English words: solar to solid as the Rock of Gibraltar

300 English words, part 130 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 33 have a page of their own.

English words solar to solid as the Rock of Gibraltar

solar adjective, noun /ˈsəʊ.lə/: Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
solar apex noun: The point to which the Sun appears to be moving with respect to the local stars
solar array noun: A collection of interconnected solar panels (modules with photovoltaic cells) that convert sunlight into direct current (DC) electricity, forming a complete...
solar barge noun: Synonym of solar boat (“mythical boat that carries the sun across the sky”).
solar barque noun: Synonym of solar boat (“mythical boat that carries the sun across the sky”).
solar battery noun: A rechargeable battery that integrates a solar cell with battery power storage.
solar boat noun: A wooden burial boat intended to be used by a king to make celestial journeys in the afterlife.
solar calendar noun: A calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun, which defines the year. Dates indicate the position of the Earth during this revolution.
solar car noun: A car (motor vehicle) that is powered by sunlight
solar cell noun: A semiconductor device that converts the radiant energy of sunlight into electrical energy.
solar collector noun: Any system designed to collect solar radiation for producing thermal energy, which may be used for space heating or for electricity generation.
solar comedo noun: A small skin-colored papule found on the face as a result of aging and long-term exposure to sunlight
solar constant noun: The amount of incoming solar radiation per unit area, measured on the outer surface of Earth's atmosphere, in a plane perpendicular to the rays.
solar corona noun: The upper atmosphere of the sun, only visible during a total solar eclipse
solar cross noun: Synonym of sun cross.
solar cycle noun: The nearly periodic 11-year change in the Sun's activity, measured from a minimum of activity to the next.
solar day noun: One day of solar time; the time in which a planet such as Earth apparently rotates once around its axis relative to the Sun; the time taken for the Sun to...
solar deity noun: Synonym of sun god
solar eclipse noun /ˈsoʊlɚ ɪˈklɪps/: A phenomenon occurring when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun.
solar energetic particle noun: A high-energy particle coming from the Sun.
solar energy noun: Energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation emitted from the Sun; especially that part of this energy that is converted into usable thermal or...
solar engine noun: Any engine that converts energy from the sun into electrical or mechanical energy; especially such an engine used for the propulsion of a spacecraft.
solar farm noun: A large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system (PV system), using many solar panels and built on available land, designed for the supply of merchant...
solar filament noun: A solar prominence, especially when viewed against the surface of the sun
solar flare noun: A violent explosion in the Sun's atmosphere.
solar gain noun: The increase in thermal energy of a space, object or structure as it absorbs incident solar radiation.
solar generator noun: A battery box, capable of providing power in amounts like a generator. It is not a generator, not generating any electricity from fuel, merely storing power...
solar god noun: Synonym of sun god
solar goddess noun: A female solar god.
solar halo noun: A ring of light that appears around the sun, caused by sunlight passing through ice crystals in the atmosphere.
solar hero noun: A sun god.
solar keratosis noun: Synonym of actinic keratosis
solar lamp noun: Argand lamp
solar letter noun: Synonym of sun letter.
solar luminosity noun: a unit of radiant flux (power emitted in the form of photons) conventionally used by astronomers to measure the luminosity of stars, galaxies and other...
solar maculation noun: Sunspots.
solar mass noun: A unit, equal to the mass of the sun, used to express the mass of other stars etc. 1 M_☉ = 2 × 10³⁰ kg.
solar maximum noun: The part of the sun's 11-year cycle during which the number of sunspots and solar flares is at a maximum.
solar microscope noun: An apparatus for projecting upon a screen, by means of sunlight, an enlarged view of any object; essentially the same as the combination of lenses used in...
solar minimum noun: The part of the Sun's 11-year cycle during which the number of sunspots and solar flares is at a minimum.
solar nebula noun: A disc-shaped cloud of gas and dust left over from the formation of the Sun.
solar noon noun: The local time when the sun is closest to its zenith
solar oil noun: A paraffin oil used as an illuminant and lubricant.
solar panel noun /ˈsəʊ.ləˌpæ.nəl/: An array of connected solar cells.
solar pillar noun: Synonym of sun pillar.
solar plexus noun: A complex network of nerves and ganglia, located within the abdomen behind the stomach.
solar power noun: The conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics, indirectly using concentrated solar power, or a combination of...
solar-powered adjective: Of an engine, vehicle, device, etc., deriving its energy from sunlight through the use of solar cells.
