<B>solar wind,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a continuous stream of charged particles, mainly protons and electrons, ejected by the sun and extending in all directions through interplanetary space. <BR> <I>Ex. The speed of the solar wind as it passes the earth has been measured at several hundred kilometers per second (Hugh Odishaw).</I> </DL>
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<B>solar year,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the period of time required for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, from one vernal equinox to the next; tropical year; astronomical year. The solar year is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45.51 seconds. </DL>
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<B>solatium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a compensation, as for suffering, loss, or hurt feelings. </DL>
<A NAME="solatopee">
<B>sola topee,</B> =pith helmet.</DL>
<A NAME="sold">
<B>sold, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense and past participle of <B>sell.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. He sold his car a week ago.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="soldan">
<B>soldan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the supreme ruler in the Middle Ages of a Moslem country, especially Egypt. </DL>
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<B>solder, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>any metal or alloy that can be melted and used for joining or mending metal surfaces or parts. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) anything that unites firmly or joins closely. <BR> <I>Ex. the very solder of Nature (John Tyndall).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to fasten, mend, or join with solder. <BR> <I>Ex. He soldered the broken wires together. He soldered a hole in the pan. There have been instances in which two fragments [of old bronze] not belonging to each other have been soldered together to form a complete and spurious object of art (George Savage).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to unite firmly; join closely. <BR> <I>Ex. unite and solder up their several schemes to join against the Church (Jonathan Swift).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to mend; repair; patch. <BR> <I>Ex. to solder ... the flaws and imperfections of nature (Jonathan Swift).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become soldered. <DD><B> 2. </B>to become united by soldering. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Their [children's] little brittle bones quickly solder (W. H. Hudson).</I> adj. <B>solderable.</B> noun <B>solderer.</B> </DL>
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<B>soldering gun,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fast-heatingsoldering iron with a wire tip for the point and a pistol-shaped handle. </DL>
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<B>soldering iron,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an electric tool consisting of a long rod in a handle and a pointed copper tip that heats to melt solder. <DD><B> 2. </B>a tool like this heated in a flame. </DL>
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<B>soldier, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who serves in an army. <BR> <I>Ex. The trade of the soldier is war (E. A. Parkes).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an enlisted man in the army, not a commissioned officer. <BR> <I>Ex. The common soldiers were in tents while their officers slept in cabins.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a man having skill or experience in war. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) a person who serves in any cause. <BR> <I>Ex. soldiers of science, Christian soldiers.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(U.S. Slang.) <B>=button man.</B> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Zoology.) <DD><B> a. </B>one of a type of workers with a large head and powerful jaws in a colony of certain kinds of ants. <DD><B> b. </B>one of a kind of large-headed individuals in a colony of termites. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to act or serve as a soldier. <BR> <I>Ex. Caesar went off to soldier in Asia, at 18, and won both honor and disgrace (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) <DD><B> a. </B>to pretend to work but do very little. <DD><B> b. </B>to pretend to be ill. <BR><I>expr. <B>soldier on,</B> </I>(British.) to carry on under adverse conditions, as a soldier would. <BR> <I>Ex. The report suggests that some means be found of rewarding specially those who soldier on in the more difficult schools (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="soldierbeetle">
<B>soldier beetle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of beetles resembling the firefly, whose larva destroys other insects. </DL>
<A NAME="soldierbug">
<B>soldier bug,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various hemipterous insects which prey upon cutworms and other destructive larvae, such as the stinkbug. </DL>
<A NAME="soldiercrab">
<B>soldier crab,</B> =hermit crab.</DL>
<A NAME="soldiering">
<B>soldiering, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or condition of being a soldier; military service or duty. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) the act or practice of pretending to work; malingering. </DL>
<A NAME="soldierlike">
<B>soldierlike, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having the character or bearing of a soldier. <BR> <I>Ex. neat, clean, and soldierlike.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>befitting a soldier. <DD><I>adv. </I> in a manner befitting a soldier. <BR> <I>Ex. to march soldierlike.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="soldierly">
