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Soil ConditionernounMWEa chemical substance used to improve the structure of the soil and increase its porosityverified
Soja BeannounMWEerect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowersverified
Solnouna colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquidverified
Solar ApexnounMWEthe point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed starsverified
Solar ConstantnounMWEthe rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphereverified
Solar ParallaxnounMWEthe angle subtended by the mean equatorial radius of the Earth at a distance of one astronomical unitverified
Solar ProminencenounMWElarge eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphereverified
Solar SystemnounMWEthe sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational fieldverified
Solar TrapnounMWEa terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold windsverified
Solar YearnounMWEthe time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxesverified
Solemnisationnounthe public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritualverified
Solemnizationnounthe public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritualverified
Solenogasternoundeep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantleverified
Soleus MusclenounMWEa broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscleverified
Solferinonouna pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferinoverified
Solicitationnounthe act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)verified
Solid AnglenounMWEan angle formed by three or more planes intersecting at a common point (the vertex)verified
Solid FoodnounMWEany solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishmentverified
Solid StatenounMWEthe state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stressverified
Solid-State PhysicsnounMWEthe branch of physics that studies the properties of materials in the solid state: electrical conduction in crystals of semiconductors and metalsverified
Solidificationnounthe process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallizationverified
Solidifyingnounthe process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallizationverified