sole3 |
any of various marine flatfishes, esp. those used for food. |
solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
solely |
without any others; alone. [2 definitions] |
solemn |
serious or grave in appearance, sound, or mood. [3 definitions] |
solemnify |
to make solemn or gravely serious. |
solemnity |
the condition or quality of being grave or serious. [2 definitions] |
solemnize |
to carry out the formalities of performance required by (an occasion). [3 definitions] |
solenoid |
a coil of wire, usu. in spiral form, that produces a magnetic field when electricity flows through it. [2 definitions] |
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] |