Vocabulary : Solomon's seal to Solubleness

Solomon's seal : A mystic symbol consisting of two interlaced triangles forming a star with six points, often with one triangle dark and one light, symbolic of the union of soul and body.
Solon : A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.
Solos : of Solo
Solpugid : Of or pertaining to the Solifugae. ;; One of the Solifugae.
Solpugidea : Same as Solifugae.

Solstice : A stopping or standing still of the sun. ;; The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion. ;; The time of the sun's passing the solstices, or solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See Illust. in Appendix.
Solstitial : Of or pertaining to a solstice. ;; Happening at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the northern hemisphere), happening at the summer solstice, or midsummer.
Solubility : The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty. ;; The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil.
Soluble : Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water. ;; Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble. ;; Relaxed; open or readily opened.
Solubleness : Quality or state of being soluble.

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