolutionary Council seized power in 1969 and established the Somali Democratic Republic. Led by Mohamed Siad Barre, this government later collapsed in 1991 as the Somali Civil War broke out. Various armed factions began competing for influence in the power vacuum, particularly in the south. During this period, due to the absence of a central government, Somalia was a "failed state", and residents returned to customary and religious law in most regions. A few autonomous regions, including the Somaliland and Puntland administrations emerged in the north. The early 2000s saw the creation of fledgling interim federal administrations. The Transitional National Government (TNG) was established in 2000, followed by the formation of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in 2004, which reestablished national institutions such as the military. [3] [3] [26] In 2006, the TFG, assisted by Ethiopian troops, assumed control of most of the nation's southern conflict zones from the newly formed Islamic Courts Union (ICU). The ICU subsequently splintered into more radical groups such as Al-Shabaab, which battled the TFG and its AMISOM allies for control of the region. [3]
By mid-2012, the insurgents had lost most of the territory that they had seized. In 2011–2012, a political process providing benchmarks for the establishment of permanent democratic institutions was launched. [27] Within this administrative framework a new provisional constitution was passed in August 2012, [28] [29] which reformed Somalia as a federation. [30] Following the end of the TFG's interim mandate the same month, the Federal Government of Somalia, the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war, was formed [31] and a period of reconstruction began in Mogadishu. [27] [32] Somalia has maintained an informal economy, mainly based on livestock, remittances from Somalis working abroad, and telecommunications. [3] [33]
Somatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic changes.
Somatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo.
Somatical (a.) Somatic.
Somatics (n.) The science which treats of the general properties of matter; somatology.
Somatist (n.) One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist.
Somatocyst (n.) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.
Somatology (n.) The doctrine or the science of the general properties of material substances; somatics.
Somatology (n.) A treatise on the human body; anatomy.
Somatome (n.) See Somite.
Somatopleure (n.) The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellae into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the amnion are developed. See Splanchnopleure.
Somatopleuric (a.) Of or pertaining to the somatopleure.
Somatotropism (n.) A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs.
Somber (a.) Alt. of Sombre.
Sombre (a.) Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.
Sombre (a.) Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections.
Somber (v. t.) Alt. of Sombre.
Sombre (v. t.) To make somber, or dark; to make shady.
Somber (n.) Alt. of Sombre.
Sombre (n.) Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness.
Somberly (adv.) Alt. of Sombrely.
Sombrely (adv.) In a somber manner; sombrously; gloomily; despondingly.
Somberness (n.) Alt. of Sombreness.
Sombreness (n.) The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.
Sombrero (n.) A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America.
Sombrous (a.) Gloomy; somber.
-some () A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.
-some (a.) An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.
Some (a.) Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I have some.
Some (a.) A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man.
Some (a.) Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just.
Some (a.) About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence.
Some (a.) Considerable in number or quality.
Some (a.) Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another.
Some (a.) A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.
Somebody (n.) A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.
Somebody (n.) A person of consideration or importance.
Somedeal (adv.) In some degree; somewhat.
Somehow (adv.) 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.
Somersault (n.) Alt. of Somerset.
Somerset (n.) A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end.
Something (n.) Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.
Something (n.) A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.
Something (n.) A person or thing importance.
Something (adv.) In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance.
Sometime (adv.) At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
Sometime (adv.) At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes.
Sometime (adv.) At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime.
Sometime (a.) Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.
Sometimes (adv.) Formerly; sometime.
Sometimes (adv.) At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally.
Sometimes (a.) Former; sometime.
Somewhat (n.) More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
Somewhat (n.) A person or thing of importance; a somebody.
Somewhat (adv.) In some degree or measure; a little.
Somewhat (adv.) (Formal) (C1) 有點，稍微有些 To some degree.
// The resort has changed somewhat over the last few years.
// She's somewhat more confident than she used to be.
// We were somewhat tired after our long walk.
Somewhat of 在某種程度上，有些 To some degree.
// She was known for being somewhat of a strange character.
Somewhen (adv.) At some indefinite time.
Somewhere (adv.) In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another.
Somewhile (adv.) Once; for a time.
