Search the Dictionary

The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease.

An advocate of, or believer in, solidism. Dunglison.

The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollowness; strength; soundness, -- opposed to weakness or instability; the primary quality or affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness;…

In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly.

State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.

A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidæ.

Solipedous.

Same as Soliped.

Solipedous.

Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to the solifidians.

The state of Solifidians.

Like the sun in form, appearance, or nature; resembling the sun. [R.] "Soliform things." Cudworth.

A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen; -- called also Solpugidea, and Solpugides.

To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self.

The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue. Lovers are always allowed the comfort of soliloquy. Spectator.

A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate. [Written also solipede.] The solipeds, or firm-hoofed animals, as horses, asses, and mules, etc., -- they are, also, in mighty number. Sir T. Browne.

Having single hoofs.

Egotism. Krauth-Fleming.

Following the course of the sun; as, solisequious plants. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. Pope.