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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

sottishness
noun lack of restraint in use of alcohol

sotto voce
in a low voice adverb in an undertone; `he uttered a curse sotto voce`

sou
noun a former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money; `he hasn`t a sou to his name`

sou`wester
noun waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front

souari
souari nut noun large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil

souari nut
noun a large nutlike seed of a South American tree

Soubise
white onion sauce noun veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onions and whipping cream

soubrette
noun a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady`s maid in a comedy

souchong
soochong noun a fine quality of black tea native to China

souffle
noun light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit

souffle-like
adjective resembling a souffle

Soufflot
Jacques Germain Soufflot noun French architect (1713-1780)

soughingly
adverb with a soft sound; `the branches of the trees moved soughingly in the breeze`

sought
sought-after(a) adjective being searched for; `the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum`

souk
noun an open-air market in an Arabian city

soul
soulfulness noun deep feeling or emotion

soul brother
noun a fellow Black man

soul food
noun food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South

soul kiss
deep kiss noun an openmouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other`s mouth

soul mate
noun someone for whom you have a deep affinity

soul-destroying
adjective destructive to the spirit or soul; `soul-destroying labor`

soul-searching
noun a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives

soulful
adjective full of or expressing deep emotion; `soulful eyes`; `soulful music`

soulfully
adverb in a soulful manner; `he looked at her soulfully`

soulless
adjective lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling

soullessly
adverb in a soulless manner; `they were soullessly grubbing for profit`

sound
adjective thorough; `a sound thrashing`

sound
verb utter with vibrating vocal chords

sound bite
noun a very short speech; usually on radio or television

sound bow
noun contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes

sound camera
noun a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images

sound effect
noun an effect that imitates a sound called for in the script of a play

sound film
noun motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it

sound hole
noun a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones

sound law
noun a law describing sound changes in the history of a language

sound out
feel out verb try to learn someone`s opinions and intentions; `I have to sound out the new professor`

sound pressure
instantaneous sound pressure noun the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that point

sound property
noun an attribute of sound

sound ranging
noun locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions

sound recording
audio recording noun a recording of just the sound

sound reproduction
noun the reproduction of sound

sound spectrograph
noun a spectrograph for acoustic spectra

sound spectrum
acoustic spectrum noun the distribution of energy as a function of frequency for a particular sound source

sound structure
syllable structure noun the admissible arrangement of sounds in words

sound truck
noun a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising

sound unit
noun any acoustic unit of measurement

sound wave
acoustic wave noun (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound

sounder
noun a device for making soundings

sounding
adjective making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; `harsh-sounding`

sounding board
soundboard noun (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument

sounding lead
noun a metal bob at the end of a sounding line

sounding rocket
noun a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes

soundly
adverb in a complete and thorough manner (`good` is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly`); `he was soundly defeated`; `we beat him good`

soundman
noun a technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast)

soundness
noun a state or condition free from damage or decay

soundness
noun the muscle tone of healthy tissue; `his muscular firmness`

soundproof
adjective impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound; `a soundproof room`

soundtrack
noun sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film

soup
noun liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

soup bowl
noun a bowl for serving soup

soup du jour
noun the soup that a restaurant is featuring on a given day

soup kitchen
noun a place where food is dispensed to the needy

soup ladle
noun a ladle for serving soup

soup plate
noun a deep plate with a wide rim

soup-strainer
toothbrush noun slang for a mustache

soupfin shark
soupfin noun Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)

soupspoon
soup spoon noun a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup

soupy
adjective having the consistency and appearance of soup; `a soupy fog`

sour
rancid adjective smelling of fermentation or staleness

sour
verb go sour or spoil; `The milk has soured`; `The wine worked`; `The cream has turned--we have to throw it out`

sour bread
sourdough bread noun made with a starter of a small amount of dough in which fermentation is active

sour cherry
noun acid cherries used for pies and preserves

sour cherry
noun rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit

sour cherry tree
noun rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit

sour cream
soured cream noun artificially soured light cream

sour dock
garden sorrel 1 Rumex acetosa noun European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens

sour gourd
noun African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp

sour grapes
noun disparagement of something that is unattainable

sour gum
black gum 1 pepperidge noun columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall

sour mash
sour mash whiskey noun any whiskey distilled from sour mash

sour orange
Seville orange noun any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock

sour salt
noun crystals of citric acid used as seasoning

sourball
noun round piece of tart hard candy

source
seed noun anything that provides inspiration for later work

source book
noun a collection of historically important documents published together as a book

source code
noun program instructions written as an ASCII text file; must be translated by a compiler or interpreter or assembler into the object code for a particular computer before execution

source language
noun a language that is to be translated into another language

source materials
noun publications from which information is obtained

source of illumination
noun any device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiation

source program
noun a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine language

sourdine
noun an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound

sourdine
noun a mute for a violin

sourdough
noun a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)

soured
adjective having turned bad

souring
noun the process of becoming sour

sourly
adverb in a sour manner; `he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers`

sourness
sour noun the property of being acidic

sourpuss
picklepuss noun someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression

soursop
guanabana noun large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples

Sousa
John Philip Sousa noun a United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932)