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Sodality

A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.

Sodamide

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

Sodden

To soak; to make heavy with water.

Soddy

Consisting of sod; covered with sod; turfy.

Sodic

Of or pertaining to sodium; containing sodium.

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.

Sodomy

Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery.

Soe

A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl.

Sofa

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

Soffit

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

Soft

Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

Soft-finned

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

Soft-hearted

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

Soft-spoken

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

Softa

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

Soften

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

Softener

One who, or that which, softens.

Softling

A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.

Softness

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

Sogginess

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

Soggy

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

Soho

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

Soi-disant

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

Soil

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

Soiree

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

Soja

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.

Sojourn

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

Sojournment

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

Soken

A toll. See Soc, n., 2.

Soko

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

Sol-fa

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

Sola

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.

Sola Solus

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

Solace

To take comfort; to be cheered.

Solacement

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

Solacious

Affording solace; as, a solacious voice.

Solanaceous

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.

Solanicine

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

Solanidine

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

Solanine

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.

Solanoid

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

Solanum

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

Solar

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

Solarium

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.

Solarization

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.

Solarize

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

Solatium

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

Sold

Solary; military pay.

Soldanel

A plant of the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of the Primrose family.

Soldanrie

The country ruled by a soldan, or sultan; a sultanate{2}.

Solder

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.

Soldiering

The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier.

Soldierly

Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable; soldierlike.

Soldiership

Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier.

Soldierwood

A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.

Soldiery

A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military.

Soldo

A small Italian coin worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth part of a lira.

Sole

Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.

Sole Sol

A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid; a liquid colloidal solution or suspension.

Solecism

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.

Solecistical

Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect.

Solely

Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.

Solemn

Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.

Solemnity

A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.

Solemnization

The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.

Solemnly

In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally.

Solemnness

The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship.

Solempne

Solemn; grand; stately; splendid; magnificent.

Solen

A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6.

Solenacean

Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidae.

Solenaceous

Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenidae.

Soleness

The state of being sole, or alone; singleness.

Solenette

A small European sole (Solea minuta).

Solenodon

Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (Solendon Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique.

Solenogastra

An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of other gastropods.

Solenoglyph

Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia. One of the Selenoglypha.

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