solar prominence noun: Any of the large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere of the Sun.
solar radiation noun: All the electromagnetic radiation and subatomic particles radiated from the Sun, especially that part that reaches the Earth
solar sail noun: A sail-like structure on a spacecraft consisting of very large ultrathin mirrors, with propulsion being achieved by the radiation pressure of light from a...
solar shingle noun: A roof shingle with integrated photovolatics to produce electricity from solar radiation. A shingle-sized PV panel (solar panel) used as a shingle replacement.
solar skin noun: A set of solar panels or photovoltaic cells integrated into architectural elements, such as building facades, windows, or roofing materials.
solar spot noun: Synonym of sunspot.
solar still noun: A simple distillation device consisting of a sheet of plastic placed over a pit, allowing water vapor produced by evaporation to run back into a collection...
solar storm noun /ˈsoʊlɚ stɔɹm/: an electromagnetic storm on the photosphere of the Sun
solar system noun /ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/: Any orbital system of at least one fusor and other heavenly bodies, like planets and other objects.
solar tea noun: sun tea
solar telescope noun: A telescope designed to make observations of the sun.
solar term noun: One of 24 divisions in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar.
solar thermal collector noun: A panel that is used to collect heat from solar radiation, typically in order to produce domestic hot water
solar time noun: A calculation of the passage of time based on the apparent position of the Sun in the sky.
solar topee noun: A pith helmet.
solar tracker noun: A device that moves so as to aim a payload, such as a collector of solar energy, at the sun as it crosses the sky.
solar tube noun: Synonym of sun tunnel
solar-type adjective: Of a star, having similar characteristics to those of the Sun.
solar viewer noun: Special eyewear designed for safe direct viewing of the sun, for example to observe an eclipse.
solar wind noun: The outflow of charged particles from the solar corona into space. Because of the high temperature of the particles of the corona, they are moving at speeds...
solar year noun: Synonym of tropical year.
solargraph noun: A photograph of the paths of the Sun across the sky created with pinhole photography.
solargraphic adjective: pertaining to solargraphy
solargraphy noun: the practice of creating solargraphs; creating photographs of the path of the Sun across the sky using a pinhole camera and exposure periods measured in...
Solari proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Solarian adjective, noun /səˈlɛəɹ.i.ən/: Of or relating to the Sun.
solarigraph noun: A very-long-exposure photograph that shows the path of the sun across the sky, over anywhere from hours to years.
solarigraphic adjective: Related to solarigraphy.
solarigraphy noun: the practice of taking very-long-exposure photographs that show the path of the sun across the sky for anywhere from hours to years
solarimeter noun: A pyranometer.
solarisation noun: Alternative spelling of solarization.
solarise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of solarize.
solarism noun: Sun worship; heliotheism.
solarium noun /səˈlɛəɹ.i.əm/: A room, rooftop, balcony, or terrace, used for its abundant sunlight, especially when used as a medical treatment.
solarization noun /ˌsoʊləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/: Exposure to the rays of the sun
solarize verb: To subject to solarization.
solarpunk noun /ˈsəʊ.ləˌpʌnk/: A literary, artistic, and social movement that focuses on community, sustainability, technology powered by renewable energy, and a free and egalitarian society.
solartype adjective: Alternative spelling of solar-type.
solary adjective: Pertaining to the sun; solar.
Solas proper noun: A surname from Norwegian
Solasmancer noun: A player who romances Solas during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.
solasodine noun: A poisonous alkaloid that occurs in plants of the Solanaceae family
solasonine noun: A poisonous glycoside found in plants of the family Solanaceae.
solastalgia noun /ˌsɒləsˈtæld͡ʒə/: A form of homesickness experienced when one has not moved, but one's environment has changed.
solasterid noun: Any member of the family Solasteridae of sea stars.
solasteroside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
solasulfone noun: An antileprotic drug.
solate verb: To undergo solation.
solation noun: The liquefaction of a gel to form a sol.
solatium noun /səˈleɪʃi.əm/: A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.
solauricidine noun: A poisonous aglycone chemical compound of the glycoalkaloid solauricine.
solauricine noun: A poisonous glycoalkaloid chemical compound found in plants of the family Solanaceae.
solaverbascine noun: An alkaloid first isolated from Solanum donianum.
