English words: sodium selenite to soften the ground
300 English words, part 128 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 16 have a page of their own.
English words sodium selenite to soften the ground
- sodium selenite noun: A salt, Na₂SeO₃, prepared by a reaction of selenium dioxide with sodium hydroxide; it is a colorless solid, soluble in water, mainly used in the manufacture...
- sodium silicate noun: Chemical compounds with the formula Na₂ₓSi_(y,)O_(2y+x) or (Na₂O)ₓ·(SiO₂)_y, such as sodium metasilicate Na₂SiO₃, sodium orthosilicate Na₄SiO₄, and sodium...
- sodium soap noun: any soap made by the reaction of fat with sodium hydroxide
- sodium sorbate noun: The sodium salt of sorbic acid.
- sodium stearate noun: The sodium salt of stearic acid; a constituent of soap.
- sodium stibogluconate noun /ˌsoʊ.di.əm ˌstɪb.oʊˈɡlu.kəˌneɪt/: An injectable medicine used to treat leishmaniasis.
- sodium sulfate noun: The sodium salt of sulfuric acid, Na₂SO₄; it is a mild laxative (as Glauber's salt), and is used in the manufacture of paper, detergents and many other...
- sodium sulfide noun: The inorganic compound Na₂S.
- sodium sulfite noun: The sodium salt of sulfurous acid, Na₂SO₃, used as a food preservative, in photography and in many industrial applications.
- sodium sulphate noun: Alternative spelling of sodium sulfate.
- sodium sulphide noun: Alternative spelling of sodium sulfide.
- sodium sulphite noun: Alternative spelling of sodium sulfite.
- sodium tallowate noun: A tallowate used in soapmaking formed by mixing tallow with sodium products.
- sodium tartrate noun: The chemical compound Na₂C₄H₄O₆, used as an emulsifier and binding agent in foods such as jellies, margarine, and sausage casings.
- sodium tetraborate noun: Synonym of borax (“type of borate”).
- sodium thiopental noun: Thiopental.
- sodium thiosulfate noun: An inorganic compound that is typically available as the pentahydrate, Na₂S₂O₃·5H₂O. It is used in iodometry, photographic processing, gold extraction, etc.
- sodium thiosulphate noun: Alternative spelling of sodium thiosulfate.
- sodium vapor lamp noun: A street lamp in which electricity is passed through sodium vapour to emit a yellow light.
- sodium vapour lamp noun: Alternative spelling of sodium vapor lamp.
- sodiumdodecylsulfate noun: Alternative form of sodium dodecyl sulfate.
- sodiumlike adjective: Resembling sodium.
- sodiumthiosulfate noun: Alternative form of sodium thiosulphate.
- sodiumthiosulphate noun: Alternative form of sodium thiosulphate.
- sodless adjective: Without sod.
- SoDo proper noun: A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.
- sodoku noun: A bacterial zoonotic disease, a form of rat-bite fever caused by the bacterium Spirillum minus.
- Sodom noun /ˈsɒ.dəm/: A city or place full of sin and vice.
- Sodom and Gomorrah noun, verb: A city or place full of sin and vice.
- Sodom apple noun: Synonym of apple of Sodom.
- sodomic adjective: Of or relating to sodomy.
- sodomise verb /ˈsɒdəmaɪz/: To engage in sodomy with (someone); to engage in anal (or, rarely, oral) sex as the penetrator (especially without consent).
- sodomiser noun /ˈsɒdəmaɪzə/: Someone who sodomises.
- sodomist noun: A person who practices sodomy.
- sodomistic adjective: Of or relating to sodomy.
- sodomite noun /ˈsɒ.də.maɪt/: One who practices sodomy; a sodomist.
- sodomitess noun: A female sodomite.
- sodomitic adjective /sɒdəˈmɪtɪk/: Engaging in sodomy; characterised by or involving sodomy.
- sodomitical adjective: Synonym of gay: Of or related to sodomites.
- sodomitically adverb /sɒdəˈmɪtɪk(ə)li/: By means of sodomy.
- sodomitry noun: Synonym of sodomy.
- sodomization noun: An act of sodomy.
- sodomize verb: American and Oxford British English standard spelling of sodomise.
- sodomizer noun: American standard spelling of sodomiser.
- sodomy noun /ˈsɒdəmi/: Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal, oral, or manual sex.
- sodoponin noun: A diterpenoid found in Isodon japonicus.
