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3,693 words match “SOU”

SOULLESSLY adv.
In a soulless manner. Tylor.
SOUN n.
Sound. [Obs.] aucer.
SOUND n. 29 definitions
The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
SOUND-BOARD n.
A sounding-board. To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes. Milton.
SOUNDABLE a.
Capable of being sounded.
SOUNDAGE n.
Dues for soundings.
SOUNDER n. 2 definitions
One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
SOUNDING a. 5 definitions
Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words. Dryden.
SOUNDING BALLOON n.
An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or aëronautic purposes.
SOUNDING-BOARD n. 3 definitions
A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
SOUNDLESS a. 2 definitions
Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.
SOUNDLY adv.
In a sound manner.
SOUNDNESS n.
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.
SOUNE v.
To sound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOUNST a.
Soused. See Souse. [Obs.]
SOUP n. 4 definitions
vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth. Soup kitchen, an establishment for preparing and supplying soup to the poor. -- Soup ticket, a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soup at a soup kitchen.
SOUPCON n.
A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a taste; as, coffee with a soupçon of brandy; a soupçon of coquetry.
SOUPE-MAIGRE n.
Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
SOUPLE n.
That part of a flail which strikes the grain. Knight.
SOUPY a.
Resembling soup; souplike.
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