Solidism (n.) 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.
Solidist (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, solidism.
Solidity (n.) 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; massiveness.
Solidity (n.) Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; -- as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions.
Solidity (n.) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.
Solidly (adv.) In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly.
Solidness (n.) State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.
Solidness (n.) Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like.
Solidungula (n. pl.) A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidae.
Solidungular (a.) Solipedous.
Solidungulate (n.) Same as Soliped.
Solidungulous (a.) Solipedous.
Solifidian (n.) One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for justification; -- opposed to nullifidian.
Solifidian (a.) Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to the solifidians.
Solifidianism (n.) The state of Solifidians.
Soliform (a.) Like the sun in form, appearance, or nature; resembling the sun.
Solifugae (n. pl.) A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen; -- called also Solpugidea, and Solpugides.
Soliloquized (imp. & p. p.) of Soliloquize
Soliloquizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soliloquize
Soliloquize (v. i.) To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self.
Soliloquies (pl. ) of Soliloquy
Soliloquy (n.) The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue.
Soliloquy (n.) A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself.
Soliped (n.) A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate.
Solipedous (a.) Having single hoofs.
Solipsism (n.) Egotism.
Solipsism (n.) Egoism.
Solisequious (a.) Following the course of the sun; as, solisequious plants.
Solitaire (n.) A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit.
Solitaire (n.) A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone.
Solitaire (n.) A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping," as in draughts.
Solitaire (n.) A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary.
Solitaire (n.) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is called the invisible bird.
Solitarian (n.) A hermit; a solitary.
Soliitariety (n.) The state of being solitary; solitariness.
Solitarily (adv.) In a solitary manner; in solitude; alone.
Solitariness (n.) Condition of being solitary.
Solitary (a.) Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.
Solitary (a.) Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
Solitary (a.) ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.
Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.
Solitary (a.) Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.
Solitary (a.) Not associated with others of the same kind.
Solitary (n.) One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.
Solitude (a.) state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness.
Solitude (a.) Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.
Solitude (a.) solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.
Solivagant (a.) Wandering alone.
Solivagous (a.) Solivagant.
Sollar (n.) See Solar, n.
Sollar (n.) A platform in a shaft, especially one of those between the series of ladders in a shaft.
Sollar (v. t.) To cover, or provide with, a sollar.
Sollein (a.) Sullen; sad.
Solleret (n.) A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a shoe), worn with mediaeval armor.
Solmization (n.) The act of sol-faing.
Solos (pl. ) of Solo
Soli (pl. ) of Solo
Solo (a.) A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.
Soloist (n.) One who sings or plays a solo.
Solomon (n.) One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man.
Solon (n.) A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.
Solpugid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Solifugae.
Solpugid (n.) One of the Solifugae.
Solpugidea (n. pl.) Same as Solifugae.
Solstice (v. i.) A stopping or standing still of the sun.
Solstice (v. i.) The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion.
Solstice (v. i.) The time of the sun's passing the solstices, or solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See Illust. in Appendix.
Solstitial (a.) Of or pertaining to a solstice.
Solstitial (a.) Happening at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the northern hemisphere), happening at the summer solstice, or midsummer.
Solubility (n.) The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty.
Solubility (n.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil.
Soluble (a.) Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.
Soluble (a.) Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble.
Soluble (a.) Relaxed; open or readily opened.
Solubleness (n.) Quality or state of being soluble.
Solus (fem. a.) Alt. of Sola
Sola (fem. a.) Alone; -- chiefly used in stage directions, and the like.
Solute (a.) Loose; free; liberal; as, a solute interpretation.
Solute (a.) Relaxed; hence; merry; cheerful.
Solute (a.) Soluble; as, a solute salt.
Solute (a.) Not adhering; loose; -- opposed to adnate; as, a solute stipule.
Solute (v. t.) To dissolve; to resolve.
Solute (v. t.) To absolve; as, to solute sin.
Solution (n.) The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.
Solution (n.) The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the process.
Solution (n.) The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration.
Solution (n.) The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption.
Solution (n.) release; deliverance; discharge.
Solution (n.) The termination of a disease; resolution.
Solution (n.) A crisis.
Solution (n.) A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble.
Solutive (a.) Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative.
Solvability (n.) The quality or state of being solvable; as, the solvability of a difficulty; the solvability of a problem.
Solvability (n.) The condition of being solvent; ability to pay all just debts; solvency; as, the solvability of a merchant.
Solvable (a.) Susceptible of being solved, resolved, or explained; admitting of solution.
Solvable (a.) Capable of being paid and discharged; as, solvable obligations.
Solvable (a.) Able to pay one's debts; solvent.
Solvableness (n.) Quality of being solvable.
Solved (imp. & p. p.) of Solve
Solving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Solve