sorites /sō-rīˈtēz or sö-/ (logic)

1. A string of propositions in which the predicate of one is the subject of the next (or the same in reverse order)
2. A sophistical puzzle on the model of ‘How many grains make a heap?’

soritˈic or soritˈical adjective

• lauras
• Laurasia
• Laurasian
• laurdalite
• laurdalites
• laureate
• laureated
• laureates
• laureateship
• laureateships
• laureating
• laureation
• laureations
• laurel
• laurelled
• laurelling
• laurels
• laurel-water
• Laurentian
• lauric acid
• Laurus
• laurustine
• laurustines
• laurustinus
• laurustinuses