- Sodor proper noun: The Hebrides as part of the Diocese of Sodor and Man.
- sodosol noun: A sandy soil lying over clay.
- Sodus proper noun: A town and village therein, in Wayne County, New York, United States.
- sody noun /ˈsoʊdi/: Pronunciation spelling of soda.
- soe noun /səʊ/: a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
- SOED noun: Initialism of sudden-onset explosive diarrhea.
- Soeder proper noun: A surname.
- Soejima proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
- Soemmerring's gazelle noun: A species of gazelle from the Horn of Africa, Nanger soemmerringi, formerly Gazella soemmerringi.
- Soest proper noun: A town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- soever adverb /səʊˈɛvə/: In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.
- SOF noun: Initialism of special operations force.
- sof pasuk noun: A trop-mark used to denote the end of a pasuk.
- sofa noun, verb /ˈsəʊ̯fə/: A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.
- sofa bed noun /ˈsoʊfəbɛd/: A sofa that unfolds into a bed.
- sofa-bedstead noun: Synonym of Winnipeg couch.
- sofa king adverb /ˈsəʊfə kɪŋ/: Very, extremely.
- sofa set noun: A furniture set consisting of a sofa and chairs with a matching design.
- sofa sleeper noun: Synonym of Winnipeg couch.
- sofa spud noun: Synonym of couch potato.
- sofa surf verb: Synonym of couch surf.
- sofa surfer noun: Synonym of couch surfer.
- sofa surfing noun, verb: Synonym of couch surfing.
- sofa table noun: A long, narrow, waist-high table intended to be placed behind or in front of a sofa, used to hold lamps, reading materials, etc.
- sofabed noun: Alternative spelling of sofa-bed.
- sofaful noun: Enough to fill a sofa.
- Sofala proper noun: The chief seaport of the Mwenemutapa Kingdom, whose capital was at Mount Fura; located on the Sofala Bank in Sofala Province of Mozambique.
- sofalcone noun: An oral gastrointestinal medication, a synthetic derivative of sophoradin.
- sofaless adjective: Without a sofa.
- sofalike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a sofa.
- sofar noun: A system for determining the position of vessels lost at sea by means of explosive sounds.
- sofar bomb noun: A device (usually an imploding metal sphere or an explosive charge fuzed to explode at depth) which sinks in the ocean and creates a loud, low-frequency...
- sofar channel noun: The depth in the oceans, usually around 750 m below the surface, where the speed of sound is the lowest, causing it to transmit sound waves generated within...
- sofasurfer noun: Alternative form of sofa surfer.
- sofer noun /soʊˈfɛɹ/: A Jewish scribe who can transcribe Torah scrolls and other religious writings.
- soferic adjective: Relating to the soferim (Jewish scribes).
- SOFFA noun: Initialism of significant other, family, friend, and/or ally.
- Soffer proper noun: A surname.
- soffietta noun: A tool consisting of a metal tube, often swan necked, attached to a conical nozzle. The nozzle is used to block the mouth of a glass vessel so that it can...
- soffione noun: A fumarole.
- soffit noun /ˈsɒf.ɪt/: The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element.
- soffited adjective: Having a soffit.
- soffrito noun: Alternative form of soffritto.
- soffritto noun /səˈfɹiːtəʊ/: A fried mixture of chopped onions, carrots and celery, used as the beginning point of a dish, especially in Italian cuisine; may also contain garlic,...
- SOFI noun: Acronym of spray-on foam insulation
- Sofia proper noun /ˈsoʊfiə/: A female given name, variant of Sophia.
- Sofian adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to, Sofia
- sofic adjective: Whose Cayley graph is an initially subamenable graph.
- soficity noun: The quality of being sofic.
- sofiite noun: A mineral containing zinc, selenium, oxygen and chlorine, found in Costa Rica and Russia.
- sofkee noun: Grits (a dish of ground hominy).
- sofkey noun: Alternative form of sofkee.
- sofky noun /səfki/: A soup or stew made of hominy, cornmeal and bits of meat.
- SoFlo proper noun: Syllabic abbreviation of South Florida.
- SOFM noun: Initialism of self-organizing feature map.
- sofosbuvir noun: A nucleotide analog used in combination with other drugs for the treatment of hepatitis C.
- SOFR noun: Acronym of Secured Overnight Financing Rate.
