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  • noun Plural form of solid.

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Examples

  • The marvel is not greater that gas is able to sustain itself under the awful pressure with its particles in extreme dispersion, than that what we call solids should have their molecules in a mazy dance and yet keep their strength.

    Among the Forces Henry White Warren 1871

  • If there was a distinction between spices in solids and liquids it was between luxury and necessity.

    A Conversation with Jack Turner 2010

  • I shoot copper solids from a rifled 870 and my 100yd groups look about like your five upper shots.

    Field & Stream 2009

  • This study, however, appears to be the first to suggest that exclusive breastfeeding, in which the infants receive no other liquids or solids, is required to prevent infections.

    Why You Forget Birthdays Jeremy Singer-Vine 2010

  • I shoot copper solids from a rifled 870 and my 100yd groups look about like your five upper shots.

    Field & Stream 2009

  • Rather like looking at bulk properties of electrons in solids and the activities of individual electrons (one is predictable one is rather not).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Interracial Marriage Rates Going Up 2010

  • A baby refusing to eat solids is incredibly stressful.

    How To Feed A Baby And Not Lose Consciousness Trying | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • I used 300 grain solids all the time with a heavy load.

    The .375 H&H: Fraud or Scam? 2008

  • Distillation: The fermented mash, now called “beer,” will contain about 10% alcohol, as well as all the non-fermentable solids from the corn and the yeast cells.

    Ethanol 2008

  • When Pumpkinpie was tiny, and about to start branching out in solids from her limited diet of rice gruel, her doctor recommended that I give her vegetables before fruits so she got used to them before tasting the sweeter delights of squished apples, peaches, and raspberries.

    Archive 2007-10-01 kittenpie 2007

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