English words starting with son

Meanings of Son:

noun

A boy or man in relation to either or both of his parents.

Usage examples:

Throughout their relationship, they had been the main parents to four sons, all of whom had been co…

Meanings of Son-of-a:

noun

Polite phrase for son of a bitch mainly us offensive

Meanings of Son-of-a-bitch:

noun

An offensive word for an unpleasant man

Meanings of Son-of-a-gun:

phrase

A jocular or affectionate way of addressing or referring to someone.

Usage examples:

He's a pretentious son of a gun, but he's got a heart of gold

noun

Polite phrase for son of a bitch mainly us offensive

Meanings of Sonance:

noun

The quality of sounding; sound.

Meanings of Sonancy:

noun

The quality of being sonant.

Meanings of Sonant:

adjective

Of a sound or letter: uttered using the vocal cords; voiced.

noun

A voiced sound or letter.

Meanings of Sonantal:

adjective

Syllabic; that is or contains a syllabic consonant.

Meanings of Sonantic:

adjective

Of the nature of a sonant.

Meanings of Sonar:

noun

A system for the detection of objects under water by emitting sound pulses and detecting or measuring their return after being reflected.

Usage examples:

A weak sonar signal

Meanings of Sonarman:

noun

A person responsible for the operation and maintenance of sonar equipment; = sonar technician . now chiefly historical.

Meanings of Sonars:

noun

A system for the detection of objects under water by emitting sound pulses and detecting or measuring their return after being reflected.

Usage examples:

A weak sonar signal

Meanings of Sonata:

noun

A composition for an instrumental soloist, often with a piano accompaniment, typically in several movements with one or more in sonata form.

Usage examples:

There are movements from three sonatas by scarlatti; sonatas by haydn, mozart and beethoven, and wo…

Meanings of Sonatas:

noun

A composition for an instrumental soloist, often with a piano accompaniment, typically in several movements with one or more in sonata form.

Usage examples:

There are movements from three sonatas by scarlatti; sonatas by haydn, mozart and beethoven, and wo…

Meanings of Sonatina:

noun

A simple or short sonata.

Usage examples:

Sonatina of the high seas is an attractive, intermediate-level work that provides a good introducti…

Meanings of Sonatinas:

noun

A simple or short sonata.

Usage examples:

Sonatina of the high seas is an attractive, intermediate-level work that provides a good introducti…

Meanings of Sonatine:

noun

A short or simple sonata; = "sonatina".

Meanings of Sonation:

noun

The action of sounding; the faculty of producing sound.

Meanings of Sonchus:

noun

Originally: any of several common european sowthistles, especially prickly sowthistle, sonchus asper. in later use also (in form sonchus): a genus of the family asteraceae (compositae) comprising the sowthistles, which are herbaceous plants and shrubs native to eurasia, tropical africa, and australasia, typically having deeply cut leaves and yellow, dandelion-like flower heads, and containing milky latex; (also sonchus) any plant of this genus.

Meanings of Sondage:

noun

A deep trench or hole dug to investigate the order and relative position of strata within a site.

Meanings of Sonde:

noun

An instrument probe that automatically transmits information about its surroundings from an inaccessible location, such as underground or underwater.

Usage examples:

Many other radiosonde designs exist; larger countries historically designed and built their own son…

Meanings of Sonder:

adjective

Of or relating to a class of small racing yachts.

Meanings of Sonderbund:

noun

A league or alliance formed by the seven roman catholic cantons of switzerland.

Meanings of Sondes:

noun

An instrument probe that automatically transmits information about its surroundings from an inaccessible location, such as underground or underwater.

Usage examples:

Many other radiosonde designs exist; larger countries historically designed and built their own son…

Meanings of Sone:

noun

A unit of subjective loudness, equal to 40 phons.

Usage examples:

Technically, one sone equals a 1-khz tone at 40 db spl (sound pressure level).