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12-letter words containing so

  • socket joint — a joint in which the rounded end of one part fits into the cavity of another part
  • socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
  • soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
  • soda cracker — a thin, crisp cracker or wafer prepared from a yeast dough that has been neutralized by baking soda.
  • sodium amide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, flammable powder, NaNH 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium cyanide and in organic synthesis.
  • sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • soft chancre — chancroid.
  • soft landing — space vehicle
  • soft release — a means of gradually accustoming wild animals to a new environment before releasing them into it
  • soft science — any of the specialized fields or disciplines, as psychology, sociology, anthropology, or political science, that interpret human behavior, institutions, society, etc., on the basis of scientific investigations for which it may be difficult to establish strictly measurable criteria.
  • soft-centred — (of a chocolate or boiled sweet) having a centre consisting of cream, jelly, etc
  • soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
  • soft-shelled — Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
  • softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
  • software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
  • soil profile — a vertical succession of horizons, commonly lettered A, B, C (beginning at the surface), that have been subjected to soil-forming processes, chiefly leaching and oxidation.
  • soil science — the science that deals with the study of soils.
  • solar cooker — a simple, low-cost device using focused sunshine to cook rice, boil water, etc.
  • solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation.
  • solar plexus — Also called celiac plexus. Anatomy. a network of nerves situated at the upper part of the abdomen, behind the stomach and in front of the aorta.
  • solar radius — the unit, equivalent to the radius of the sun, in which the radii of stars and other celestial objects are given.
  • solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • sole custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which one person has sole responsibility.
  • sole legatee — the only person who receives a legacy
  • solenogaster — any of a group of wormlike mollusks, class Solenogastres (formerly Aplacophora), inhabiting deep ocean layers and having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle.
  • solicitation — the act of soliciting.
  • solicitously — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
  • solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
  • solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
  • solidaristic — relating to solidarism
  • solifluction — creep (def 22a).
  • soliloquised — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
  • soliloquizes — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
  • solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
  • solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
  • solitudinous — the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
  • solonization — the formation of solonetzic soil
  • solstitially — in a solstitial manner
  • solution set — the roots or values satisfying a given equation or inequality, or a set of simultaneous equations or inequalities
  • solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
  • solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.
  • somaesthesia — sensory perception of bodily feelings like touch, pain, position of the limbs, etc
  • somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
  • somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
  • somatization — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
  • somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
  • somatostatin — a polypeptide hormone, produced in the brain and pancreas, that inhibits secretion of somatotropin from the hypothalamus and inhibits insulin production by the pancreas.
  • somatotensic — (of certain plants that are eaten as food) restoring equilibrium
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