Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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 |