| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| scagliola | noun | An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished. |
| scaldfish | noun | A European flounder (Arnoglossus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa); — called also megrim, and smooth sole. |
| scaleback | noun | Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda. |
| scalebeam | noun | The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied., A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard. |
| scaleless | adjective | Destitute of scales. |
| scaliness | noun | The state of being scaly; roughness. |
| scalloped | imp. & past participle | of Scallop, Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a scallop., Having the edge or border cut or marked with segments of circles. See Scallop, n., 2., Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs. |
| scalloper | noun | One who fishes for scallops. |
| scambling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scamble |
| scamillus | noun | A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal. |
| scampavia | noun | A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century. |
| scampered | imp. & past participle | of Scamper |
| scamperer | noun | One who scampers. |
| scansores | noun pl. | An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists. |
| scantling | adjective | Not plentiful; small; scanty., A fragment; a bit; a little piece., A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample., A small quantity; a little bit; not much., A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc., The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything., A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline., A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle. |
| scantness | noun | The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness. |
| scapegoat | noun | A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness., Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others. |
| scapeless | adjective | Destitute of a scape. |
| scapement | verb | Same as Escapement, 3. |
| scaphopda | noun pl. | A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha. |
| scapiform | adjective | Resembling a scape, or flower stem. |
| scapolite | noun | A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda. |
| scapulary | noun | A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons., The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion., A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place., Same as Scapular, a., Same as 2d and 3d Scapular. |
| scaraboid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles., A scaraboid beetle. |
| scarecrow | noun | Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger., A person clad in rags and tatters., The black tern. |
| scarefire | noun | An alarm of fire., A fire causing alarm. |
| scarfskin | noun | See Epidermis. |
| scarifier | noun | One who scarifies., The instrument used for scarifying., An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface. |
| scarified | imp. & past participle | of Scarify |
| scathless | adjective | Unharmed. |
| scattered | imp. & past participle | of Scatter, Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread., Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves. |
| scavenger | verb | A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health. |
| scelestic | adjective | Evil; wicked; atrocious. |
| scentless | adjective | Having no scent. |
| sceptered | imp. & past participle | of Sceptre |
| sceptring | of Sceptre | |
| sceptical | Alt. of Scepticism | |
| schediasm | noun | Cursory writing on a loose sheet. |
| scheelite | noun | Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization. |
| scheelium | noun | The metal tungsten. |
| schematic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a scheme or a schema. |
| schemeful | adjective | Full of schemes or plans. |
| schetical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the habit of the body; constitutional. |
| schilling | noun | Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents. |
| schirrhus | noun | See Scirrhus. |
| schistose | adjective | Alt. of Schistous |
| schistous | adjective | Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist. |
| schizopod | noun | one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively., Alt. of Schizopodous |
| scholarly | adjective | Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique., In a scholarly manner. |
| scholiast | noun | A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator. |
| scholiaze | verb i. | To write scholia. |
| scholical | adjective | Scholastic. |
| scholiums | plural | of Scholium |
| schooling | present participle & vb. noun | of School, Instruction in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning; act of teaching., Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling., Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils., Collecting or running in schools or shoals. |
| schoolboy | noun | A boy belonging to, or attending, a school. |
| schoolery | noun | Something taught; precepts; schooling. |
| schoolmen | plural | of Schoolman |
| schoolman | noun | One versed in the niceties of academical disputation or of school divinity. |
| schorlous | adjective | Schorlaceous. |
| schottish | noun | Alt. of Schottische |
| schwanpan | noun | Chinese abacus. |
| sciaenoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish. |
| sciagraph | noun | An old term for a vertical section of a building; — called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section., A radiograph. |
| sciamachy | noun | See Sciomachy. |
| sciatical | adjective | Sciatic. |
| sciential | adjective | Pertaining to, or producing, science. |
| scientist | noun | One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant. |
| scillitin | noun | A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several substances. |
| scintilla | noun | A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle. |
| sciomachy | noun | A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat. |
| sciomancy | noun | Divination by means of shadows. |
| scioptics | noun | The art or process of exhibiting luminous images, especially those of external objects, in a darkened room, by arrangements of lenses or mirrors. |
| scioptric | adjective | Scioptic. |
| scirrhoid | adjective | Resembling scirrhus. |
| scirrhous | adjective | Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus; indurated; knotty; as, scirrhous affections; scirrhous disease. |
| scissible | adjective | Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument. |
| sclaundre | noun | Slander. |
| sclavonic | adjective | Same as Slavonic. |
| scleritis | noun | See Sclerotitis. |
