Solid

Definition: Solid

Solid

Adjective

1. Of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state".

2. Of good substantial quality; "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit".

3. Entirely of one substance with no holes inside; "solid silver"; "a solid block of wood".

4. Of one substance or character throughout; "solid gold"; "a solid color"; "carved out of solid rock".

5. Uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water".

6. Providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast".

7. Of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings".

8. Having high moral qualities; "a noble spirit"; "a solid citizen"; "an upstanding man"; "a worthy successor".

9. Not soft or yielding to pressure; "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground".

10. : having three dimensions; "a solid object".

11. : incapable of being seen through; "solid blackness".

12. : entirely of a single color throughout; "a solid fabric".

13. : turned into or covered with thick ice; "a brook frozen solid".

14. : acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc".

Noun

1. A substance that is solid at room temperature and pressure.

2. The state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains an definite size and shape.

3. A three-dimensional shape.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "solid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Solid \Sol"id\, adjective. [Latin expression solidus, probably akin to sollus whole, entire: compare to the French expression solide. Compare to Consolidate, Soda, Solder, Soldier, Solemn.]. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Language

Mining

Publishing & Graphic Arts

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Synonyms: Solid

Certainty

Adjective: certain, sure, assured; Verb: solid, well-founded.

Completeness

Adjective: complete, entire; whole; perfect; full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary; solid, undivided; with all its parts; all-sided.

Density

Verb: be dense. Adjective: become solid, render solid. Adjective: solidify, solidate; concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate; curd, curdle; lopper; fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize; petrify. (harden).

Solid body, mass, block, knot, lump; concretion, concrete, conglomerate; cake, clot, stone, curd, coagulum; bone, gristle, cartilage; casein, crassamentum; legumin.

Adjective: dense, solid; solidified. Verb: caseous; pukka; coherent, cohesive; compact, close, serried, thickset; substantial, massive, lumpish; impenetrable, impermeable, nonporous, imporous; incompressible; constipated; concrete. (hard); knotted, knotty; gnarled; crystalline, crystallizable; thick, grumous, stuffy.

Fuel

Coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale; turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log; cinder. (products of combustion); ingle, tinder, touchwood; sulphur, brimstone; incense; port-fire; fire-barrel, fireball, brand; amadou, bavin; blind coal, glance coal; German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge; solid fueled rocket.

Intelligence Wisdom

Prudent; (cautious); sober, stand, solid; considerate, politic, wise in one's generation; watchful; provident; (prepared); in advance of one' age; wise as a serpent, wise as Solomon, wise as Solon.

Cool; cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed; long-sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting; solid, deep, profound.

Knowledge

Erudite, instructed, leaned, lettered, educated; well conned, well informed, well read, well grounded, well educated; enlightened, shrewd, savant, blue, bookish, scholastic, solid, profound, deep-read, book-learned; accomplished; (skillful); omniscient; self-taught.

Deep knowledge, profound knowledge, solid knowledge, accurate knowledge, acroatic knowledge, acroamatic knowledge, vast knowledge, extensive knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, encyclopedic learning; omniscience, pantology.

Perseverance

Solid, sturdy, staunch, stanch, true to oneself; unchangeable; unconquerable; (strong); indomitable, game to the last, indefatigable, untiring, unwearied, never tiring.

Printing

Adjective: printed; Verb: in type; typographical; Noun: solid in galleys.

Stability

Tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock; firmly seated, firmly established; Verb: deep-rooted, ineradicable; inveterate; obstinate.

Truth

Well-grounded, well founded; solid, substantial, tangible, valid; undistorted, undisguised; unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic, unflattering.

Crosswords: Solid

Albanian (firm), Romanian (awfully, big, deep, durable, enduring, fast, firm, firmly, hard, hard and fast, hefty, massive, massy, portly, profound, reliable, rocky, rugged, safe, secure, serious, solid, solidly, sound, soundly, Square, stable, sterling, stiff, stout, strapping, strong, tenable, tough, well knit), Swedish (solid, substantial).

