| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| scudded | imp. & past participle | of Scud |
| scuddle | verb i. | To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle. |
| scuffed | imp. & past participle | of Scuff |
| scuffle | verb i. | To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion., Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard., A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters., Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight., A child’s pinafore or bib., A garden hoe. |
| sculker | See Skulk, Skulker. | |
| sculled | imp. & past participle | of Scull |
| sculler | noun | A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars., One who sculls. |
| sculpin | noun | Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America., A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); — called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa., The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lura). |
| scummed | imp. & past participle | of Scum |
| scumber | verb i. | To void excrement., Dung. |
| scumble | verb t. | To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect. |
| scummer | verb i. | To scumber., Excrement; scumber., An instrument for taking off scum; a skimmer. |
| scunner | verb t. | To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at., To have a feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or reluctance., A feeling of disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner against some one. |
| scupper | verb | An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; — called also scupper hole. |
| scurrit | noun | the lesser tern (Sterna minuta). |
| scutage | noun | Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage. |
| scutate | adjective | Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round., Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales. |
| scuttle | noun | A broad, shallow basket., A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod., To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle., A quick pace; a short run., A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid., A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship., An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid., The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like., To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose., To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship. |