| solenoglyph | <zoology> Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia. One of the Selenoglypha. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| solenoglypha | <zoology> A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A channel + to engrave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solenoid | <radiobiology> Cylindrical coil of wire which, when current flows through it, acts as an electromagnet. For long solenoids with many turns, the magnetic field inside the centre is nearly uniform. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Solenopotes capillatus | A sucking louse of cattle, called the little blue cattle louse in the U.S. And the tubercle-bearing louse in Australia. Origin: G. Solen, pipe, + potos, a drinking (05 Mar 2000) |
| solenopsin A | Trans-2-Methyl-6-n-undecylpiperidine;one of several, probably five, alkaloidal constituents present in the venom of the imported fire ant, Solenopsis saevissima; the venom has necrotoxic, haemolytic, insecticidal, and antibiotic properties. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solenostomi | <zoology> A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch. Origin: NL, from Gr. A channel + a mouth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| soleus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, posterior surface of head and upper third of shaft of fibula, oblique line and middle third of medial margin of tibia, and a tendinous arch passing between tibia and fibula over the popliteal vessels; insertion, with gastrocnemius by tendo calcaneus (achillis) into tuberosity of calcaneus; action, plantar flexion of foot; nerve supply, tibial. Synonym: musculus soleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solfanaria | A sulphur mine. Origin: It, from solfo sulphur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solfatara | <geology> A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity. Origin: It, from solfo brimstone, sulphur, L. Sulfur, E. Sulphur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solicit | 1. To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms. "Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?" (Milton) 2. To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor. "I view my crime, but kindle at the view, Repent old pleasures, and solicit new." (Pope) 3. To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite. "That fruit . . . Solicited her longing eye." (Milton) "Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind." (Locke) 4. To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to. "Should My brother henceforth study to forget The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever Solicit thy deserts." (Ford) 5. To disturb; to disquiet; a Latinism rarely used. "Hath any ill solicited thine ears?" (Chapman) "But anxious fears solicit my weak breast." (Dryden) Synonym: To beseech, ask, request, crave, supplicate, entreat, beg, implore, importune. See Beseech. Origin: F. Sollicier, L. Sollicitare, solicitare, -atum, fr. Sollicitus wholly (i. E, violently) moved; sollus whole + citus, p. P. Of ciere to move, excite. See Solemn, Cite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solicitress | A woman who solicits. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solid | 1. Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand. 2. Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy. 3. <mathematics> Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches. In this sense, cubics now generally used. 4. Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall. 5. Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; opposed to hyphened. 6. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine. "The solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer." (Milton) "These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men." (Dryden) "The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem." (J. A. Symonds) 7. Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. 8. <botany> Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem. 9. <psychology> Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter. 10. Not having the lines separated by leads; not open. 11. United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate. Solid angle. <geometry> See Angle. Solid colour, an even colour; one not shaded or variegated. Solid green. See Emerald green, under Green. <mathematics> Solid measure, a square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal. Synonym: Hard, firm, compact, strong, substantial, stable, sound, real, valid, true, just, weighty, profound, grave, important. Solid, Hard. These words both relate to the internal constitution of bodies; but hardnotes a more impenetrable nature or a firmer adherence of the component parts than solid. Hard is opposed to soft, and solid to fluid, liquid, open, or hollow. Wood is usually solid; but some kinds of wood are hard, and others are soft. "Repose you there; while I [return] to this hard house, More harder than the stones whereof 't is raised." (Shak) "I hear his thundering voice resound, And trampling feet than shake the solid ground." (Dryden) Origin: L. Solidus, probably akin to sollus whole, entire, Gr., cf. F. Solide. Cf. Consolidate,Soda, Solder, Soldier, Solemn. 1. A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid. 2. <geometry> A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides. Solid of revolution. <geometry> See Revolution. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solid breeder | <radiobiology> Solid lithium-bearing compounds, usually ceramics such as Li2O and LiAlO2, which might be used in the blanket of a D-T fusion reactor to produce (breed) additional tritium fuel from the n + Li = He + T (+n) reactions. (09 Oct 1997) |
| solid lesion of spleen | <radiology> Granulomatous disease, most often TB and histoplasmosis, less often sarcoid, metastasis, melanoma, lymphoma, breast, lung, primary mass, haemangioma, haemangiosarcoma, lymphangioma, infarction (12 Dec 1998) |
| solid oedema | Infiltration of the subcutaneous tissues by mucoid material, as in myxoedema. (05 Mar 2000) |