So, how does it feel to be a solid citizen again (Mission: Impossible; writing credit: Bruce Geller; David Koepp)

Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would meltZap (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen)

It takes one solid weekend of training to get that badge (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

One good, solid hope's worth a cartload of certainty (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

Just good solid detective work (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

I picked you up, and put you back on solid ground (Kryptonite; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

Solid walls of sound (Bennie And The Jets; performing artist: Elton John)

I got my feet on solid ground (Make it Happen; performing artist: Mariah Carey)

Me and E gettin solid like the Ice Capades (E.I.; performing artist: Nelly)

Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it. (references; author: Mark Twain)

The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973)

Quick Constant and Solid Instant (1969)

The Solid Tin Coyote (1966)

Solid Ivory (1947)

Through Solid Walls (1916)

Bounce Me Brother With A Solid Four (performing artist: The Andrews Sisters)

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References

• Solid Waste Equipment and Services in Netherlands: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

• Solid Group, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Solid State Supplies Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Solid Waste Recycling Equipment in France: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Coal, Peat and Lignite Briquettes, Ovoids and Solid Fuels in Indonesia (reference)

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Books

• Solid Sample Analysis: Direct and Slurry Sampling Using Gf-Aas and Etv-Icp (reference)

• Computational Materials Science: From Ab Initio to Monte Carlo Methods (Springer Series in Solid State Sciences, 129) (reference)

• Handbook of Environmental Analysis: Chemical Pollutants in Air, Water, Soil, and Solid Wastes (reference)

• 3rd IEEE Solid State Sensor and Actuator Workshop (reference)

• Technical Digest of Solid State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, 1998 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Ca Selects: Solid State Nmr (reference)

• Journal Of Solid State Electrochemistry (reference)

• Physics Of The Solid State (reference)

• Solid Solutions (reference)

• Solid State Communications (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker (reference)

• The Solid Gold Cadillac (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Every Little Bit Hurts: Solid Soul 6 (reference)

• The Solid Sounds of the 8-piece Brotherhood (reference)

• Solid Gove (reference)

• Soul Heaven: Solid Soul 8 (reference)

• The Best of Joe Williams: The Roulette, Solid State & Blue Note Years (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 1000FT CAT6 Gigabit Bulk Solid Pvc Cable (reference)

• Belkin Cabinet Equipment Shelf Black 19IN W X 18IN D Solid F/F4D169-Blk (reference)

• HOSA PRO, ULTRA-PURE, SOLID SILVER CONNECTORS . (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• All-Clad Stainless Solid Square Spoon (reference)

• Emerilware Nonstick Solid Turner (reference)

• Old Dutch Solid Copper Oval Party Tub (reference)

• Mirka 23-388-180 5" 180 Grit Solid PSA Discs (For PC332, 7334, 7335, DeWalt DW420) (reference)

• Paslode 900400 Trimpulse Solid State Finish Nailer (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Patient is being prepared for surgery. An operating room is pictured with physician looking on while patient is being administered anesthetic. Several surgical attendants are also visible. Surgical biopsy is called for to determine exact nature of solid tumor. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

White woman patient is being operated on. Her nipple is being incised by the surgeon. The surgeon and an operating room attendant are visible (there may actually be two surgeons). A surgical biopsy is being performed to determine exact nature of solid tumor. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Aquatic bacteria were grown as biofilm on steel for one week. Biofilms are colonies of microorganisms that attach and grow on a solid surface that has been exposed to water. Credit: CDC.

Solid Smoke. Credit: NASA.

Static Test Firing DM-2 for Solid Rocket Booster. Credit: NASA.

Figure 31. Aime messenger ca. 1843. The Frenchman Georges Aime was among the fir st to systematically employ the principle of a messenger in order to communicate with submerged instruments. The messenger was sent down the line and activated some form of opening or closing mechanism on the sampling instrument. Aime used only solid messengers which had to have the line or cable run through them. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 68. Thoulet device for classifying minerals by means of an iodine solution. This device used the principle of buoyancy of solids in liquids to determine the density of the solid being tested. In this manner, mineral material in a bottom sample could be quickly determined. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

The nine solid rocket motors used to augment the thrust of Delta 116 are being jettisoned 87 seconds after the launch at approximately 18 miles altitude. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Roofed and concrete wall solid manure stacking facility with settling basin and filter strip. Resource Conservationist Tom Adams and landowner in foreground. Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Credit: Lynn Betts.

