| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| scobby | noun | The chaffinch. |
| scolay | verb i. | See Scoley. |
| scolex | noun | The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of Echinococcus., One of the Scolecida. |
| scoley | verb i. | To go to school; to study. |
| sconce | past participle | A fortification, or work for defense; a fort., A hut for protection and shelter; a stall., A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet., Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion., A poll tax; a mulct or fine., A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick., Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted., A squinch., A fragment of a floe of ice., A fixed seat or shelf., To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce., To mulct; to fine. |
| scorce | noun | Barter. |
| scorch | verb t. | To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen., To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat., To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire., To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up., To burn or be burnt. |
| scored | imp. & past participle | of Score |
| scorer | noun | One who, or that which, scores. |
| scoria | noun | The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross., Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders. |
| scorie | noun | The young of any gull. |
| scorny | adjective | Deserving scorn; paltry. |
| scorse | noun | Barter; exchange; trade., To barter or exchange., To chase., To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter. |
| scotal | noun | Alt. of Scotale |
| scotch | adjective | Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish., The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland., Collectively, the people of Scotland., To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping., A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground., To cut superficially; to wound; to score., A slight cut or incision; a score. |
| scoter | noun | Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia. |
| scotia | noun | A concave molding used especially in classical architecture., Scotland |
| scouse | noun | A sailor’s dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. See Lobscouse. |
| scovel | noun | A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin. |