| soleplate |
the underside or ironing surface of a clothes iron. |
| sole proprietor |
a single person who owns a business and legally bears responsibility for its debts and other financial obligations. |
| sole proprietorship |
a business that is owned by a single person who legally bears responsibility for its debts and other financial obligations. |
| soleus |
a muscle in the back of the leg of humans and some other mammals that runs from the knee to the heel and is involved in walking and standing. |
| sol-fa |
in music, the syllables "do," "re," "mi," "fa," "sol," "la," and "ti," used to denote the tones of a diatonic scale in any key. [3 definitions] |
| solfatara |
a volcanic fissure that gives off sulfurous vapors and steam. |
| solfeggio |
in music, the use of the sol-fa syllables in singing exercises, sight-reading, or the like; solmization. [2 definitions] |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. [6 definitions] |
| solicitor |
one that solicits, esp. one that seeks business or donations. [2 definitions] |
| solicitor general |
in the U.S. Department of Justice, the law officer directly below the attorney general; government's representative in cases before the Supreme Court. [2 definitions] |
| solicitous |
anxiously or tenderly concerned or attentive (usu. fol. by about, of, or for.) [2 definitions] |
| solicitude |
the condition or quality of being anxiously concerned or attentive, sometimes excessively so. |
| solid |
having or pertaining to a three-dimensional form. [14 definitions] |
| solid angle |
an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting in a common point, or formed at the peak of a cone. |
| solidarity |
a feeling or condition of unity based on common goals, interests, and sympathies among a group's members. |
| solid fuel |
any of various rocket propellants, combining fuel and oxidizer in a solid storable mass. |
| solid geometry |
the branch of geometry dealing with three-dimensional figures and surfaces. |
| solidify |
to make firm, hard, or solid. [4 definitions] |
| solidity |
the state or quality of being solid or firm; firmness, hardness, or substantiality. [2 definitions] |
| solid rocket |
any rocket that uses solid fuel. |
| Solid South |
formerly, in the United States, the southern states traditionally regarded as solidly supporting the Democratic Party. |