In the cities we call this "refuse," in the countryside we call it "litter," and, in general, we call it "solid pollution." / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J. Mohr..

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses, his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind. (reference)

Before we cast away the solid assurances of national armaments for self-preservation we must be certain that our temple is built, not upon shifting sands or quagmires, but upon the rock. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1927)

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Then I supplied myself with a plate of something solid and a glass of something fluid, and found a place next to Lady Muriel

The mire was here almost solid, there almost liquid

Thick among the tufts of rank stiff growth lay battered canisters and clots and coils of solid excrement

Timothy drove his shovel along the ditch bottom, and the solid earth shone where the shovel cut it.

They are either solid grass, or have a little sand in the middle

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Health

For many solid tumors, surgery is the primary and most effective treatment. (references)

Remove any sharp or solid objects that the person might hit during the seizure. (references)

Speech usually becomes slurred and swallowing solid foods or liquids can be difficult. (references)

Business

The latter’s emissions are due to solid waste disposal. (references)

Solid Group offers cable with Internet and satellite services. (references)

Solid municipal waste can be deposited at about 150 secured sites. (references)

Civil Liberties

Greece

In addition the rigorous training conditions they must meet to advance also require a solid educational background and fluency in Greek, posing an obstacle for many Muslims. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

Vietnam is a solid market for the future. (references)

Armenia

After consolidation, a core of 10-15 solid banks is predicted. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

The charges did not appear to be supported by solid evidence. (references)

Albania

The courts accuse the police of failing to provide the solid investigation and evidence necessary to prosecute successfully, and the police allege that corruption and bribery taint the courts. (references)

Azerbaijan

Domestic human rights groups reported that several suspects had solid alibis; however, all were tried and convicted, and representatives of opposition parties all received maximum sentences of 6 to 7 years' imprisonment. (references)

Political Economy

Italy

The center-right coalition won the May 13, 2001 elections and has a solid majority in Parliament. (references)

HUNGARY

In 2000, Hungary continued to post solid increases in industrial output, exports, and overall output. (references)

PANAMA

The construction industry has reported a serious downturn in 2001, coming off two years of solid growth. (references)

Trade

Sri Lanka

It concentrates on four areas, namely power, telecommunications, transport and solid waste management. (references)

Canada

Net Quantity Declaration: should be expressed in metric units of volume when the product is a liquid or a gas, or is viscous; or in metric units of weight when the product is solid or by numerical count. (references)

Turkey

However, given chronically high government budget deficits, bank profitability has been treasury-based, not lending-based, and most banks have yet to develop solid lending cultures and risk-asset management systems. (references)

Travel

Kenya

There is solid sales potential for U.S. goods and services in Kenya. (references)

Argentina

To establish trust, some time spent discussing family members or sports and social activities is fundamental to the development of a solid business relationship. (references)

Italy

With the ease of telephone communications, international calls are frequently the best method of arranging appointments and maintaining solid commercial relations. (references)

Women

Seychelles

A survey of six church parishes conducted in 1999 by the Association for the Promotion of Solid Humane Families, an NGO, revealed that 25 percent of those surveyed stated that they had been victims of domestic violence, confirming the general belief that the problem is more widespread than official statistics indicate. (references)

