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- sortilege/ˈsɔː.tɪ.lɪdʒ/The practice or art of divination or prophecy using lots or casting of lots; magic or witchcraft.nounVery Low
- sorting/ˈsɔː.tɪŋ/The action or process of arranging items into groups or categories based on shared characteristics.nounB1
- sorting tracks/ˈsɔː.tɪŋ ˌtræks/A railway siding or set of parallel tracks where freight cars are separated, organized, and assembled into new trains based on destination.nounC1
- sortition/sɔːˈtɪʃ(ə)n/The selection of individuals for public office or jury duty by random drawing, typically from a larger pool of candidates.nounC2
- sorus/ˈsɔːrəs/A cluster of spore-producing structures found on the underside of a fern frond.nounVery Low (C2+)
- sos/ˌɛs.əʊˈɛs/The international Morse code distress signal (···---···), used as a universally recognized cry for help or indication of extreme emergency.nounverb-intransitiveMedium
- sosa/ˈsəʊsə/A substance, sodium carbonate or sodium hydroxide, used in cleaning and manufacturing.nounVery low / Technical
- sosatie/səˈsɑːti/A South African dish of marinated meat cubes (usually lamb) skewered and grilled, often with pieces of dried fruit and onion between the meat.nounVery Low
- soseki/ˈsəʊseki/A Japanese surname, most famously associated with Natsume Sōseki (夏目 漱石), a prominent Japanese novelist of the Meiji era.nounVery Low
- sosnowiec/sɒsˈnɒvjɛts/A city in southern Poland.nounVery Low
- sostenuto/ˌsɒstəˈnjuːtəʊ/In music, performed in a sustained or prolonged manner, often with a specific instruction to hold notes for their full value.adjectivenounlow
- sostenuto pedal/ˌsɒstəˈnjuːtəʊ ˈpɛd(ə)l/The middle pedal on a modern grand piano that sustains only the notes being held down at the moment the pedal is depressed, allowing other notes to be played staccato.nounC2
- sot/sɒt/A person who is habitually drunk.nounC2 (Very low frequency; archaic/ literary)
- soter/ˈsəʊtə/A savior or deliverer, derived from Greek.nounRare
- soteriology/ˌsəʊ.tɪər.iˈɒl.ə.dʒi/The branch of theology concerned with doctrines of salvation.nounC2
- sothern/ˈsʌð.ən/Relating to, situated in, or facing the south.nounVery High
- sothic cycle/ˈsəʊθɪk ˈsaɪkəl/A period of approximately 1,461 Egyptian years, or 1,460 solar years, representing the time it takes for the ancient Egyptian calendar and the solar year to realign.nounVery Rare
- sothic year/ˈsəʊθɪk jɪə/A specific ancient Egyptian calendar year, defined by the heliacal rising of the star Sirius (Sothis), approximately 365.25 days.nounVery Low
- sothis/ˈsəʊθɪs/The star Sirius, particularly in ancient Egyptian astronomy.nounRare
- sotho/ˈsuːtuː/A member of a Bantu-speaking people of southern Africa, especially Lesotho and South Africa.nounC2
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