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soul

By or for African-Americans, or characteristic of their culture; as, soul music; soul newspapers; soul food.

soul kiss

A kiss in which both parties have their mouths open and pressed together, and the tongue of one or both is maneuvered within the mouth of the other.

Souled

Furnished with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; -- used chiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector.

Soulili

A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black.

Soulless

Being without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless.

Sound

To cause to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn; to sound an alarm.

Sounding

The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).

Sounding-board

A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.

Soundness

The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.

Soup

To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop.

Soupcon

A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a taste; as, coffee with a soup/on of brandy; a soup/on of coquetry.

Soupe-maigre

Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

Souple

That part of a flail which strikes the grain.

Soupy

Resembling soup; souplike.

Sour

To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.

Source

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

Sourde

To have origin or source; to rise; to spring.

Sourish

Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste.

Sourly

In a sour manner; with sourness.

Sourness

The quality or state of being sour.

Soursop

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.

Souse

With a sudden swoop; violently.

Soused

Thoroughly drunken; inebriated.

Soutache

A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known as Russian braid.

Soutage

That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops.

Soutane

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.

Souterly

Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a cobbler; hence, vulgar; low.

South

To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

Southcottian

A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities.

Southeast

Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.

Southeastern

Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.

Souther

A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.

Southerliness

The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.

Southerner

An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.

Southernly

Somewhat southern. In a southerly manner or course; southward.

Southernwood

A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.

Southing

Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun.

Southmost

Farthest toward the south; southernmost.

Southness

A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.

Southpaw

A pitcher who pitches with the left hand.

Southron

An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.

Southward

The southern regions or countries; the south.

Southwards Southward

Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward.

Southwest

Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.

Southwester

A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.

Southwesterly

To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.

Southwestern

Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.

Souvenir

That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.

Sovereign

The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.

Sovereignly

In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.

Sovereignty

The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties.

Sow

To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.

Sowar

In India, a mounted soldier.

Sowbane

The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine.

Sowens

A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called flummery in England.

Sower

One who, or that which, sows.

Soya Soy

A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soybeans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

Soybean

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

Soybean oil

an oil obtained from the soybean (Glycine max), rich in protein, fats, sterols, and phospholipids, used as a food and in paints and varnishes and in various industrial applications; -- called also soya oil. It is also used in preparing the sauce called soy or soy sauce.

Soyned

Filled with care; anxious.

Sozzle

One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman.

Spa

A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium.

Spaad

A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus.

Space

To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.

Space age

the time during which humans engaged in space exploration; -- generally considered as beginning on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union placed the first artificial satellite into orbit around the earth.

Space cadet

a person who appears disconnected from reality, or living in his own world; -- sometimes used of people who are under the influence of mind-altering drugs.

Space flight

the process or event in which vehicles travel into outer space.

space heater

a portable heating device used for warming the air of a single room; -- it may be electrical or use a combustible fuel.

space probe

an unmanned rocket carrying instruments to explore objects or conditions in outer space; -- used mostly for vehicles travelling beyond the earth's gravitational field, rather than in orbital or suborbital flight.

space shuttle

a reusable vehicle that can carry people or objects into orbit around the earth and return to be used again for subsequent trips; -- distinguished from rockets that are used only once. The present (1997) American space shuttle is a manned vehicle, having an external fuel tank that is expendable and not re-used.

space sickness

a group of symptoms, prominently nausea, but sometimes including lethargy, headache, and sweating, occuring under the weightless conditions of space flight.

space station

a manned artificial satellite orbiting the earth designed for extended occupation and use by multiple crews in succession.

Space suit

a protective suit covering the whole body, completely airtight and designed to withstand internal pressure, worn by astronauts to protect them from the vacuum and other hazards of outer space. It typically contains an air supply and other life-support equipment to allow functioning independent of any other equipment for a period of time while in space.

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