Sodden (p. p.) Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture; saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields.
Sodden (v. i.) To be seethed; to become sodden.
Sodden (v. t.) To soak; to make heavy with water.
Sodden-witted (a.) Heavy; dull.
Soddy (a.) Consisting of sod; covered with sod; turfy.
Soder (n. & v. t.) See Solder.
Sodic (a.) Of or pertaining to sodium; containing sodium.
Sodio- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sodium or one of its compounds.
Sodium (n.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity 0.97.
Sodomite (n.) An inhabitant of Sodom.
Sodomite (n.) One guilty of sodomy.
Sodomitical (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, sodomy.
Sodomy (n.) Carnal copulation in a manner against nature; buggery.
Soe (n.) A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl.
Soever () A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all possible or supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb.
Sofas (pl. ) of Sofa
Sofa (n.) A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.
Soffit (n.) The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel.
Sofis (pl. ) of Sofi
Sofi (n.) Same as Sufi.
Sofism (n.) Same as Sufism.
Soft (superl.) Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.
Soft (superl.) Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin.
Soft (superl.) Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines.
Soft (superl.) Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints.
Soft (superl.) Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music.
Soft (superl.) Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind.
Soft (superl.) Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes.
Soft (superl.) Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak.
Soft (superl.) Gentle in action or motion; easy.
Soft (superl.) Weak in character; impressible.
Soft (superl.) Somewhat weak in intellect.
Soft (superl.) Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.
Soft (superl.) Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines.
Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing.
Soft (superl.) Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to hard.
Soft (superl.) Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc.
Soft (n.) A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
Soft (adv.) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
Soft (interj.) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
Softa (n.) Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of the higher branches of theology in a mosque school.
Softened (imp. & p. p.) of Soften
Softening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soften
Soften (v. t.) To make soft or more soft.
Soften (v. t.) To render less hard; -- said of matter.
Soften (v. t.) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
Soften (v. t.) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
Soften (v. t.) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
Soften (v. t.) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
Soften (v. t.) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
Soften (v. t.) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
Soften (v. t.) To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
Soften (v. i.) To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
Softener (n.) One who, or that which, softens.
Softening () a. & n. from Soften, v.
Soft-finned (a.) Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines; -- said of certain fishes.
Soft-headed (a.) Weak in intellect.
Soft-hearted (a.) Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek.
Softish (a.) Somewhat soft.
Softling (n.) A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary.
Softly (adv.) In a soft manner.
Softner (n.) See Softener.
Softness (n.) The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.
Soft-shell (a.) Alt. of Soft-shelled
Soft-shelled (a.) Having a soft or fragile shell.
Soft-spoken (a.) Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable.
Sogginess (n.) The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness.
Soggy (superl.) Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.
Soho (interj.) Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo.
Soi-disant (a.) Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
Soiled (imp. & p. p.) of Soil
Soiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soil
Soil (v. t.) To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse.
Soil (n.) The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them.
Soil (n.) Land; country.
Soil (n.) Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil.
Soil (v. t.) To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
Soil (n.) A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
Soil (n.) To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust.
Soil (n.) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
Soil (v. i.) To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.
Soil (n.) That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
Soiliness (n.) Stain; foulness.
Soilless (a.) Destitute of soil or mold.
Soilure (n.) Stain; pollution.
Soily (a.) Dirty; soiled.
Soiree (n.) An evening party; -- distinguished from levee, and matinee.
Soja (n.) An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of which are used in preparing the sauce called soy.
Sojourned (imp. & p. p.) of Sojourn
Sojourning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sojourn
Sojourn (v. i.) To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry.
Sojourn (v. i.) A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
Sojourner (n.) One who sojourns.
Sojourning (n.) The act or state of one who sojourns.
Sojournment (n.) Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler.
Soke (n.) See Soc.
Soke (n.) One of the small territorial divisions into which Lincolnshire, England, is divided.
Sokeman (n.) See Socman.
Sokemanry (n.) See Socmanry.
Soken (n.) A toll. See Soc, n., 2.