- sofrito noun: A sautéed mixture of chopped onions, garlic, and tomato and/or (chili) peppers, and sometimes carrots, celery, and/or herbs, used as the beginning point of...
- sofritto noun: Alternative form of soffritto.
- soft adjective, adverb, interjection, noun, suffix /sɒft/: Easily giving way under pressure.
- soft 404 noun: A 404 page (the result of trying to follow a broken link within a website) which reports a 200 OK HTTP response code rather than 404 Not Found, falsely...
- soft a noun: The schwa at the end of the African-American Vernacular English word nigga, as contrasted with the hard r at the end of the word nigger when spoken with a...
- soft as a baby's bottom adjective: Extremely soft (not rough).
- soft as silk adjective: very soft, soft as a baby's bottom
- soft atheism noun: The lack of belief in deities, without actually asserting that there are none.
- soft atheist noun: An atheist who does not explicitly assert that deities do not exist.
- soft begging noun: The practice of indirectly soliciting money or other material benefits from members of an online community, often with sad stories of personal or family...
- soft bigotry of low expectations noun: The practice of expecting less from members of a disadvantaged group and thus implicitly encouraging those people not to reach their full potential.
- soft-billed adjective: Alternative form of softbilled.
- soft-block noun, verb: To block (a user) on social media and then immediately unblock them, so that the user will (perhaps unknowingly) no longer follow or engage with the...
- soft boiled adjective: cooked to a soft consistency with the yolk still runny
- soft bomb noun: Synonym of graphite bomb.
- soft boxing noun: A form of martial art in which the goal is throwing one's opponent off balance by means of pushes and pulls, as opposed to incapacitating one's opponent out...
- soft boy noun: Alternative form of softboy.
- soft break noun: A breakaway that is allowed to go from the peloton in a stage race because it poses no strategic threat to any of the main contenders in the general...
- soft-brick verb: To cause (an electronic device) to fail to operate while still showing signs of life, for example a computer switching on but failing to boot.
- soft butch noun: A lesbian who exhibits some butch traits (short hair, men's clothing, etc.) without wholly fitting the masculine butch stereotype.
- soft c noun /sɒft siː/: In many languages, a letter "c" which is not pronounced as a velar stop (/k/, like English "k") but as a sibilant (/s/, like English "s") or an affricative...
- soft-cancel verb: To criticize or sideline (a person) for perceived unacceptable behavior, without fully ostracizing or banning them.
- soft canon noun: Secondary material, such as official novels based on a television series, that may or may not be regarded as canon.
- soft capping noun: The topping of historic walls with turf and soil to reduce frost and water damage.
- soft chancre noun: chancroid (sexually transmitted disease)
- soft cheese noun: A type of rennet cheese that is not firm owing to the curds not having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree, so that much whey or liquid is left,...
- soft-close adjective: Of a drawer, door, etc., that has a mechanism which slows down movement when closing in order to avoid slamming.
- soft coal noun: Bituminous coal, as distinguished from hard coal (anthracite).
- Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier noun: A purebred terrier originating from Ireland.
- soft copy noun: A digital copy of a document, rather than a copy printed on paper.
- soft coral noun: Any of the order Alcyonacea of corals that do not produce calcium carbonate skeletons.
- soft-core adjective: Alternative form of softcore.
- soft corner noun: Synonym of soft spot.
- soft count noun: The regulated, secure process in a casino of collecting, counting, and recording paper currency from slot machine dropboxes and table game dropboxes.
- soft coup noun: The legal removal of a national leader, amounting to a coup, but carried out without military force.
- soft delete verb: To remove access to (a resource), without deleting the resource itself.
- soft deletion noun: An operation in which a flag is used to mark data as unusable, without erasing the data itself from the database.
- soft determinism noun: Synonym of compatibilism.
- soft determinist adjective, noun: Synonym of compatibilist.
- soft dollars noun: A rebate or commission paid with goods or services, rather than cash.
- soft-dotted adjective: Of a character: having a dot that is removed when an accent is applied, as for example with the character i becoming í.
- soft drink noun: Any non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated, and usually also sweet.
- soft-drinkless adjective: Without soft drinks.
- soft drug noun: A drug that is less harmful than a hard drug.
- soft elm noun: Any of species Ulmus rubra of elm trees, native to eastern North America (from southeast North Dakota, east to Maine and southern Quebec, south to...
- soft error noun: A type of transient error where a signal or datum is momentarily wrong, caused for example by an ionizing particle striking a chip.
