<B>solfeggio, </B>noun, pl. <B>-feggios,</B> <B>-feggi.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) <DD><B> 1a. </B>an exercise for the voice in which the sol-fa syllables are used. <DD><B> b. </B>any exercise for voice. <DD><B> 2. </B>the use of the sol-fa syllables. </DL>
<A NAME="soli">
<B>soli, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of <B>solo.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="solicit">
<B>solicit, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to ask earnestly; try to get. <BR> <I>Ex. The tailor sent out cards soliciting trade.</I> (SYN) request, beg. <DD><B> 2. </B>to influence to do wrong; tempt; entice. <BR> <I>Ex. To solicit a judge means to offer him bribes.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to accost with immoral offers. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) to act as a solicitor for; be a solicitor in. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make appeals or requests. <BR> <I>Ex. to solicit for contributions to a charity.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to act as a legal solicitor. <DD><B> 3a. </B>to accost a person with immoral offers. <DD><B> b. </B>to try to get orders. </DL>
<A NAME="solicitant">
<B>solicitant, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> soliciting. <DD><I>noun </I> a person who solicits. </DL>
<A NAME="solicitation">
<B>solicitation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an earnest request; entreaty. <BR> <I>Ex. Alumni also can expect more solicitations for such things as gymnasium buildings and fraternity houses (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an urging to do wrong; temptation; enticement. <DD><B> 3. </B>the act of soliciting for immoral purposes. </DL>
<A NAME="solicitor">
<B>solicitor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who entreats or requests. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who seeks trade or business. <BR> <I>Ex. a magazine solicitor.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a lawyer. In England, a solicitor represents clients before the lower courts and prepares cases for barristers to plead in the higher courts. <BR> <I>Ex. The solicitor is the man of the world who can give the broadest advice to his client at every stage (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a lawyer as for a town, city, or state. </DL>
<A NAME="solicitorgeneral">
<B>solicitor general,</B> pl. <B>solicitors general.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a law officer who assists the attorney general and ranks next below him in the Department of Justice. <DD><B> 2. </B>the chief law officer in a state having no attorney general. </DL>
<A NAME="solicitorship">
<B>solicitorship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the office, duty, or calling of a solicitor. </DL>
<A NAME="solicitous">
<B>solicitous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>showing care or concern; anxious; concerned. <BR> <I>Ex. solicitous chiefly for the peace of my own country (Edmund Burke). Parents are solicitous for their children's progress in school.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>desirous; eager. <BR> <I>Ex. solicitous to please.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>very careful or attentive; particular. <BR> <I>Ex. solicitous in the meeting of an obligation.</I> adv. <B>solicitously.</B> noun <B>solicitousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="solicitude">
<B>solicitude, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> anxious care; anxiety; concern. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the tender solicitude of a parent (Lytton Strachey).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>solicitudes,</B> </I>cares; troubles; causes of anxiety. <BR> <I>Ex. To her the destinies of mankind ... made the solicitudes of feminine fashion appear an occupation for bedlam (George Eliot).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="solicitudinous">
<B>solicitudinous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> full of solicitude. </DL>
<A NAME="solid">
<B>solid, </B>adjective, adverb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>not a liquid or a gas. <BR> <I>Ex. Water becomes solid when it freezes. A block of stone is solid material ... no matter where you put it, it keeps its shape (Beauchamp, Mayfield, and West).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not hollow. <BR> <I>Ex. A bar of iron is solid; a pipe is hollow.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>strongly put together; hard; firm. <BR> <I>Ex. They were glad to leave the boat and put their feet on solid ground.</I> (SYN) compact, stable. <DD><B> 4. </B>alike throughout. <BR> <I>Ex. solid gold. The cloth is a solid blue. There wasn't a light on; the house was in solid darkness.</I> <DD><B> 5a. </B>firmly united. <BR> <I>Ex. The country was solid for peace.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(U.S. Informal.) regular in attendance; steady in support. <BR> <I>Ex. I'm solid for Mr. Peck every time (William Dean Howells).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>serious; not superficial or trifling. <BR> <I>Ex. a background of solid study. Chemistry and physics are solid subjects.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>genuine; real. <BR> <I>Ex. solid comfort; ... a debt of solid gratitude (Edward A. Freeman).</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>that can be depended on. <BR> <I>Ex. He is a solid citizen.</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>having or based on good judgment; sound; sensible; intelligent. <BR> <I>Ex. a solid book by a solid thinker, a solid argument. These men ... have some of the solidest information available (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>financially sound or strong. <BR> <I>Ex. a solid business. "The gasoline market is the solidest in two years," says one Oklahoma refiner (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 11. </B>whole; entire; complete. <BR> <I>Ex. He spent a solid hour on his arithmetic.