Worker Rights

Brazil

Witnesses' fear of retaliation and the fact that police generally do not conduct criminal investigations when accompanying labor inspectors on raids also complicate efforts to build a solid case in court. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "solid": a solid blow ♦ a solid vote ♦ be solid for ♦ booked solid ♦ constructive solid geometry ♦ dissolved solid ♦ dry solid matter ♦ edges of a solid anchor ♦ edges or a solid angle ♦ flat solid ♦ freeze solid ♦ go solid for ♦ hybrid solid modeler ♦ hybrid solid modeller ♦ ideal solid ♦ imports of solid fuels ♦ man of solid build ♦ of solid gold ♦ platonic solid ♦ primary solid solution ♦ regular convex solid ♦ regular solid ♦ rethreading die solid ♦ solid and liquid fuels ♦ solid angle ♦ solid arguments ♦ solid as a rock ♦ solid billet ♦ solid bit ♦ solid block ♦ solid block of flats ♦ solid body ♦ solid body substance ♦ solid build ♦ solid color ♦ solid content ♦ solid dam ♦ solid evidence ♦ solid fact ♦ solid figure ♦ solid food ♦ solid foods ♦ solid friendship ♦ solid fuel ♦ solid fuel heater ♦ solid fueled rocket ♦ solid geometry ♦ solid gold ♦ solid green ♦ solid ground ♦ solid health ♦ solid in galleys ♦ solid locus ♦ solid lubricant ♦ solid marriage ♦ solid matter ♦ solid meal ♦ solid measure ♦ solid newel ♦ solid of least resistance ♦ solid of revolution ♦ solid paraffin ♦ solid phase epitaxy ♦ solid pier foundations ♦ solid problem ♦ solid propellant ♦ solid reputation ♦ solid rock ♦ solid rotor ♦ solid smokeless fuel ♦ solid solution ♦ solid square ♦ solid state ♦ solid state device ♦ solid state NMR ♦ solid state nuclear magnetic resonance ♦ solid steel ♦ solid structure ♦ solid tumor ♦ solid vision ♦ solid vote ♦ solid waste ♦ solid waste disposal ♦ solid word ♦ talk solid sense ♦ vertex of a solid ♦ wire with solid conductors ♦ work for three solid days. Additional references.

Beginning with "solid": solid-as, solid-backed, solid-bodied, solid-body, solid-borne, solid-breasted, solid-brickwork, solid-cast, solid-colour, solid-coloured, Solid-drawn, solid-drawn tube, solid-for-the, solid-framed, solid-frozen, solid-fuel, solid-headed, solid-hoofed, solid-like, solid-liquid, solid-looking, solid-model, solid-phase, solid-propellant, solid-riffing, solid-silver, solid-solid, solid-sounding, solid-state, solid-state chemistry, solid-state device, solid-state physics, solid-state storage device, solid-timber, solid-top, solid-topped, solid-tyred, solid-void, solid-waste, solid-wood.

Ending with "solid": rock-solid, semi-solid.

Containing "solid": semi-solid food.

Afrikaans

stewig (firm, robust, sturdy), ferm (firm, robust, sturdy). (various references)