| sclerogen | noun | The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin. |
| sclerosed | adjective | Affected with sclerosis. |
| sclerosis | noun | Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue., Hardening of the cell wall by lignification. |
| sclerotal | adjective | Sclerotic., The optic capsule; the sclerotic coat of the eye. |
| sclerotic | adjective | Hard; firm; indurated; — applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony., Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical., Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed., The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of Eye (d)., Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye. |
| sclerotia | plural | of Sclerotium |
| scobiform | adjective | Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings. |
| scolecida | noun pl. | Same as Helminthes. |
| scolecite | noun | A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also lime mesotype. |
| scoliosis | noun | A lateral curvature of the spine. |
| scolithus | noun | A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm. |
| scombroid | adjective | Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family., Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type. |
| sconcheon | noun | A squinch. |
| scopeline | adjective | Scopeloid. |
| scopeloid | adjective | Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodae, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent., Any fish of the family Scopelidae. |
| scopiform | adjective | Having the form of a broom or besom. |
| scops owl | Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially the European scops owl (Scops giu), and the American screech owl (S. asio). | |
| scoptical | adjective | Jesting; jeering; scoffing. |
| scopulous | adjective | Full of rocks; rocky. |
| scorbutic | adjective | Alt. of Scorbutical |
| scorbutus | noun | Scurvy. |
| scorching | present participle & vb. noun | of Scorch, Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. |
| scorifier | noun | One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button. |
| scoriform | adjective | In the form of scoria. |
| scorified | imp. & past participle | of Scorify |
| scorodite | noun | A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron. |
| scorpioid | adjective | Alt. of Scorpioidal |
| scotching | present participle & vb. noun | of Scotch, Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument. |
| scotchmen | plural | of Scotchman |
| scotchman | noun | A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman., A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear. |
| scot-free | adjective | Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe. |
| scoundrel | noun | A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue., Low; base; mean; unprincipled. |
| scourging | present participle & vb. noun | of Scourge |
| scrabbled | imp. & past participle | of Scrabble |
| scraggily | adverb | In a scraggy manner. |
| scrambled | imp. & past participle | of Scramble |
| scrambler | noun | One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours., A greedy and unceremonious contestant. |
| scranched | imp. & past participle | of Scranch |
| scrapbook | noun | A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept. |
| scrappily | adverb | In a scrappy manner; in scraps. |
| scratched | imp. & past participle | of Scratch |
| scratcher | noun | One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird. |
| scrawling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scrawl |
| screaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Screak |
| screaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Scream, Uttering screams; shrieking., Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp. |
| screeched | imp. & past participle | of Screech |
| screening | present participle & vb. noun | of Screen |
| scribable | adjective | Capable of being written, or of being written upon. |
| scribbled | imp. & past participle | of Scribble |
| scribbler | noun | One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack., A scribbling machine. |
| scrimmage | noun | Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle., The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play. |
| scrimping | present participle & vb. noun | of Scrimp, a. & n. from Scrimp, v. t. |
| scrimshaw | verb t. | To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines., A shell, a whale’s tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed. |
| scringing | present participle & vb. noun | of Scrine |
| scrippage | noun | The contents of a scrip, or wallet. |
| scriptory | adjective | Of or pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used in writing; as, scriptory wills; a scriptory reed. |
| scripture | noun | Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription., The books of the Old and the new Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; — used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural., A passage from the Bible;; a text. |
| scrivener | noun | A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings., One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker., A writing master. |
| scrubbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Scrub |
| scrummage | noun | See Scrimmage. |
| scrutable | adjective | Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination. |
| scrutator | noun | One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer. |
| scrutoire | noun | A escritoire; a writing desk. |
| scuffling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scuffle |
| sculptile | adjective | Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. |
| sculpture | noun | The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials., Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc., To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. |
| scumbling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scumble, A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing., In crayon drawing, the use of the stump., The color so laid on. Also used figuratively. |
| scutching | present participle & vb. noun | of Scutch |
| scutcheon | noun | An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield., A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4. |
| scutellum | noun | A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens., The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax., One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella. |
| scutiform | adjective | Shield-shaped; scutate. |
| scuttling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scuttle |
| scythemen | plural | of Scytheman |
| scytheman | noun | One who uses a scythe; a mower. |