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sokea
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sokeasti
Without seeing; unseeingly.
sokerileipuri
A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).
sokeriliemi
Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
sokerinen
Of food, drink, etc, containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
sokerisuus
The property of being sugary or sweet.
sokeritauti
(disease) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]
sokeritautiin liittyvä
Of or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.
sokeritautinen
Having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.
sokeritautipotilas
A person with diabetes, usually diabetes mellitus.
sokeroida
(transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
sokeus
The condition of being blind; unable to see.
sokeuttaa
(transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
sokka
(informal) A cotter pin.
sokkeli
The bottom course of a wall.
sokkelo
A structure similar to a maze, but containing only one path with no branches, as distinguished from a maze which contains multiple branching paths
sokkeloinen
Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.
šokki
(medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
sokko
(not comparable, of a place) Having little or no visibility.
sokkokorotus
(poker) A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.
sokkolaukaus
A shot taken at an easy or random target.
sokkona
Without seeing; unseeingly.
sököttää
(poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
Sokrates
A en given name of mostly historical use, known after a Greek philosopher.
sol
In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.
sola
a narrow mountain or mesa pass
solakka
Slim but not skinny.
solakko
(aviation) A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
solidaarisuus
A bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual support within a group.
solina
A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
solipsismi
Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views or needs of others; self-centeredness; egoism.
solipsistinen
Of, or pertaining to, solipsism.
solisluu
(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
solista
(intransitive) To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.
solisti
(music) The lead singer in a musical group.
soljua
(transitive) To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
solki
(countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
solmeilla
To unite closely; to knit together.
solmia
(transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
solmio
A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.
solmu
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.
solmukohta
A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
solttu
(cards) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or a soldier.
solu
A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. [from 14th c.]
solu-
Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.
soluhengitys
The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.
solukko
(biology) A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.
solulima
(cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
solulinja
(genetics) A biological tissue or group of individual cells that are genetically identical as a result of dividing mitotically from a single progenitor cell.
solumainen
Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.
solun jakautuminen
(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis. [from 19th c.]
solunkiinnitys
(biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
soluttaa
(transitive, military) To send (soldiers, spies, etc.) through gaps in the enemy line.
soluttautua
(ambitransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.
soluttautuja
One who infiltrates an organization or territory; an undercover or covert agent.
soluttautuminen
The act of secretly entering a physical location and/or organization.
soluväliaine
(anatomy, cytology, histology) All the microscopic fibres and other molecular structures that are produced by a particular type of cell#Noun but are not part of it (that is, that lie outside its cell membrane), providing support#Noun to the cells and often serving as a co-constituent of the tissue that they constitute, especially a connective tissue.
solvata
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]
solvaus
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies. [from mid-16th c.]
soma
(anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
somali
Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language.
Somalia
A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu.
somalialainen
Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language.
somalilainen
Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language.
somalin kieli
(chiefly, countable, collective) An ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis.
somatoforminen
(medicine) Having no physical or organic cause
some
(uncountable) Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another through the Internet.
somerikko
A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
somevaikuttaja
(social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.
somistaa
(ambitransitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
sommelieeri
The member of staff at a restaurant who keeps the wine cellar and advises the guests on a choice of wines; a wine steward / stewardess, a wine waiter / waitress / server.
sommelier
A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
sommitella
(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
sommitella höyheniksi
(aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.
sommitelma
A collection of things that have been arranged.
sommittelu
(painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
somnolentti
Drowsy or sleepy.
sonaatti
(music) A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
sondeerata
To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
sondi
(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. [from 20th c.]
sonetti
A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
Sonja
A en given name.
sönköttää
Sometimes followed by out: to speak (words) hurriedly, and confusedly or unclearly.
sonni
Any adult male bovine.
sonnustautua
(transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
sonta
(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.
Sony
(trademark) An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan.
šoo
A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase Ϸ, lowercase ϸ.
sooda
(uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
soodavesi
(uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
sooli
(physical chemistry) A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
sooloilija
(by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. [from 1880s]
sooloilla
To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
sooma
(anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
sooninen
Of or relating to sound.
soopa
Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
soopeli
(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
soopelinnahka
(countable, and, uncountable) A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
sopertaa
To run together; to articulate poorly.
sopeuttaa
(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
sopeuttaa ilmastoon
(transitive, chiefly, US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
sopeuttaa yhteiskuntaan
(transitive) To instruct (somebody), usually subconsciously and mostly by example, in the etiquette of a society.
sopeuttaminen
(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
sopeutua
(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
sopeutua ilmastoon
(transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.
sopeutuja
One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
sopeutumaton henkilö
A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.
sopeutumattomuus
Refusal to conform to the doctrine, discipline, or practice of a state religion, especially refusal by other Protestants to conform to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England; the principles or practice of nonconformists; nonconformists as a class.
sopeutuminen
(countable, medical) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
sopeutumiskyky
The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
sopeutunut
Having been changed to fit in with a particular context or to be in sync with a phenomenon.
sopeutuva
Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
sopeutuvuus
The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
sopia
All right, acceptable, permitted.
sopia huonosti
(transitive, intransitive) To fit badly.
sopia sisäkkäin
(intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
sopia yhteen
(intransitive) To agree; to correspond.
sopimaton
(figurative) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
sopimattomasti
Perversely, improperly.
sopimattomuus
The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
sopiminen
The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement.
sopimuksellinen
Of, relating to, or enforced by a contract.
sopimus
(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
sopimusehto
(legal) A distinct part of a contract, a will or another legal document.
sopimusoikeus
(legal) A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
sopimusperusteinen
Of, relating to, or enforced by a contract.
sopimussakko
(finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
sopiva
Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.
sopiva aika
A convenient time.
sopiva rangaistus
Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.
sopivaisuus
That which is proper or becoming.
sopivasti
Timely; at a good time.
sopivuus
The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
söpö
Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
söpöläinen
(chiefly, _, US) A young attractive woman; sweetheart, darling.
söpöliini
A cute person or animal.
söpöys
The state of being cute (endearingly attractive).
soppa
(idiomatic) A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.
soppi
A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
sopraano
(music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
sopu
A state of agreement; harmony; union.
sopuisa
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
sopuisuus
Good temperament and character.
sopukka
An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
sopuli
A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.
sopusointu
Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
sopusointuinen
Aesthetically ordered.
sopusuhtainen
Harmonious and symmetrical.
sora-r
A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
soraääni
Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.

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