| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| scabby | superl. | Affected with scabs; full of scabs., Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. |
| scalae | plural | of Scala |
| scalar | noun | In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; — distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction. |
| scaled | imp. & past participle | of Scale, Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; — said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc., Without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled herring., Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove. |
| scaler | noun | One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist’s instrument for removing tartar from the teeth. |
| scanty | adjective | Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant., Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread., Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious. |
| scaped | imp. & past participle | of Scape |
| scapus | noun | See 1st Scape. |
| scarab | noun | Alt. of Scarabee |
| scarce | superl. | Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon., Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); — with of., Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy., Alt. of Scarcely |
| scared | imp. & past participle | of Scare |
| scarfs | plural | of Scarf |
| scarry | adjective | Bearing scars or marks of wounds., Like a scar, or rocky eminence; containing scars. |
| scarus | noun | A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; — called also parrot fish. |
| scatch | noun | A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; — called also scatchmouth. |
| scathe | verb t. | Alt. of Scath |
| scazon | noun | A choliamb. |
| scelet | noun | A mummy; a skeleton. |
| scenic | adjective | Alt. of Scenical |
| schade | noun | Shade; shadow. |
| scheik | noun | See Sheik. |
| schema | noun | An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect. |
| scheme | noun | A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system., A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme., Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline., A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event., To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot., To form a scheme or schemes. |
| schene | noun | An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia. |
| schism | noun | Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause. |
| schist | noun | Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar. |
| scholy | noun | A scholium., To write scholia; to annotate. |
| school | noun | A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish., A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets., A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the instruction of children; as, a primary school; a common school; a grammar school., A session of an institution of instruction., One of the seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and theology, which were formed in the Middle Ages, and which were characterized by academical disputations and subtilties of reasoning., The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honors are held., An assemblage of scholars; those who attend upon instruction in a school of any kind; a body of pupils., The disciples or followers of a teacher; those who hold a common doctrine, or accept the same teachings; a sect or denomination in philosophy, theology, science, medicine, politics, etc., The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school., Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as, the school of experience., To train in an institution of learning; to educate at a school; to teach., To tutor; to chide and admonish; to reprove; to subject to systematic discipline; to train. |
| schorl | noun | Black tourmaline. |
| scient | adjective | Knowing; skillful. |
| scious | adjective | Knowing; having knowledge. |
| sclave | noun | Same as Slav. |
| 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. |
| scrape | verb t. | To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface., To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above)., To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; — often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together., To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; — usually with down., To rub over the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along., To occupy one’s self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich., To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument., To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow., The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen., A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment., A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty. |
| scrawl | verb i. | See Crawl., To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to scribble; as, to scrawl a letter., To write unskillfully and inelegantly., Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written. |
| screak | verb | To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel., A creaking; a screech; a shriek. |
| scream | verb i. | To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech., A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech. |
| screed | noun | A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide., A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat., A fragment; a portion; a shred., A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds., An harangue; a long tirade on any subject. |
| screen | noun | Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen., A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like., A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc., A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like., To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill., To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift. |
| scribe | noun | One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist., A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people., To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe., To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; — so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts., To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron., To make a mark. |
| scrimp | verb t. | To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat., Short; scanty; curtailed., A pinching miser; a niggard. |
| scrine | noun | A chest, bookcase, or other place, where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine., To cringe. |
| script | noun | A writing; a written document., Type made in imitation of handwriting., An original instrument or document., Written characters; style of writing. |
| scrode | noun | A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed. |
| scroll | noun | A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list., An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern., A mark or flourish added to a person’s signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal., Same as Skew surface. See under Skew. |
| scruff | noun | Scurf., The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck. |
| scruze | verb t. | To squeeze, compress, crush, or bruise. |
| scummy | adjective | Covered with scum; of the nature of scum. |
| scurff | noun | The bull trout. |
| scurfy | superl. | Having or producing scurf; covered with scurf; resembling scurf. |
| scurry | verb i. | To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away., Act of scurring; hurried movement. |
| scurvy | noun | Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy., Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible., A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers. |
| scutal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a shield. |
| scutch | verb t. | To beat or whip; to drub., To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle., To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing., A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp., The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. |
| scutum | noun | An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; — carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry., A penthouse or awning., The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax., One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle. |
| scylla | noun | A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, — both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying “Between Scylla and Charybdis,” signifying a great peril on either hand. |
| scypha | noun | See Scyphus, 2 (b). |
| scyphi | plural | of Scyphus |
| scythe | noun | An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use., A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots., To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. |