solavetivone noun: The spirocyclic ketone (2R,5S,10R)-6,10-dimethyl-2-(prop-1-en-2-yl)spiro[4.5]dec-6-en-8-one that is a potent antifungal phytoalexin derived from Solanum indicum
solayamocinoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
solcoseryl noun: A hemodialysate, made from calves blood, used as a wound-healing agent
sold adjective, noun, verb /səʊld/: Convinced, won over.
sold again and got the money phrase: Announced on having successfully deceived somebody.
sold out adjective, verb: Unable to sell an item because no more are in inventory.
sold-out-ness noun: The state or condition of being sold-out.
soldadera noun: A female soldier in the Mexican Revolution.
soldado noun: A soldier, in Spanish-speaking contexts.
soldan noun /ˈsɒldən/: The ruler of a major Muslim state in the Middle Ages, especially the Sultan of Egypt.
soldanel noun: A snowbell (plant of the genus Soldanella, of the primrose family).
soldanella noun: A flower of genus Soldanella.
Soldano proper noun: A surname.
soldanrie noun /ˈsoʊldənɹi/: sultanate.
soldatesque adjective: soldierly, soldierlike
soldato noun: A member of the lowest tier of the Italian Mafia.
solder noun, verb /ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/: Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
solder bump noun: A small sphere of solder used as a connection between devices and a printed circuit board
solder gobbler noun: A desolderer.
solder mask noun: A thin lacquer-like layer of polymer that is usually applied to the copper traces of a printed circuit board for protection against oxidation and to prevent...
solder resist noun: Synonym of solder mask.
solder stop noun: Synonym of solder mask.
solder sucker noun: A manually-operated device for removing solder from a printed circuit board.
solderability noun: The quality or degree of being solderable.
solderable adjective: That can be soldered.
soldered adjective, verb: Fastened by means of solder.
solderer noun: A person who solders
solderess noun: A female solderer
soldering noun, verb /ˈsɑdəɹɪŋ/: A method of joining two metallic surfaces by melting an alloy between them.
soldering bolt noun: soldering iron
soldering iron noun: A hand-held tool with a heated tip, used to melt and apply solder.
solderless adjective: Without the use of solder.
soldier noun, verb /ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/: A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
soldier beetle noun: Any of several beetles, of the family Cantharidae, that are predators of aphids and other insects.
soldier crab noun: Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus), of Europe.
soldier fly noun: Any fly of the insect family Stratiomyidae, which resemble wasps.
soldier-girl noun: A female soldier.
soldier-like adjective: Alternative form of soldierlike.
soldier of fortune noun: A noncommissioned soldier willing to serve any state or person who will hire them.
soldier of misfortune noun: Someone who, despite their efforts or intentions, is unlucky or unfortunate, especially a soldier.
soldier on verb: To continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty.
soldier-proof adjective: Resistant to damage caused by soldiers.
soldier river barb noun: A species of ray-finned fish (Cyclocheilichthys enoplos).
soldier's heart noun: Da Costa's syndrome, a disorder of the heart related to combat.
soldier's woundwort noun: Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of...
soldier thistle noun: A thistle of species Picnomon acarna, of Eurasia.
soldierbush noun: Any of various plants of the genus Tournefortia.
soldierdom noun: The realm or sphere of soldiers.
soldieress noun: A female soldier.
soldierfish noun: Any member of the subfamily Myripristinae of the family Holocentridae of ray-finned fish.
soldierfly noun: Alternative form of soldier fly.
soldiering noun, verb: The work of a soldier; military action.
soldierize verb: To make into a soldier.
soldierless adjective: Without soldiers.
soldierlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a soldier.
soldierliness noun: The state or condition of being soldierly.
soldierly adjective, adverb /ˈsoʊld͡ʒəɹli/: Appropriate to, or in the way of, a soldier.
soldiers' aid society noun: Synonym of ladies' aid society.
soldiers-and-sailors noun: lungwort, pulmonaria.
soldiers-in-green noun: Synonym of pheasant's eye (Adonis annua)
soldiership noun: The state of being a soldier.
soldierwood noun: A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the Caribbean, whose flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.
soldiery noun /ˈsəʊldʒəɹi/: Soldiers considered as a group.
soldiuh noun: Pronunciation spelling of soldier
soldo noun: An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira.
