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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.

Space travel

the process of travelling in or into outer space.

Space walk

any activity by a human outside of the protective environment of a spacecraft while it is in outer space, requiring a space suit to protect the person from the vacuum and other hazards of space.

space-time

the four-dimensional coordinate system in which all physical objects of the known universe are located, and in which all physical events occur; it consists of three spatial dimensions and one time dimension; -- also called the space-time continuum.

spacecraft

a vehicle capable of travelling in or into outer space; at present, all such vehicles are powered by rocket engine.

spaceport

a facility where vehicles are launched into space.

Spacious

Extending far and wide; vast in extent.

Spad

A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

Spade

To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.

Spadefish

An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.

Spadefoot

Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. Scaphiopus Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade toad.

Spadeful

As much as a spade will hold or lift.

Spader

One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.

Spadiceous

Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color.

Spadille

The ace of spades in omber and quadrille.

Spadix

A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.

Spadroon

A sword, especially a broadsword, formerly used both to cut and thrust.

Spae

To foretell; to divine.

Spaghetti

A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.

Spagyrist

A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits.

Spale

A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.

Spall

To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface.

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