- soft flimsy noun /sɒft ˈflɪmzi/: A counterfeit banknote.
- soft float adjective, noun: A software implementation of a floating-point number.
- soft focus noun: The blur produced by spherical aberration in a lens, sometimes deliberately used to produce a dreamy effect or to eliminate blemishes.
- soft fork noun: A rule change of a blockchain that does not require an upgrade of the whole network.
- soft fox sedge noun: Carex conjuncta, native to north central and northeastern United States.
- soft fruit noun: fruit that grows on bushes, such as berries, strawberries and currants, as contrasted with top fruit
- soft funding noun: Those forms of funding, such as donations and subsidies, that impose no direct requirement for return on investment.
- soft g noun: The g sound pronounced /dʒ/ as in gem, giraffe and generation (or sometimes or /ʒ/ as in genre).
- soft gamma repeater noun: An source of large gamma-ray bursts and X-rays at fluctuating intervals, thought to be a type of magnetar or neutron star.
- soft girl noun: A girl who adopts a look or aesthetic involving a wholesome and feminine appearance in subdued pastel colours, as well as (often) watching anime and...
- soft goods noun: Alternative form of softgoods.
- soft-grain adjective: Alternative form of softgrain.
- soft grunge noun: An aesthetic style influenced by grunge and other 1990s clothing styles, and associated with pop punk, emo, and alternative rock music.
- soft hand noun: A hand of cards that includes an ace being counted as 11.
- soft handed adjective: Gentle; permissive; lenient; slow to enforce discipline.
- soft hands noun: plural of soft hand
- soft-hearted adjective: Alternative spelling of softhearted.
- soft-heartedly adverb: Alternative form of softheartedly.
- soft-heartedness noun: Alternative form of softheartedness.
- soft hyphen noun: A generally invisible text character marking a point where hyphenation can occur without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is later...
- soft in the head adjective: Synonym of softheaded.
- soft inquiry noun: A record of an entity's review of a consumer's credit report that is initiated either by the consumer themsleves or an existing creditor, that is not...
- soft jade noun: A nephrite mineral gemstone.
- soft key adjective, noun: A button, located along a display device, which performs whatever function is shown near it on the display.
- soft kill noun: The neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it.
- soft land verb: Alternative form of soft-land.
- soft landing noun, verb: A landing that does not result in the destruction of the payload or the vehicle.
- soft launch noun, verb: The launch of a missile in such a way that the rocket motor ignites outside of the launch tube, ejecting the missile non-explosively.
- soft-like adverb: Softly.
- soft-liner noun: A person who holds a moderate position and may be willing to compromise, as opposed to a hard-liner.
- soft link noun: Synonym of symbolic link.
- soft lithography noun: A family of techniques for fabricating or replicating structures, usually on the micrometer to nanometer scale, using elastomeric stamps, molds, and...
- soft loan noun: A loan with a below-market interest rate and sometimes other concessions to the borrower.
- soft-long adjective: Denoting a long vowel in Middle Dutch that was a short vowel in Old Dutch, and was later lengthened due to being in a stressed open syllable.
- soft luxury noun: A category of consumer luxury goods including clothing, cosmetics, and accessories.
- soft maple noun: A red maple, Acer rubrum
- soft market noun: An economic environment in which insurers lower their prices.
- soft matte noun: A technique where the full frame is filled, and the projectionist is relied upon to matte out the top and bottom of the frame in the theatrical projector.
- soft media noun: Any type of media organization that deals primarily with commentary, entertainment, arts and lifestyle.
- soft-minded adjective: Lacking courage and conviction; easily swayed, persuaded, or intimidated.
- soft-mindedly adverb: In a soft-minded manner.
- soft-mindedness noun: the state or quality of being soft-minded.
- soft mode noun: A collective excitation whose frequency decreases anomalously as the transition point is reached.
- soft money noun: A currency not fully backed by specie.
- soft mutation noun: An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances; lenition.
- soft news noun: Broadcast news mainly intended to entertain rather than to inform.
- soft nose adjective, noun: Alternative form of softnose.
- soft-nosed adjective: Synonym of softnose.
- soft opening noun: An unannounced or lightly announced business opening, instead of or prior to a grand opening.
- soft ordnance noun: Napalm or cluster bombs (for use against soft targets), as opposed to high explosives (for hardened targets).
- soft palate noun: The soft tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth.