Soldotna proper noun: A city, the borough seat of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
soldout adjective: Alternative form of sold-out.
sole adjective, noun, verb /səʊl/: Only.
sole chamber noun: The single legislative chamber of a unicameral legislature.
sole corporation noun: A corporation consisting of a single individual and their successors.
sole custody noun: An arrangement whereby only one parent has physical and legal custody of a child while the other parent has visitation rights.
sole house noun: The single legislative house of a unicameral legislature.
sole-like adjective: Similar to the fish sole, as in taste, appearance, etc.
sole mark noun: A feature, on the undersurface of a sedimentary stratum, that is a cast of a corresponding feature on the upper surface of the lower stratum
sole proprietor noun: The person who owns and controls a sole proprietorship.
sole proprietorship noun: A business that is wholly owned by a single person, who has unlimited liability.
sole provider noun: An only guardian of a minor, usually a single parent.
sole right noun: Synonym of exclusive right.
sole trader noun: A type of enterprise or proprietorship which is owned by one person who is fully liable for the company's debts and fulfilment of contracts using their...
soleal adjective /səʊˈliː.əl/: of or pertaining to the soleus muscle
solear adjective: Relating to the soleus muscle.
solebar noun: One of the longitudinal beams running along either side of a railway vehicle, onto which the bodywork is mounted, in passenger-carrying vehicles usually...
Solebury proper noun: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
solecise verb: Alternative form of solecize.
solecism noun /ˈsɒlɪsɪzəm/: An error or improper usage.
solecist adjective, noun: One who commits a solecism.
solecistic adjective: Pertaining to or involving a solecism.
solecistical adjective /ˌsɒlɪˈsɪstɪkəl/: Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect.
solecistically adverb: In a solecistic way; in a way that involves solecism.
solecize verb /ˈsɒlɪsaɪz/: To commit a solecism.
Solecki proper noun: A surname from Polish.
solecurtid noun: Any clam in the family Solecurtidae.
soled adjective, verb: Having a specified kind of sole.
Soledad noun: The native people of this California region.
soleid noun: Any species of the family Soleidae.
soleiform adjective: Slipper-shaped; calceolate.
soleil noun: sun
Soleimani proper noun: A surname from Persian.
soleless adjective /ˈsəʊl.ləs/: Without a sole.
solely adverb /ˈsəʊl.li/: Alone; exclusively.
Solem proper noun: A surname.
solemn adjective /ˈsɒləm/: Of or pertaining to religious ceremonies and rites; (generally) religious in nature; sacred.
solemn mass noun: A mass resembling a High Mass, but without some of its special ceremonies.
solemn vow noun: A deliberate and free promise made to God about a possible and better good, taken by an individual during or after novitiate in a Catholic religious institute.
solemncholy adjective: solemn; serious
solemnify verb: To make solemn.
solemnisation noun: Alternative form of solemnization.
solemnise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of solemnize.
solemniser noun: Alternative form of solemnizer.
solemnitude noun: solemnity
solemnity noun /səˈlɛmnɪti/: The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
solemnizable adjective: Capable of being solemnized.
solemnization noun: The performance of a ceremony (in an appropriate and solemn manner), such as performing a marriage.
solemnize verb: To make solemn, or official, through ceremony or legal act.
solemnizer noun: One who solemnizes.
solemnlike adjective, adverb: Solemn.
solemnly adverb /ˈsɒləmli/: In a solemn manner.
solemnness noun: The state or quality of being solemn.
solempte noun: solemnization of marriage
solemydid noun: Any member of the Solemydidae (which is more accurately called Helochelydridae) family of extinct turtles.
solemyid noun: Any clam in the family Solemyidae.
solen noun /ˈsəʊlən/: A cradle, as for a broken limb.
solenacean noun: Any member of several species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidae.
solendovirus noun: A DNA virus of the genus Solendovirus
soleness noun: The quality of being sole; unity, singleness.
solenette noun: A small European sole (Buglossidium luteum).
solenid noun: Any mollusk in the bivalve family Solenidae, the razor shells.
solenite noun: A fossil solen, or razor shell.
soleno- prefix: Having a tube, a duct or a pipe
solenocerid noun: Any marine decapod of the family Solenoceridae
solenocyte noun: A flagellated excretory cell, part of the protonephridium of certain larval animals.
solenodon noun /soʊˈliːnəˌdɑn/: Any of the family Solenodontidae of small nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals, with a long snout and venomous saliva.
solenodontid noun: Any solenodon in the family Solenodontidae; a solenodon.
solenofilomorphid noun: Any member of the Solenofilomorphidae.