Albanian

trup i ngurtë, i plotë (all out, big, broad, clear, close, complete, comprehensive, crowded, dead, direct, dyed in the wool, entire, flush, fraught, full, gross, integral, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plummy, pregnant, radical, round, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unabbreviated, uncut, unquestioning, utter, whole), i pandërprerë (ceaseless, continual, continuous, entire, incessant, inseverable, perpetual, sustained, unceasing, uniform, uninterrupted, unremitting), i ngurtë (firm, obdurate, rigid, stark, stiff, straitlaced, wooden), i gurtë (rocky, stonelike), i fortë (able bodied, adamant, adamantine, brawny, cast iron, cogent, decuman, Doughty, durable, endurable, enduring, fast, fierce, firm, flinty, forceful, Hale, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, high pitched, intense, intensive, keen, lancinating, nervous, oaky, potent, powerful, red blooded, refractory, resistant, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, screamy, serviceable, sharp, smart, sound, spanking, stable, staunch, steely, stentorian, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, swashing, swingeing, tenable, tenacious, tough, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, virulent, well-built, well-set). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غير منقطع (unbroken, unceasing, unremitting), ‏راسخ (deep-seated, earthbound, fast, firm, firmly, fixed, founded, immovable, incommutable, incorrigible, ingrained, inveterate, rooted, settled, sound, stabile, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sure, unalterable, vested), ‏رصين (calm, equable, equal, sedate, serious, sober, sober minded, solemn, staid, steady, thoughtful), ‏ثابت (abiding, constant, enduring, fast, firm, fixed, habitual, immobile, immovable, immutable, indubitable, invariable, lasting, lingering, perpetual, settled, stabile, stable, standing, stationary, steadfast, steady, stiff, strong, stubborn, sturdy, substantive, unfailing, unmoved), ‏إجماعي (unanimous), ‏المجسم (embodied), ‏جامد (hard, immobile, inactive, indeclinable, inert, inflexible, insensible, motionless, muscle bound, rigid, standstill, static, stationary, stiff), ‏صلب (adamant, aguish, callosity, callous, cast iron, concrete, consolidate, corneous, cross oneself, crucifixion, crucify, cruel, firm, harden, horny, inflexible, loin, metallic, out and out, persistent, ramrod, resistant, rigid, robust, sear, solidary, stabile, stark, stiff, stiffen, stubborn, temper, tenacious, tough, unkind, unyielding), ‏رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), ‏سميك (stout, thick), ‏محكم (airtight, coherent, compact, fast, firm, hermetic, impermeable, impervious, precise, secure, strong, tight, well knit), ‏وثيق (tight, tightly bound), ‏وطيد (firm, settled, stable, steady, stiff), ‏قاس (austere, callous, concrete, cruel, cutthroat, drastic, firm, gauge, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, inclement, inflexible, measure, merciless, pitiless, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, rugged, ruthless, scale, severe, standardize, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, tape, tough, try on, unfeeling, unkind, unyielding), ‏قاس صلب (callous, concrete, firm, hard, harsh, inflexible, relentless, rigid, rough, ruthless, severe, stiff, strict, tough), ‏مصمت (massive), ‏متماسك (coherent, cohesive, concrete, consistent, tenacious), ‏متين (able bodied, consistent, durable, enduring, firm, lasting, robust, safe, secure, sound, stabile, staunch, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, tough), ‏صلب البنية. (various references)

Bulgarian 

обоснован (grounded, well founded, well grounded), плътен (closely-knit, compact, compacted, consistent, dense, fruity, open, orotund, resonant, rich, rotund, round, sonorous, stiff, thick), пространствен (spatial), близък (adjacent, akin, allied to, chummy, close, familiar, impendent, kindred, near, neighboring, neighbouring, next, nigh, pally, pressing, prospective, sister, sympathetic, thick, toward), без разредка, единен (aggregate, one, undivided, unitary), единодушен (consentaneous, consentient, ringing, unanimous), единодушно (with one voice), едър (big, bouncing, burly, coarse, full, gross, husky, large, massive, massy, overblown, portly, strapping, substantial, walloping), масивен (ponderous), монолитен (integral, monolithic), написан слято, набит (cobby, stout, thickset), изпълнен (fraught, full, inflated, replete), неразглобяем, убедителен (convincing, demonstrative, eloquent, evidential, fair-spoken, forcible, persuasive, potent, seductive, suasive, telling, vigorous, weighty), общ (aggregate, blanket, broad, collective, common, communal, corporate, general, generic, global, impersonal, joint, omnibus, overall, total, wide), основателен (lawful, legitimate, righteous, warrantable, well founded, well grounded), кубичен (cubic, cubical), твърд (adamant, adamantine, constant, crusty, decided, determined, dogged, fast, firm, flat, flinty, forceful, gritty, hard, hardhearted, immovable, obstinate, persistent, proof, rigid, rock-ribbed, rocky, sclerotic, sclerous, set, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stiff, stout, stringy, strong, sturdy, swerveless, tenacious, tinny, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering), твърдо тяло, твърдо фаза, тримерен, фигура с три измерения, цял (cool, entire, full, good, intact, integral, integrate, livelong, overall, perfect, regular, right, round, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabridged, unbroken, undivided, whole), чист (absolute, chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, crisp, crystal, downright, fair, fine, fresh, heavenly, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, lucid, mere, native, natty, neat, net, orderly, oriental, pellucid, pristine, pure, rank, sanitary, self, sheer, simon-pure, soilless, stainless, sterling, straight, sublime, sweet, taintless, trim, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unmixed, unpolluted, unsophisticated, unspotted, unstained, virgin, virginal, virtuous, white, white-handed), сигурен (bound, certain, confident, copper-bottomed, dependable, good, infallible, necessary, positive, reliable, responsible, safe, secure, steady, sure, tried, trustworthy, trusty, undoubted, unfailing, unfaltering), сложна дума написана слято, солиден (lusty, massive, massy, portly, pucka, pukka, rugged, secure, sound, steady, sterling, substantial, trustworthy, valid), непрекъснат (continual, continuous, everlasting, incessant, permanent, perpetual, running, sustained, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting). (various references)

