| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| scabbed | imp. & past participle | of Scab, Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs., Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless. |
| scabble | verb t. | See Scapple. |
| scabies | noun | The itch. |
| scaglia | noun | A reddish variety of limestone. |
| scalade | noun | Alt. of Scalado |
| scalado | noun | See Escalade. |
| scalary | adjective | Resembling a ladder; formed with steps. |
| scalded | imp. & past participle | of Scald |
| scalder | noun | A Scandinavian poet; a scald. |
| scaldic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the scalds of the Norsemen; as, scaldic poetry. |
| scaling | present participle & vb. noun | of Scale, Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc., Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place. |
| scalene | adjective | Having the sides and angles unequal; — said of a triangle., Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone., Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles., Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles., A triangle having its sides and angles unequal. |
| scalled | adjective | Scabby; scurfy; scall. |
| scallop | noun | Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2., One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell., One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell., To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2., To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below. |
| scalped | imp. & past participle | of Scalp |
| scalpel | noun | A small knife with a thin, keen blade, — used by surgeons, and in dissecting. |
| scalper | noun | One who, or that which, scalps., Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping., A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market., A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets., A person who buys tickets for entertainment or sports events and sells them at a profit, often at a much higher price. Also, ticket scalper. |
| scamble | verb i. | To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble., To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble., To mangle. |
| scamell | noun | Alt. of Scammel |
| scammel | noun | The female bar-tailed godwit. |
| scamper | verb t. | To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away., A scampering; a hasty flight. |
| scanned | imp. & past participle | of Scan |
| scandal | noun | Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace., Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously., Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners., To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander., To scandalize; to offend. |
| scandia | noun | A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium. |
| scandic | adjective | Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium. |
| scanted | imp. & past participle | of Scant |
| scantle | verb i. | To be deficient; to fail., To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down. |
| scantly | adverb | In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously., Scarcely; hardly; barely. |
| scaping | present participle & vb. noun | of Scape |
| scapple | verb t. | To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry., To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone. |
| scapula | noun | The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade., One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise. |
| scarred | imp. & past participle | of Scar |
| scaring | present participle & vb. noun | of Scare |
| scarves | plural | of Scarf |
| scarfed | imp. & past participle | of Scarf |
| scarify | verb t. | To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein., To stir the surface soil of, as a field. |
| scarlet | noun | A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, — of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color., Cloth of a scarlet color., Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread., To dye or tinge with scarlet. |
| scaroid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Scaridae, a family of marine fishes including the parrot fishes. |
| scarped | imp. & past participle | of Scarp |
| scasely | adverb | Scarcely; hardly. |
| scathed | imp. & past participle | of Scath |
| scathly | adjective | Injurious; scathful. |
| scatter | verb t. | To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order., To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse., Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like., To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm. |
| scauper | noun | A tool with a semicircular edge, — used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving. |
| scavage | noun | A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts. |
| scenary | noun | Scenery. |
| scenery | noun | Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence., Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc. |
| scented | imp. & past participle | of Scent |
| scepsis | noun | Skepticism; skeptical philosophy. |
| scepter | noun | Alt. of Sceptre, Alt. of Sceptre |
| sceptre | noun | A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace., Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter., To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority. |
| sceptic | Alt. of Scepticism | |
| schelly | noun | The powan. |
| schemas | plural | of Schema |
| schemed | imp. & past participle | of Scheme |
| schemer | noun | One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer. |
| scherif | noun | See Sherif. |
| scherzo | noun | A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony. |
| schesis | noun | General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude., A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him. |
| schetic | adjective | Alt. of Schetical |
| schisma | noun | An interval equal to half a comma. |
| schizo- | A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division. | |
| schlich | noun | The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. |
| scholar | noun | One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student., One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant., A man of books., In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues. |
| scholia | noun pl. | See Scholium., of Scholium |
| schorly | adjective | Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as, schorly granite. |
| schrode | noun | See Scrod. |
| sciatic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains., Sciatica. |
