Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 115

Somnipathist (n.) A person in a state of somniapathy.

Somnipathy (n.) Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like.

Somnolence (n.) Alt. of Somnolency

Somnolency (n.) Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.

Somnolent (a.) Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.

Somnolism (n.) The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism.

Somnopathy (n.) Somnipathy.

Somnour (n.) A summoner; an apparitor; a sompnour.

Somonaunce (n.) Alt. of Somonce

Somonce (n.) A summons; a citation.

Sommonour (n.) A summoner.

Sompne (v. t.) To summon; to cite.

Sompnour (n.) A summoner.

Son (n.) A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.

Son (n.) A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.

Son (n.) Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent.

Son (n.) A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.

Son (n.) The produce of anything.

Son (n.) Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man.

Sonance (n.) A sound; a tune; as, to sound the tucket sonance.

Sonance (n.) The quality or state of being sonant.

Sonant (a.) Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

Sonant (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.

Sonant (n.) A sonant letter.

Sonata (n.) An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.

Sonatina (n.) A short and simple sonata.

Soncy (a.) Alt. of Sonsy

Sonsy (a.) Lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump.

Sond (v. t.) Alt. of Sonde

Sonde (v. t.) That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial.

Sondeli (n.) The musk shrew. See under Musk.

Song (n.) That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.

Song (n.) A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.

Song (n.) More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.

Song (n.) Poetical composition; poetry; verse.

Song (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock.

Song (n.) A trifle.

Songcraft (n.) The art of making songs or verse; metrical composition; versification.

Songful (a.) Disposed to sing; full of song.

Songish (a.) Consisting of songs.

Songless (a.) Destitute of the power of song; without song; as, songless birds; songless woods.

Songster (n.) One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.

Songster (n.) A singing bird.

Songstress (n.) A woman who sings; a female singing bird.

Sonifer (n.) A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf.

Soniferous (a.) Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound.

Sonification (n.) The act of producing sound, as the stridulation of insects.

Sons-in-law (pl. ) of Son-in-law

Son-in-law (n.) The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents.

Sonless (a.) Being without a son.

Sonnet (n.) A short poem, -- usually amatory.

Sonnet (n.) A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.

Sonnet (v. i.) To compose sonnets.

Sonneteer (n.) A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt.

Sonneteer (v. i.) To compose sonnets.

Sonneter (n.) A composer of sonnets.

Sonnetist (n.) A sonneter, or sonneteer.

Sonnetize (v. i.) To compose sonnets.

Sonnish (a.) Like the sun; sunny; golden.

Sonnite (n.) See Sunnite.

Sonometer (n.) An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations of cords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. It consists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box.

Sonometer (n.) An instrument for testing the hearing capacity.

Sonorific (a.) Producing sound; as, the sonorific quality of a body.

Sonority (n.) The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.

Sonorous (a.) Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.

Sonorous (a.) Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.

Sonorous (a.) Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.

Sonorous (a.) Impressive in sound; high-sounding.

Sonorous (a.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.

Sonship (n.) The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation.

Sonsy (a.) See Soncy.

Sontag (n.) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.

Sonties (n.) Probably from "saintes" saints, or from sanctities; -- used as an oath.

Soochong (n.) Same as Souchong.

Soodra () Same as Sudra.

Soofee () Alt. of Soofeeism

Soofeeism () Same as Sufi, Sufism.

Soojee (n.) Same as Suji.

Soon (adv.) In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise.

Soon (adv.) Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.

Soon (adv.) Promptly; quickly; easily.

Soon (adv.) Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will.

Soon (a.) Speedy; quick.

Soonee (n.) See Sunnite.

Soonly (adv.) Soon.

Soord (n.) Skin of bacon.

Soorma (n.) A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint their eyelids.

Sooshong (n.) See Souchong.

Soosoo (n.) A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak.

Soot (n.) A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke.

Sooted (imp. & p. p.) of Soot

Sooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soot

Soot (v. t.) To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land.

Soot (a.) Alt. of Soote

Soote (a.) Sweet.

Sooterkin (n.) A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme.

Sooth (superl.) True; faithful; trustworthy.

Sooth (superl.) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.

Sooth (a.) Truth; reality.

Sooth (a.) Augury; prognostication.

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