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All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 solisequious Following the sun. solitudinarian One who remains solitary. solitudinous Characterised by solitude solivagant Wandering alone. solivagous solivagant; wandering alone solosexuality The act, practice, or quality of being sexual with oneself. solstitial Pertaining to a solstice. solvend A substance to be dissolved. somn- Relating to sleep. somnambulant Walking as if, or while, asleep; sleepwalking. somnambulation The phenomenon of sleepwalking. somnambulize To sleepwalk; to somnambulate. somniculous drowsy; sleepy. somnifacient Inducing or causing sleep. somniferous causing or inducing sleep, normally with harmful overtones. somnific Causing sleep; somniferous. somniloquacious Talkative in one’s sleep. somniloquous Talking while asleep. somnipathy Any sleep disorder. somnivolent Having a desire to sleep. somnos A hypnotic and sedative drug containing chloral hydrate. sonant Of or pertaining to sound; sounding. Song of Solomon Synonym of Song of Songs, a canonical book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. Song of Songs The twenty-second book of the Christian Old Testament and the seventeenth book of the Hebrew Bible. soniferous Producing or conveying sound; sonorous. sono- Of or relating to sound. sonorific Producing sound. sonus medius A high central vowel occurring in the Latin language, [ɨ] or possibly [ʉ], that developed from earlier /u/ in non-initial syllables due to vowel reduction in Old Latin. Represented by the Claudian letter Ⱶ, ͱ. Sophene Province of ancient Armenia and of the Roman Empire, located to the south-west of Greater Armenia. Independent kingdom from 3rd century B.C. until 90's B.C. Lies in modern-day southeastern Turkey. sophi Wise men; sages. sophistic Synonym of sophistical, of or related to the ancient Sophists, characterized by fallacious reasoning. Sophoclean Of or pertaining to Sophocles or his works. Sophonisba A Punic noblewoman, daughter of Hadrusbal Gisco and wife of Syphax. sopite To put to sleep, or to quieten. sopition The act of putting to sleep. soporate To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy. sorbefacient Producing absorption. sorbic acid an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH₃.CH:CH.CH:CH.COOH, found in Rowan berries, and used as a preservative sorbile Fit to be drunk or sipped. sordes Deposits of dirt or bacteria on the body, discharges; bacterial deposits on the teeth or tongue. soricine Of or relating to the shrew family (Soricidae); resembling a shrew in form or habits. sorites A series of propositions whereby each conclusion is taken as the subject of the next. sororial Synonym of sororal (“of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters”). sororicide The killing of one's sister. sororize To associate, or have a relationship, as or as if sisters; to have sisterly feelings or bonds. sortition Selection by drawing lots. Sospita An epithet of the Roman goddess Juno. Sostratus A male given name of historical usage spaciosity The property of being spacious. spadiceous Of a bright clear brown or chestnut colour. spado Someone who has been castrated; a eunuch or castrato. spagyrist An alchemist, especially one who tried to discover remedies for diseases. spargefaction The act of sprinkling. sparid Any of several perciform fishes of the family Sparidae sparoid Of or pertaining to the family, Sparidae, of deep-bodied, spinous-finned marine fish, including the sea bream, porgy, scup, and sheepshead. spasmus nutans A syndrome characterised by the symptom triad of head nodding, ocular oscillations and anomalous head position (torticollis). spatha A type of straight sword originating from the first-century Roman Empire. It was worn typically by cavalry officers and is a long version of the left shaped gladius. spatiate To rove or ramble. spatulamancy divination using the shoulder blade of an animal specillum A surgical probe. -spect To look at, perceive, or observe. spectaculum A spectacle. spectant Looking forward. spectation Regard; aspect; appearance. spectatrix A female spectator. speculable That can be the subject of speculation. speculatory Intended or adapted for viewing or looking out. speculatrix A female speculator. speculum literature A medieval literary genre, popular from the 12th through the 16th centuries, inspired by the urge to encompass encyclopedic knowledge within a single work. spelaean cave-dwelling sperable hopeful or hoped for sperate hoped for spermatize To produce or emit sperm. sperse To disperse. sphaeraphis A spherical aggregation of raphides in a plant cell sphagnorubin A reddish-violet pigment found in the cell walls of several mosses of the genus Sphagnum. sphenoid bone A compound bone at the base of the skull behind the eyes in humans and various other animals. spherule A small sphere. sphingian Of or relating to the Sphinx. sphingine Sphinx-like. sphragide An aluminous earth of a grayish yellow color; a medicinal clay. sphygmic Of or pertaining to the circulatory pulse. sphyraenoid Of or relating to the Sphyraenidae, a family of marine fishes, the barracudas. spicate Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes. spiciferous Bearing ears or spikes; spicate. spiciform spike-shaped spicula A little spike; a spikelet or spiculum. spiculate Covered with, or having, spicules. spiculum A thrusting javelin used by Romans that replaced the pilum in the late 3rd century. spiculum amoris Synonym of love dart (“calcareous spicule involved in gastropod molluscs' copulation”). spinigerous Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing. spinny Associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion. spinose Having a spine, or spines spintrian Of or pertaining to sex or fornication (especially homosexual) between three or more people. spirable Capable of being breathed; respirable. spiracle A pore or opening used (especially by arthropods and some fish) for respiration. spiraculum A spiracle. spirant A non-sibilant fricative. spiricle One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. spirifer Any of numerous species of fossil brachiopods of the genera †Spirifer and †Delthyris and allied genera in order †Spiriferida, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.