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Solitary
- adjective - alone
- being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky"
- characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk"
- confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners; "he was held in solitary"
- devoid of creatures; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake"
- lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler"
- of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies; "solitary bees"
- one who lives in solitude
Solitons
- noun - (physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance; does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipate; "soliton waves can travel long distances with little loss of energy or structure"
Solitude
- noun - a solitary place
- a state of social isolation
- the state or situation of being alone
Sopition
- - The act of putting to sleep, or the state of being put to sleep; sleep.
Soricine
- - Of or pertaining to the Shrew family (Soricidae); like a shrew in form or habits; as, the soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina).
Sphinges
- noun - (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
- an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
- one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
Sphingid
- noun - any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
Splicers
- noun - a mechanical device for joining two pieces of paper or film or magnetic tape
- a woodworker who joins pieces of wood with a splice
- a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands
Splicing
- verb - a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together; "the break was due to an imperfect splice"
- join by interweaving strands; "Splice the wires"
- join the ends of; "splice film"
- join together so as to form new genetic combinations; "splice genes"
- perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
Splining
- - Of or pertaining to a spline.