Chinese 

鞏 (bessemerizing of matte, secure), 確 (authenticated, firm, real, true), 碻 (firm), 監 (firm, hard, jail, prison, strong, supervisor, to inspect, to supervise), 确 (authenticated, firm), 坚实, 固體 , 固 (hard, strong, sure), 寔 (really), 實 (honest, real, really, true), 堅硬 (hard), 堅 (firm, resolute, strong, unyielding). (various references)

Czech

spolehlivý (authoritative, dependable, dutiful, foolproof, good, reliable, reputable, safe, sound, staunch, steady, sure, trustworthy, unfailing), solidní (firm, reputable, responsible, robust, sound, steady, stout, sturdy), vážný (austere, dangerous, earnest, good, grave, major, mellow, pensive, portly, serious, solemn, stern, straight, strong, wistful), tuhý (grim, hard, rigid, stiff, tenacious, tough), plný (bony, crowded, filled, full, full(of), fulsome, packed, plenary, pregnant, replete, round), pevný (adamant, compact, concrete, consistent, deep-seated, durable, energetic, fast, firm, fixed, good, hard set, hardwearing, heavy duty, immovable, ingrained, meaty, proof, resilient, resolute, secure, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, unmoved, unswerving, unyielding, valid), nepřetržitý (continual, continuous, incessant, steady, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted), kubický (cubic), jednomyslný (consentaneous, consentient, unanimous), jednolitý (monolithic), hutný (compact, concise, nervous, terse), dùležitý (all important, big, grand, great, important, major, momentous, of great importance, relevant, substantive), celistvý (undivided), celý (all, entire, unbroken, whole). (various references)

Danish

fast (fast, firm, fixed, robust, stable, sturdy). (various references)

Dutch

gedegen (firm), flink (brave, energetic, firm, gallant, vigorous). (various references)

Esperanto

solida (firm). (various references)

Finnish

kiinteä (close, firm, fixed), jähmeä (stiff). (various references)

French

solide (sound), massif (the solid). (various references)

Frisian

massyf (massive). (various references)

German

solide (firm, reasonable, respectable, sober, solidly, sound, soundly, steady, stoutly, strong, strongly, sturdy, substantially, thorough, unexceptionable), massiv (compact, gross, heavy, massif, massive, massively, ponderous, powerful, severe, wholesale), stabil (fast, firm, robust, rugged, sound, stable, stably, strong, strongly, sturdily, sturdy, well-built), fest (abiding, attached, banquet, buoyant, buoyantly, carnival, celebration, closely, compact, consistent, constant, continual, continuous, crisp, definite, faithfully, fast, feast, festival, festivity, fete, fexed, firm, firmly, fix, fixated, fixed, gaiety, hard, heavy, immovable, ingrained, junket, lasting, moored, non-varying, party, permanent, permanently, proof, regular, robust, safely, secure, securely, set, settled, solidly, sound, squarely, stable, steadfast, steadily, steady, stiff, stout, stoutly, strong, sturdy, sustained, tight, tighten, tightly, tough, unfaltering, unhesitating, unshrinking, unwavering, unwaveringly). (various references)

Greek 

στερεός (substantial). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוצק (cast, cast iron, compact, firm, hard, massive, substantial), מבוסס (based, established, founded, on easy street, sound, well founded), איתן (cast iron, firm, immovable, mighty, perennial, permanent, steady, strong, sturdy, substantial), אטום (caulking, dull, impenetrable, impermeable, opaque, sealed, sealing, shut), סולידי. (various references)

Hungarian