solenogaster noun: Any of the Solenogastres, a class (sometimes a subclass) of small worm-like mollusks with no shell.
solenoglyph noun: Any of the solenoglyphous snakes.
solenoglyphous adjective: Having nublike maxillae each supporting a single hollow fang that points posteriorly, the mouth opening wide so that the fang swings into position to inject...
solenoid noun /ˈsɒlɪnɔɪd/: A coil of wire that acts as a magnet when an electric current flows through it.
solenoidal adjective: Characteristic of a solenoid
solenoidality noun: The property of being solenoidal.
solenoidally adverb: By means of a solenoid.
solenomerite noun: The tubular part of the opisthomerite
solenophage noun: Any solenophagous (feeding directly on blood vessels) organism
solenophagic adjective: Relating to a solenophage
solenophagous adjective: Feeding directly on blood from blood vessels.
solenopleurid noun: Any trilobite in the family Solenopleuridae.
solenoporaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Solenoporaceae.
solenopsin noun: An alkaloid, with chemical formula C₁₇H₃₅N, that is considered the primary toxin in fire ant venom and that inhibits angiogenesis via the phosphoinositol-3...
solenostele noun: A type of siphonostele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a central cylinder around a pith, with widely spaced leaf gaps.
solenostelic adjective: Of or possessing a solenostele.
solenostome noun: A pore, in some insects, that secretes sperm
solenostomid noun: Any fish in the family Solenostomidae.
Solent proper noun /ˈsəʊlənt/: A strait separating Hampshire from the Isle of Wight in southern England.
Solent goose noun: Alternative form of solan goose
solepiece noun: Synonym of sole.
soleplate noun: The flat metal plate forming the underside of an iron (for ironing laundry).
soler noun: One who fits the soles to shoes.
solera noun: A method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine...
solere noun: Alternative form of soler (“loft”).
soleret noun: A metal shoe made from plates of armor.
solert adjective: skillful; clever; crafty
solertiousness noun: The quality of being solert.
soleship noun: The state of being alone.
soleus noun /səʊˈliː.əs/: A broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf.
Soley proper noun: A surname.
solfa noun, verb: Alternative form of sol-fa.
solfatara noun: An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam.
solfataric adjective: Pertaining to or characterized by a solfatara.
solfege noun /sɒlˈfɛʒ/: A method of sight singing that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the seven principal pitches...
solfeggio noun: Synonym of solfège.
solferino noun /ˌsoʊlfəˈɹiːnəʊ/: A brilliant purple-red dye derived from aniline
solgel noun: Alternative form of sol-gel.
Solgen noun: Abbreviation of solicitor general.
soli noun: A passage of music played together by a group of players, usually either by all players of a particular instrumental section or by one player each from...
solianka noun: Alternative spelling of solyanka.
solicit noun, verb /səˈlɪsɪt/: To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
solicitant noun: One who solicits.
solicitate adjective, verb /səˈlɪsɪtət/: solicitous
solicitation noun /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/: the action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
solicitee noun: The recipient of a solicitation; one who is solicited
soliciter noun /səˈlɪsɪtɚ/: One who solicits something.
soliciting noun, verb: The act of one who solicits.
solicitor noun /səˈlɪsɪtɚ/: A lawyer offering most legal services to clients apart from representation in court, for which the lawyer typically solicits and instructs a barrister...
solicitor-client privilege noun: Synonym of attorney-client privilege.
solicitor general noun: In common-law countries, a legal officer who is the chief representative of a regional or national government in courtroom proceedings; sometimes a deputy...
solicitorship noun: The role or office of solicitor.
solicitory adjective: Serving to solicit.
solicitous adjective /səˈlɪsɪtəs/: Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil.
solicitously adverb: In a solicitous manner.
solicitousness noun: The state or quality of being solicitous.
solicitress noun: A woman who solicits; a seductress or whore.
solicitrix noun: A female solicitor.
solicitude noun /səˈlɪsɪˌt(j)uːd/: The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
solicitudinous adjective: Expressing solicitude.
solid adjective, adverb, noun /ˈsɒl.ɪd/: That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
solid angle noun: The three-dimensional analog of an angle, equivalent to the area of that portion of the surface of a unit sphere that it subtends.
solid as a rock adjective: Extremely thick and heavy, so as to make it impossible to move.
solid as Fort Knox adjective: Extremely solid.
solid as the Rock of Gibraltar adjective: Utterly solid, firm, or reliable.

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.