English to English Dictionary

Somatopsychic

Relating to the interaction between the body and the mind.

Somewhen

At some unspecified or unknown time.

Somniloquence

The act of talking in one's sleep.

Sonneteer

A writer of sonnets, often used to describe a poet who writes inferior or repetitive verse.

Sorosis

A multiple fruit formed from the coalescent ovaries of a cluster of flowers, such as the pineapple or breadfruit.

Sough

A soft, murmuring, or whistling sound, such as that of the wind in the trees or the waves.

Spenserian sonnet

A variation of the sonnet form consisting of fourteen lines with a specific interlocking rhyme scheme (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE).

Spinal tuberculosis

An extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis in which infection localizes in the vertebrae and intervertebral discs, often leading to bone destruction and spinal deformity.

Squassation

The act of shaking or being shaken violently.

Statecraft

The art or skill of conducting state affairs; the management of political entities.

Statism

A political system in which the state has substantial centralized control over social and economic affairs.

Stet

A directive used in editing or proofreading to indicate that a correction should be disregarded.