</I> <DD><B> 12. </B>undivided; continuous. <BR> <I>Ex. a solid wall, a solid row of houses.</I> <DD><B> 13. </B>having length, breadth, and thickness. A sphere is a solid figure. <DD><B> 14. </B>written without a hyphen or space. <BR> <I>Ex. "Earthworm" is a solid word.</I> <DD><B> 15. </B>(Printing.) having the lines of type not separated by leads; having few open spaces. <DD><B> 16. </B>(U.S. Informal.) on a friendly, favorable, or advantageous footing. <BR> <I>Ex. to get in solid with one's employer.</I> <DD><B> 17. </B>thorough; downright; vigorous; substantial. <BR> <I>Ex. a good solid dose of medicine, a good solid blow.</I> <DD><B> 18. </B>(U.S. Slang.) good; excellent; first-rate. <BR> <I>Ex. "It sounds good!" he shouted. "Solid!" (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> (Informal.) full; completely. <BR> <I>Ex. The train was packed solid with tourists. 86th Street, which had been parked solid the night before, was denuded of cars (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a substance that is not a liquid or a gas such as iron, wood, or ice. <BR> <I>Ex. In a solid, the molecules resist any force that tends to change their relative positions or distances (John C. Duncan).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a body that has length, breadth, and thickness. A cube is a solid. adv. <B>solidly.</B> noun <B>solidness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="solidago">
<B>solidago, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gos.</B> <B>=goldenrod.</B></DL>
<A NAME="solidangle">
<B>solid angle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting at a common point. </DL>
<A NAME="solidaric">
<B>solidaric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by solidarity. </DL>
<A NAME="solidarity">
<B>solidarity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> unity or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests. </DL>
<A NAME="solidary">
<B>solidary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests. </DL>
<B>solid fuel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a rocket fuel in a solid state, usually in the form of a powder or in fine grains, often mixed with an adhesive. <BR> <I>Ex. Solid fuels will propel most military rockets in the future (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>coal, coke, or other substances in a solid form, used as fuel. </DL>
<A NAME="solidfueled">
<B>solid-fueled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> driven by a solid fuel, especially one of the powdered or granulated fuels used in rockets. <BR> <I>Ex. a solid-fueled rocket.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="solidgeometry">
<B>solid geometry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of mathematics that deals with objects having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness. </DL>
<A NAME="solidhoofed">
<B>solid-hoofed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having solid hoofs, as the horse. </DL>
<A NAME="solidhorned">
<B>solid-horned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having solid horns, as deer. </DL>
<A NAME="solidi">
<B>solidi, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>solidus.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="solidifiable">
<B>solidifiable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be solidified. </DL>
<A NAME="solidification">
<B>solidification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of solidifying. <BR> <I>Ex. The origin of present practices and beliefs is lost in centuries of sociological solidification (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being solidified. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Physics.) the passage of a body from a liquid or gaseous to a solid state, accompanied by loss of heat and a change in volume. </DL>
<A NAME="solidify">
<B>solidify, </B>verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make solid; harden. <BR> <I>Ex. Extreme cold will solidify water into ice.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to unite firmly. <DD><B> 3. </B>to crystallize. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become solid; be converted from a liquid to a solid. <BR> <I>Ex. Jelly solidifies as it gets cold.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to become firmly united. <BR> <I>Ex. The opposition in Congress to the President's proposal solidified over the next two weeks.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to become crystallized. </DL>
<A NAME="solidity">
<B>solidity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition or quality of being solid; firmness or hardness; density. <BR> <I>Ex. the solidity of marble or steel. Transparency is one goal of the architect, says Breuer, "but transparency needs also solidity" (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>substantial quality, as of a person's learning, judgment, or character. <BR> <I>Ex. the solidity of George Washington's character.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Geometry.) volume; cubic content. </DL>
<A NAME="solidmechanics">
<B>solid mechanics,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> mechanics that deals with bodies at rest or in motion, as distinguished from fluid mechanics. </DL>
<A NAME="solidpropellant">
<B>solid propellant,</B> <B>=solid fuel.</B></DL>
<A NAME="solidrocket">
<B>solid rocket,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a rocket using solid fuel. </DL>
<A NAME="solidsouth">
<B>Solid South,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the Southern states that have usually supported the Democratic Party as a unit since the Reconstruction period. <BR> <I>Ex. The old eleven-state structure of the Solid South, which has stood with Bourbon pride and purpose and faded gallantry for a century or more (Harper's).</I> </DL>