Scandal (v. t.) To scandalize; to offend.
Scandalized (imp. & p. p.) of Scandalize
Scandalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scandalize
Scandalize (v. t.) To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.
Scandalize (v. t.) To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
Scandalous (a.) Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
Scandalous (a.) Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
Scandalous (a.) Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.
Scandalously (adv.) In a manner to give offense; shamefully.
Scandalously (adv.) With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
Scandalousness (n.) Quality of being scandalous.
Scandalum magnatum () A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.
Scandent (a.) Climbing.
Scandia (n.) A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.
Scandic (a.) Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium.
Scandinavian (a.) Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
Scandinavian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.
Scandium (n.) A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.
Scansion (n.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
Scansores (n. pl.) An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists.
Scansorial (a.) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot.
Scansorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust.. under Aves.
Scant (superl.) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
Scant (superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Scanted (imp. & p. p.) of Scant
Scanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scant
Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
Scant (v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
Scant (v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
Scant (adv.) In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Scant (n.) Scantness; scarcity.
Scantily (adv.) In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
Scantiness (n.) Quality or condition of being scanty.
Scantle (v. i.) To be deficient; to fail.
Scantle (v. t.) To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
Scantlet (n.) A small pattern; a small quantity.
Scantling (a.) Not plentiful; small; scanty.
Scantling (v. t.) A fragment; a bit; a little piece.
Scantling (v. t.) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.
Scantling (v. t.) A small quantity; a little bit; not much.
Scantling (v. t.) A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.
Scantling (v. t.) The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.
Scantling (v. t.) A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
Scantling (v. t.) A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
Scantly (adv.) In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
Scantly (adv.) Scarcely; hardly; barely.
Scantness (n.) The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
Scanty (a.) Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
Scanty (a.) Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
Scanty (a.) Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
Scape (n.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.
Scape (n.) The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.
Scape (n.) The shaft of a column.
Scape (n.) The apophyge of a shaft.
Scaped (imp. & p. p.) of Scape
Scaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scape
Scape (v. t. & i.) To escape.
Scape (n.) An escape.
Scape (n.) Means of escape; evasion.
Scape (n.) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
Scape (n.) Loose act of vice or lewdness.
Scapegallows (n.) One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
Scapegoat (n.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
Scapegoat (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
Scapegrace (n.) A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless.
Scapeless (a.) Destitute of a scape.
Scapement (v.) Same as Escapement, 3.
Scape-wheel (n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.
Scaphander (n.) The case, or impermeable apparel, in which a diver can work while under water.
Scaphism (n.) An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.
Scaphite (n.) Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.
Scaphocephalic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.
Scaphocephaly (n.) A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped.
Scaphocerite (n.) A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many Crustacea.
Scaphognathite (n.) A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.
Scaphoid (a.) Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped.
Scaphoid (n.) The scaphoid bone.
Scapholunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.
Scapholunar (n.) The scapholunar bone.
Scaphopda (n. 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 (a.) Resembling a scape, or flower stem.
Scapolite (n.) A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda.
Scapple (v. t.) To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.
Scapple (v. t.) To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone.
Scapulae (pl. ) of Scapula
Scapulas (pl. ) of Scapula
Scapula (n.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
Scapula (n.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
Scapular (a.) Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder.
Scapular (n.) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
Scapular (n.) Alt. of Scapulary
Scapulary (n.) A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons.
Scapulary (n.) The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion.
Scapulary (n.) A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
Scapulary (a.) Same as Scapular, a.
Scapulary (n.) Same as 2d and 3d Scapular.
Scapulet (n.) A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix.
Scapulo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle.
Scapus (n.) See 1st Scape.
Scar (n.) A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.