One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism.

The quality of being social; socialness.

To render social.

In a social manner; sociably.

The quality or state of being social.

To associate.

Of or pertaining to society; social.

Societarian.

The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.

One of the followers of Socinus; a believer in Socinianism.

The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue; that the Bible was to be interpreted by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical, and not to be taken literally.

To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by, or imbue with, the principles of Socinianism.

Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science.

One who treats of, or devotes himself to, the study of sociology.

That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science.

To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with it as an object.

to save (money); to put (something) into a reserve store.

to cause (an airport) to cease functioning, by severe weather conditions, such as fog or a snowstorm. Used often in the passive; the airport was socked in for two days by a blizzard.

That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.

An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.

Having a socket.

Destitute of socks or shoes.

Wet; soaky.

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.

One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager.

Tenure by socage.

A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill.

Of or pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, on the east coast of Africa. A native or inhabitant of Socotra.

Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and philosophizing.

In the Socratic method.

The philosophy or the method of Socrates.

A disciple or follower of Socrates.

To cover with sod; to turf.

Sodium oxide or hydroxide. Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is also called baking soda

a bicuit leavened with baking soda and with buttermilk or sour milk.

a bread made with buttermilk and leavened with baking soda.

a counter at which people may sit and be served soda pop, ice cream, or light meals. Such counters may be located for example in restaurants, ice cream shops, drugstores, departments stores.

a person who serves soda, ice cream, similar foods from behind a soda fountain.

a popular non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means, containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in different localities it is variously called also soda, pop, mineral water, and minerals. It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit juices, fruit sirups, cream, or cola flavoring; the soda pop is usually served chilled.

originally, a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate to which an acid (such as phosphoric acid) has been added to generate carbon dioxide and thus cause effervescence; the term now is also used as a synonym for soda pop. Soda water without flavoring is used as a beverage or as a component of a mixed beverage. It is typically bottled or canned under pressure so that the carbon dioxide and effervescence will be preserved until use.

Pertaining to, or containing, soda.

A mineral of a white to blue or gray color, occuring commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine.

A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.

A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium.

To soak; to make heavy with water.

Heavy; dull.

Consisting of sod; covered with sod; turfy.

See Solder.

Variant of Soldier.

Of or pertaining to sodium; containing sodium.

A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 22.990. Specific gravity 0.97.

An inhabitant of Sodom.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, sodomy.

Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery.

A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl.

A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.

The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel.

Same as Sufi.

Same as Sufism.

Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines; -- said of certain fishes.

Weak in intellect.

Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek.

Having a soft or fragile shell.

Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable.

Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of the higher branches of theology in a mosque school.

To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.

One who, or that which, softens.

a. n. from Soften, v.

Somewhat soft.

A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.

In a soft manner.

See Softener.

The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

Var. of Soldier.

The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness.

Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.

Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo.

Self-named; self-styled; pretended; would-be.

That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.

Stain; foulness.

Destitute of soil or mold.

Stain; pollution.

Dirty; soiled.

An evening party; -- distinguished from levee, and matin/e.

An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine max, formerly Glycine Soja) the seeds of which (called soy beans) are used in preparing the sauce called soy. Called also soya.

Var. of Soldier.

A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.

One who sojourns.

The act or state of one who sojourns.

Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler.

See Soc.

See Socman.

See Socmanry.

A toll. See Soc, n., 2.

An African anthropoid ape, supposed to be a variety of the chimpanzee.

A sou.

The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.

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.

Alone; -- chiefly used in stage directions, and the like.

To take comfort; to be cheered.

The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces.

Affording solace; as, a solacious voice.

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.

A solan goose.

See Sallenders.

Solanine.

An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.

An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.

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.

Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.

A genus of plants comprehending the potato (Solanum tuberosum), the eggplant (Solanum melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.

Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below.

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.

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.

To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera; -- an older term now replaced by overexpose.

Solar.

Solace.

Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings.

Solary; military pay.