- soft paraffin noun: Petroleum jelly.
- soft paste adjective: Alternative form of softpaste.
- soft paywall noun: A paywall that allows limited free access, such as by allowing each user to read a certain number of articles per month without paying.
- soft pedal noun, verb /ˌsɒf(t)ˈpɛdl̩/: To reduce the volume of (music, a sound, etc.).
- soft photon noun: A photon, whose energy is too small to be detected, that is one of a cloud associated with a charged particle.
- soft pine noun: Any member of the pine subgenus Pinus subg. Strobus.
- soft ping noun: A ping (mention) which does not result in a notification sent to the intended recipient.
- soft play noun: Alternative form of softplay.
- soft point adjective, noun: Of a bullet: having an exposed lead point, designed to expand when it hits its target and therefore cause more damage.
- soft porn noun: Alternative form of softcore pornography.
- soft power noun: Political influence that is extended by means of diplomacy, media, international assistance, cultural exchanges, etc., rather than by such "hard" means as...
- soft pull noun: Synonym of soft inquiry
- soft real-time adjective: Being or relating to a system that is ideally real-time but in practice can tolerate some latency that only reduces the quality of service.
- soft reboot noun: Synonym of warm boot.
- soft redirect noun: An indication to a user that what they requested may be found elsewhere.
- soft reference noun: A weak reference that is garbage-collected less aggressively.
- soft release noun: Synonym of soft launch.
- soft reset noun, verb: A process of restarting an electronic device without diminishing its power, typically by using the device's built-in restart function.
- soft return noun: The type of newline that represents either a natural line break resulting from word wrap, or one specifically inserted inside a paragraph (not between...
- soft robot noun: A robot that is physically compliant and deformable and typically employs biomimicry
- soft robotics noun: The design, manufacture and use of soft robots
- soft rock noun: A comparatively unaggressive, melodic rock music genre in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat; a reaction against hard rock.
- soft roe noun: milt, fish semen
- soft room noun: A room set up in a police station with amenities that make it easier to talk with children, trauma victims, or other vulnerable populations.
- soft rot noun: A bacterial disease of potatoes.
- soft rush noun: A plant of the species Juncus effusus, nearly worldwide in distribution, native over much of its current range, excluding Australia, Madagascar, and many...
- soft sawder noun, verb: Cajoling or flattery.
- soft scale noun: Any immobile insect that anchors a strawlike mouthpart to feed on plant phloem or sap, of infraorder Coccomorpha or superfamily Coccoidea.
- soft science noun: A field of scientific inquiry that is limited by the nature of its subject matter in its ability to establish strictly measurable criteria.
- soft science fiction noun: A subgenre of science fiction that focuses on the nature of its speculative societies or that employs pseudoscience.
- soft sculpture noun: A kind of three-dimensional art form incorporating supple and non-rigid materials that may be stuffed, sewn, glued, woven, etc.
- soft-sectored adjective: Of a storage medium: divided up by soft sectoring.
- soft sectoring noun: The recording of layout data onto a magnetic or optical recording medium in order to designate the sector locations, as opposed to using physical marks or...
- soft sell noun: A sales technique which is quietly persuasive and subtle, seeking to convince the buyer without being forceful.
- soft serve noun: A frozen dessert or snack, similar to or considered as ice cream but softer, as a result of air being introduced during freezing.
- soft served adjective: Of a frozen dessert or snack, soft, as a result of air being introduced during freezing.
- soft-shell adjective, noun: Alternative form of softshell.
- soft-shell crab noun: A crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and whose new exoskeleton has not yet hardened, rendering the entire animal soft and edible.
- soft-shell turtle noun: Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides.
- soft-shelled crab noun: Synonym of soft-shell crab
- soft-shelled turtle noun: Alternative form of soft-shell turtle.
- soft shoe adjective, noun, verb: A kind of tap dancing performed in soft-soled shoes, popular in vaudeville.
- soft shoulder noun: A road shoulder made of gravel rather than asphalt or concrete.
- soft sign noun /ˌsɒftˈsaɪn/: The Cyrillic letter Ь/ь (transliterated in English with an apostrophe (’) or prime (′)), which in modern languages using the Cyrillic alphabet serves to...
- soft signal noun: A decision of the onfield umpire, formerly relayed to the third umpire (until mid-2023) to assist in cases where the video footage was unclear.
- soft skill noun: A personal skill that is usually interpersonal, nonspecialized, and difficult to quantify, such as leadership or responsibility.
