10-letter words starting with so
- soft-pedal — to use the soft pedal.
- soft-shell — Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
- softballer — a person who plays or is an enthusiast of softball.
- softheaded — stupid or foolish
- sognafjord — a fjord in the Norwegian Sea in SW Norway: the longest in Norway. 126 miles (203 km) long and up to 4291 feet (1308 meters) deep.
- soi-disant — calling oneself thus; self-styled.
- soil creep — creep of soil on even slopes; often accelerated by spring freeze-and-thaw or general periglacial conditions. Compare creep (def 22a).
- soil group — one of a number of soil classes having the same kinds of horizons in the same sequence and under similar moisture and temperature regimes.
- soil stack — a vertical soil pipe.
- soil-based — having soil as the main constituent
- sojourners — a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
- sojourning — a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.
- solacement — a comfort or consolation
- solar apex — the point on the celestial sphere, near Vega, toward which the solar system is moving relative to the visible stars.
- solar cell — a photovoltaic cell that converts sunlight directly into electricity.
- solar mass — the unit, equivalent to the mass of the sun, in which the masses of stars and other celestial objects are given: a black hole of one million solar masses.
- solar myth — a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun
- solar pond — a pool with a bottom layer of salt water and top layer of fresh water, designed to capture solar radiation as a source of energy for generating heat or electricity.
- solar sail — Aerospace. a design concept for spacecraft propulsion consisting of a very thin, very large sheet of highly polished material that would be driven by the pressure of sunlight.
- solar ship — (in ancient Egypt) a boat placed in or near the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- solar year — year (def 4b).
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- solar-year — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- solderings — any parts which have been soldered together
- solderless — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- soldier on — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- soldiering — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- sole agent — the only appointed agent or representative
- solemn vow — a perpetual, irrevocable public vow taken by a religious, in which property may not be owned by the individual, and marriage is held invalid under canon law.
- solemnised — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solemnizer — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solemnness — grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.
- solenocyte — a type of long, narrow, flagellated cell that functions in excretion of nitrogenous wastes and occurs in a variety of organisms, including certain annelids and mollusks.
- solenoidal — of or relating to a solenoid.
- solicitant — a solicitor
- soliciting — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- solicitous — anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- solid food — food that is not liquid
- solid fuel — Solid fuel is fuel such as coal or wood, that is solid rather than liquid or gas.
- solid word — a word written or printed as single word without a hyphen
- solidarily — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
- solidarism — the social theory of the solidarity of interests
- solidarist — a person who adheres to solidarism
- solidarity — union or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests, as between members of a group or between classes, peoples, etc.: to promote solidarity among union members.
- solidarize — to unite or come together; become solidified.
- solidified — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- solidifies — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- solifidian — a person who maintains that faith alone, without the performance of good works, is all that is necessary for salvation.