| science | noun | Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts., Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge., Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; — called also natural science, and physical science., Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind., Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles., To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct. |
| sciniph | noun | Some kind of stinging or biting insect, as a flea, a gnat, a sandfly, or the like. |
| scirrhi | plural | of Scirrhus |
| scissel | noun | The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations., The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage. |
| scissil | noun | See Scissel. |
| scissor | verb t. | To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors. |
| sciurus | noun | A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels. |
| sclavic | adjective | Same as Slavic. |
| scoffed | imp. & past participle | of Scoff |
| scoffer | noun | One who scoffs. |
| scolded | imp. & past participle | of Scold |
| scolder | noun | One who scolds., The oyster catcher; — so called from its shrill cries., The old squaw. |
| scollop | noun & verb | See Scallop. |
| scomber | noun | A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel. |
| scomfit | noun & verb | Discomfit. |
| sconced | imp. & past participle | of Sconce |
| scooped | imp. & past participle | of Scoop |
| scooper | noun | One who, or that which, scoops., The avocet; — so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food. |
| scopate | adjective | Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush. |
| scoppet | verb t. | To lade or dip out. |
| scoptic | adjective | Alt. of Scoptical |
| scopula | noun | A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web., A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee. |
| scoring | present participle & vb. noun | of Score, of Scorn |
| scoriae | plural | of Scoria |
| scoriac | adjective | Scoriaceous. |
| scorify | verb t. | To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag. |
| scorned | imp. & past participle | of Scorn |
| scorner | noun | One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. |
| scorper | noun | Same as Scauper. |
| scorpio | noun | A scorpion., The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [/] in almanacs., A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion. |
| scotale | noun | The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure. |
| scotist | noun | A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic. |
| scotoma | noun | Scotomy. |
| scotomy | noun | Dizziness with dimness of sight., Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye. |
| scoured | imp. & past participle | of Scour |
| scourer | noun | One who, or that which, scours., A rover or footpad; a prowling robber. |
| scourge | noun | A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip., Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment., To whip severely; to lash., To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction., To harass or afflict severely. |
| scourse | verb t. | See Scorse. |
| scouted | imp. & past participle | of Scout |
| scowled | imp. & past participle | of Scowl |
| scraber | noun | The Manx shearwater., The black guillemot. |
| scraggy | superl. | Rough with irregular points; scragged., Lean and rough; scragged. |
| scragly | adjective | See Scraggy. |
| scranch | verb t. | To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. |
| scranky | adjective | Thin; lean. |
| scranny | adjective | Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel. |
| scraped | imp. & past participle | of Scrape |
| scraper | noun | An instrument with which anything is scraped., An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it., An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc., An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship., In the printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet and thus produce the impression., One who scrapes., One who plays awkwardly on a violin., One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously. |
| scrappy | adjective | Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture. |
| scratch | verb t. | To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like., To write or draw hastily or awkwardly., To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; — often with out., To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow., To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches., To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game., A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision., A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch., Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy., A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head., A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke., Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards. |
| scrawny | adjective | Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny. |
| screech | verb | To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek., A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. |
| screwed | imp. & past participle | of Screw |
| screwer | noun | One who, or that which, screws. |
| scribed | imp. & past participle | of Scribe |
| scriber | noun | A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines on stuff; a marking awl. |
| scrimer | noun | A fencing master. |
| scritch | noun | A screech. |
| scroggy | adjective | Abounding in scrog; also, twisted; stunted. |
| scrotal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia. |
| scrotum | noun | The bag or pouch which contains the testicles; the cod. |
| scrouge | verb t. | To crowd; to squeeze. |
| scroyle | noun | A mean fellow; a wretch. |
| scrubby | superl. | Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. |
| scrunch | verb t. & verb i. | To scranch; to crunch. |
| scruple | noun | A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram., Hence, a very small quantity; a particle., Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience., To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience., To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question., To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. |
| 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. |
| scybala | noun pl. | Hardened masses of feces. |
| scyphae | plural | of Scypha |
| scyphus | noun | A kind of large drinking cup, — used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk., The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers., A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen. |
| scythed | adjective | Armed scythes, as a chariot. |