Somewhither (adv.) To some indeterminate place; to some place or other.
Somite (n.) One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere.
Sommeil (n.) Slumber; sleep.
Sommerset (n.) See Somersault.
Somnambular (a.) Of or pertaining to somnambulism; somnambulistic.
Somnambulate (v. i. & t.) To walk when asleep.
Somnambulation (n.) The act of walking in sleep.
Somnambulator (n.) A somnambulist.
Somnambule (n.) A somnambulist.
Somnambulic (a.) Somnambulistic.
Somnambulism (n.) 夢遊病 A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions approppriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism.
Somnambulism (n.) Walking by a person who is asleep [syn: sleepwalking, somnambulism, somnambulation, noctambulism, noctambulation].
Somnambulism (n.) Med. juris. Sleep walking.
Somnambulism (n.) This is sometimes an inferior species of insanity, the patient being unconscious of what he is doing. A case is mentioned of a monk who was remarkable for simplicity, candor and probity, while awake, but who during his sleep in the night, would steal, rob, and even plunder the dead. Another case is related of a pious clergyman, who during his sleep, would plunder even his own church. And a case occurred in Maine, where the somnambulist attempted to hang himself, but fortunately tied the rope to his feet, instead of his neck. Ray. Med. Jur. Sec. 294.
Somnambulism (n.) It is evident, that if an act should be done by a sleep walker, while totally unconscious of his act, he would not be liable to punishment, because the intention (q.v.) and will (q.v.) would be wanting. Take, for example, the following singular case: A monk late one evening, in the presence of the prior of the convent, while in a state of somnambulism, entered the room of the prior, his eyes open but fixed, his features contracted into a frown, and with a knife in his hand. He walked straight up to the bed, as if to ascertain if the prior were there, and then gave three stabs, which penetrated the bed clothes, and a mat which served for the purpose of a mattress; he returned. with an air of satisfaction, and his features relaxed. On being questioned the next day by the prior as to what he had dreamed the preceding night, the monk confessed he had dreamed that his mother had been murdered by the prior, and that her spirit had appeared to him and cried for vengeance, that he was transported with fury at the sight, and ran directly to stab the assassin; that shortly after be awoke covered with perspiration, and rejoiced to find it was only a dream. Georget, Des Maladies Mentales, 127.
Somnambulism (n.) A similar case occurred in England, in the last century. Two persons, who had been hunting in the day, slept together at night; one of them was renewing the chase in his dream, and, imagining himself present at the death of the stag, cried out aloud, "I'll kill him! I'll kill him!" The other, awakened by the noise, got out of bed, and, by the light of the moon, saw the sleeper give several deadly stabs, with a knife, on the part of the bed his companion had just quitted. Harvey's Meditations on the Night, note 35; Guy, Med. Jur. 265.
Somnambulist (n.) 夢行者；夢遊症患者 A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.
Syn: somnambulator.
Somnambulist (n.) Someone who walks about in their sleep [syn: sleepwalker, somnambulist, noctambulist].
Somnambulistic (a.) 夢遊（症）的 Of or pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism; affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist.
Whether this was an intentional and waking departure, or a somnambulistic leave-taking and walking in her sleep, may remain a subject of contention. -- Dickens.
Somne (v. t.) To summon.
Somner (n.) A summoner; esp., one who summons to an ecclesiastical court.
Somnial (a.) Of or pertaining to sleep or dreams.
Somniative (a.) Somnial; somniatory.
Somniatory (a.) Pertaining to sleep or dreams; somnial.
Somniculous (a.) Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy.
Somniferous (a.)
Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion.
Somniferous comes from Latin somnifer, "sleep-bringing," from
somnus, "sleep" + ferre, "to bring."
Somnific (a.) Causing sleep; somniferous.
Somnifugous (a.) Driving away sleep.
Somniloquence (n.) The act of talking in one's sleep; somniloquism.
Somniloquism (n.) The act or habit of talking in one's sleep; somniloquy.
Somniloquist (n.) One who talks in his sleep.
Somniloquous (a.) Apt to talk in sleep.
Somniloquy (n.) A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy.