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microcosm
/ˈmaɪ krə ˌkɑ zəm /
/ˈmaɪ krə ˌkɑ zəm /
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solace
/ˈsɑ ləs/
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the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
solace meaning(s)
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- (n) the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
- (v) give moral or emotional strength to
- (n) comfort in disappointment or misery
- (n) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
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solace usage(s) Create your Own
- Martin portrays Harry as a reluctant adulterer, consumed with Presbyterian guilt, who sought from other women the kind of feminine solace Clare could not or would not give.
- He sucks his fingers for comfort, but, finding no solace, his mouth crumples, his body stiffens, and he lets rip an almighty shriek of distress.
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solacement
comfort in disappointment or misery
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solan
/ˈsoʊ lən/
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very large white gannet with black wing tips
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solan goose
very large white gannet with black wing tips
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solanaceae
large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly…
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solanaceous
of or relating to plants of the family Solanaceae (the potato family)
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solanaceous vegetable
any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae;…
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solandra
shrubby climbers of tropical America
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solandra guttata
Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped…
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solanopteris
tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots…
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solanopteris bifrons
small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings…
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solant goose
very large white gannet with black wing tips
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solanum
/səʊ ˈlɛɪ nəm/
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type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet
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solanum aviculare
Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple…
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solanum burbankii
improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible…
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solanum carolinense
coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike…
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solanum commersonii
South American potato vine
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solanum crispum
hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant…
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solanum dulcamara
poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval…
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solanum elaeagnifolium
weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue…
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solanum giganteum
woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and…
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solanum jamesii
erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico…
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solanum jasmoides
copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white…
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solanum macranthum
South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics;…