<B>soldierly, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like a soldier; like that of a soldier; suitable for a soldier. <BR> <I>Ex. a soldierly manner.</I> noun <B>soldierliness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="soldieroffortune">
<B>soldier of fortune,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a man serving or ready to serve as a soldier under any government for money, adventure, or pleasure. </DL>
<B>soldiership, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition or profession of a soldier. <DD><B> 2. </B>soldierly qualities or skill. </DL>
<A NAME="soldiershome">
<B>soldiers' home,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a government institution that provides shelter and care for disabled or homeless veterans. <BR> <I>Ex. After the Civil War the Congress established a number of soldiers' homes.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="soldiersmedal">
<B>Soldier's Medal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a military decoration given to a member of the United States armed forces for bravery involving the risk of life on noncombat duty. </DL>
<A NAME="soldiery">
<B>soldiery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dieries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>soldiers as a group. <BR> <I>Ex. the soldiery of the Allies.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>all military personnel as a group. <DD><B> 2. </B>a body of soldiers. <BR> <I>Ex. The mercenaries were ... a fierce and rapacious soldiery (Scott).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>military training or knowledge. </DL>
<A NAME="soldo">
<B>soldo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-di.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an Italian copper coin, 1/20 of a lira. </DL>
<A NAME="soldout">
<B>sold-out, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> being a sellout; having no unsold seats or standing room left. <BR> <I>Ex. This spring they played a Beethoven sonata series in Vienna to sold-out houses (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sole">
<B>sole</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>one and only; single. <BR> <I>Ex. He was the sole heir to the fortune when his aunt died. Is that your sole objection?</I> <DD><B> b. </B>of matchless quality; unique; singular. <BR> <I>Ex. The evil time's sole patriot (Emerson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>only. <BR> <I>Ex. We three were the sole survivors from the wreck.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>of or for only one person or group and not others; exclusive. <BR> <I>Ex. the sole right of use.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>without help; alone. <BR> <I>Ex. a sole undertaking.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Law.) unmarried. <BR> <I>Ex. a feme sole.</I> noun <B>soleness.</B> </DL>
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<B>sole</B> (2), noun, verb, <B>soled,</B> <B>soling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the bottom or undersurface of the foot. <DD><B> 2a. </B>the bottom of a shoe, slipper, or boot. <DD><B> b. </B>a piece of leather or rubber cut in the same shape. <DD><B> 3. </B>the undersurface; underpart; bottom. <BR> <I>Ex. the sole of an iron. The sole of a golf club is the part of the head that comes closest to the ground.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put a sole on. <BR> <I>Ex. I must have my shoes soled.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Golf.) to place the sole of (a club) on the ground behind the ball. </DL>
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<B>sole</B> (3), noun, pl. <B>soles</B> or (collectively) <B>sole.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a kind of flatfish much used for food. Soles have small mouths and small, close-set eyes. They comprise a family of fishes. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of certain related fishes, such as some of the flounders. </DL>
<A NAME="solecism">
<B>solecism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mistake in using words; violation of the grammatical or other accepted usages of a language. <BR> <I>Ex. "I done it" is a solecism.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a mistake in social behavior; breach of good manners or etiquette. <BR> <I>Ex. unused to society and ... afraid of making herself ... conspicuous by some solecism or blunder (Charlotte Bronte).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="solecist">
<B>solecist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who commits a solecism. </DL>
<A NAME="solecistic">
<B>solecistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of the nature of a solecism; characterized by solecisms. adv. <B>solecistically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="solecize">
<B>solecize, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-cized,</B> <B>-cizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to commit solecisms. </DL>
<A NAME="soled">
<B>-soled,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) having ______ soles. <BR> <I>Ex. Thick-soled = having thick soles.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="soleiform">
<B>soleiform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the form of a slipper. </DL>
<A NAME="soleil">
<B>soleil, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> felt, wool, rayon, or other cloth with a silky texture. </DL>
<A NAME="soleleather">
<B>sole leather,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> strong, thick hide or leather. </DL>
<A NAME="solely">
<B>solely, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>as the only one or ones; alone. <BR> <I>Ex. You will be solely responsible for providing lunch.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>only. <BR> <I>Ex. Bananas grow outdoors solely in warm climates. He uses a car solely for convenience.</I> </DL>