- soft snap noun: Something that can be successfully accomplished with very little effort.
- soft soap noun, verb: Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words.
- soft-spoken adjective /ˈsɒftˌspəʊkən/: Having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly.
- soft spot noun /sɒft spɒt/: A sentimental fondness or affection.
- soft steel noun: Steel low in carbon; mild steel; ingot iron.
- soft sub noun, verb: Alternative form of softsub.
- soft surfboard noun: a foamie
- soft swap noun: a swinging practice in which two couples swap partners but without full sexual intercourse.
- soft tack noun: Synonym of soft tommy (“bread”).
- soft target noun: An undefended civilian target, vulnerable to attack by an army, military group or terrorists.
- soft tennis noun: A variant of tennis, developed in Japan, differing in the tennis ball used, from regular tennis (lawn tennis), having a softer rubber ball.
- soft thing noun: Synonym of soft snap.
- soft tick noun: Any tick in the family Argasidae, differing from the so-called hard ticks in several respects, in particular in that they lack a defensive hard shield (or...
- soft tissue noun: All the tissues of the body except the calcified ones such as bones and teeth. (Cartilage of joints is often excluded from the definition as well).
- soft tommy noun: Soft bread, as opposed to hardtack or sea biscuit.
- soft top noun: The foldable roof of a convertible or sports car which is made of fabric.
- soft tortoise noun: Any of the soft-shelled turtles of the family Trionychidae.
- soft touch noun: A person or group that is sympathetic, accommodating, easily overcome, or easily persuaded, especially one that loans or readily gives money to another.
- soft toy noun: A toy made of a soft material, usually stuffed with cotton, straw, beans, or other materials, and typically intended as a plaything for children.
- soft underbelly noun: A weak spot; a soft spot.
- soft-verge noun: An unsealed strip along the edge of a sealed road.
- soft vore noun: A subgenre of vorarephilia in which a character is eaten alive and whole, without chewing. May or may not result in fatal digestion.
- soft water noun: Water with a low concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it easier to lather with soap.
- soft wheat noun: Varieties of wheat with soft grains of higher starch and lower protein content, used in the production of biscuit, cake and domestic flours.
- soft X-ray noun: The lowest energy, lowest frequency, longest wavelength end of the X-ray EM band, overlapping with EUV (extreme ultraviolet).
- softa noun: A religious student, especially in Turkey
- Softail noun: A bicycle or motorcycle featuring a hidden rear suspension system with springs or shock absorbers.
- softback noun: A softcover or paperback book.
- softbacked adjective: Having a flexible binding of card or similar; softback.
- softball noun: A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
- softballer noun: A softball player.
- softbill noun: Any of various birds (of no particular taxonomic commonality) that feed on relatively "soft" foods, such as leaves and insects.
- softbilled adjective: Of birds, preferring to feed on relatively soft foods, such as insects or fruits.
- softblock noun, verb: Alternative form of soft-block.
- softboard noun: Low-density fibreboard.
- softboiled adjective: Alternative spelling of soft-boiled.
- softbot noun: A computer program that acts on behalf of a user or another program.
- softbottom noun: A soft seafloor, typically composed of muddy sediment.
- softbound adjective: With a cover of flexible paper rather than a rigid cardboard cover.
- softbox noun: A photographic lighting device consisting of a bulb with reflective back and side walls and a diffusing material at the front.
- softcoat noun: A coating that is vulnerable to scratches or other types of damage.
- softcode verb: To construct a program in a way which ensures that certain values and methods of operation are adjustable at run time.
- softcopy noun: Alternative form of soft copy.
- softcore adjective, noun: Pornography that does not contain depictions of explicit sexual penetration.
- softcore pornography noun: A form of pornography where the sexual acts are relatively unexplicit.
- softcover adjective, noun: Having covers made of paper or thin cardboard; paperback.
- softcovered adjective: Having the sort of binding characteristic of a softcover book.
- softdelete verb: Alternative form of soft-delete
- softdrink noun: Alternative form of soft drink.
- soften verb /ˈsɒfən/: To make something soft or softer.
- soften someone's cough verb: To completely negate or undermine someone's argument or position on a topic.
- soften the blow verb: To reduce the negative impact of something.
- soften the ground verb: To prepare or create favorable conditions (for something), especially with the intent of improving public acceptance of the forthcoming occurrence.
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.