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27,745 words match “SO”

SODAMIDE n.
greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium.
SODDEN a. 3 definitions
Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture; saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields.
SODDEN-WITTED a.
Heavy; dull. Shak.
SODDY a.
Consisting of sod; covered with sod; turfy. Cotgrave.
SODER n.
See Solder.
SODGER n.
Var. of Soldier. [Dial. or Slang]
SODIC a.
Of or pertaining to sodium; containing sodium.
SODIO- n.
A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sodium or one of its compounds.
SODIUM n.
kali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized 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…
SODIUM SULPHATE n.
haric under the name of Glauber's salt, which term is properly applied to the hydrate, Na2SO4.10H2O.
SODOMITE n. 2 definitions
An inhabitant of Sodom.
SODOMITICAL a.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, sodomy. -- Sod`om*it"ic*al*ly, adv.
SODOMY n.
Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery. Gen. xix. 5.
SOE n.
A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Dr. H. More.
SOEVER n.
A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all possible or supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required. Luke x…
SOFA n.
ends; - - much used as a comfortable piece of furniture. Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round. Cowper. Sofa bed, a sofa so contrived that it may be extended to form a bed; -- called also sofa bedstead.
SOFFIT n.
The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel.
SOFI n.
Same as Sufi.
SOFISM n.
Same as Sufism.
SOFT a. 19 definitions
essure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to Ant: hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.
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