Scheme (n.) A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme.
Scheme (n.) Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.
Scheme (n.) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
Schemed (imp. & p. p.) of Scheme
Scheming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scheme
Scheme (v. t.) To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.
Scheme (v. i.) To form a scheme or schemes.
Schemeful (a.) Full of schemes or plans.
Schemer (n.) One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.
Scheming (a.) Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.
Schemist (n.) A schemer.
Schene (n.) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.
Schenkbeer (n.) A mild German beer.
Scherbet (n.) See Sherbet.
Scherif (n.) See Sherif.
Scherzando (adv.) In a playful or sportive manner.
Scherzo (n.) 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 (n.) General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude.
Schesis (n.) A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him.
Schetic (a.) Alt. of Schetical
Schetical (a.) Of or pertaining to the habit of the body; constitutional.
Schiedam (n.) Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.
Schiller (n.) The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes of secondary origin.
Schilerization (n.) The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass.
Schilling (n.) Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents.
Schindylesis (n.) A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.
Schirrhus (n.) See Scirrhus.
Schism (n.) 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.
Schisma (n.) An interval equal to half a comma.
Schismatic (a.) Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals.
Schismatic (n.) One who creates or takes part in schism; one who separates from an established church or religious communion on account of a difference of opinion.
Schismatical (a.) Same as Schismatic.
Schismatized (imp. & p. p.) of Schismatize
Schismatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Schismatize
Schismatize (v. i.) To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.
Schismless (a.) Free from schism.
Schist (n.) 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.
Schistaceous (a.) Of a slate color.
Schistic (a.) Schistose.
Schistose (a.) Alt. of Schistous
Schistous (a.) Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.
Schistosity (n.) The quality or state of being schistose.
Schizo- () A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division.
Schizocarp (n.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.
Schizocoele (n.) See Enterocoele.
Schizocoelous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a schizocoele.
Schizogenesis (n.) Reproduction by fission.
Schizognath (n.) Any bird with a schizognathous palate.
Schizognathae (n. pl.) The schizognathous birds.
Schizognathism (n.) The condition of having a schizognathous palate.
Schizognathous (a.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.
Schizomycetes (n. pl.) An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement.
Schizonemertea (n. pl.) A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
Schizopelmous (a.) Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallucis going to the first toe only.
Schizophyte (n.) One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.
Schizopod (n.) one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively.
Schizopod (a.) Alt. of Schizopodous
Schizopodous (a.) Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.
Schizopoda (n. pl.) A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.
Scizorhinal (a.) Having the nasal bones separate.
Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.
Schlich (n.) The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.
Schmelze (n.) A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia.
Schnapps (n.) Holland gin.
Schneiderian (a.) Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the seventeenth century.
Schoharie grit () The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; -- so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology.
Scholar (n.) 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.
Scholar (n.) 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.
Scholar (n.) A man of books.
Scholar (n.) In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.
Scholarity (n.) Scholarship.
Scholarlike (a.) Scholarly.
Scholarly (a.) Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.
Scholarly (adv.) In a scholarly manner.
Scholarship (n.) The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.
Scholarship (n.) Literary education.
Scholarship (n.) Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student.
Scholastic (a.) Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
Scholastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
Scholastic (a.) Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
Scholastic (n.) One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
Scholastic (n.) See the Note under Jesuit.
Scholastical (a. & n.) Scholastic.
Scholastically (adv.) In a scholastic manner.
Scholasticism (n.) The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
Scholia (n. pl.) See Scholium.
Scholiast (n.) A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
Scholiastic (a.) Of or pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits.
Scholiaze (v. i.) To write scholia.
Scholical (a.) Scholastic.
Scholion (n.) A scholium.
Scholia (pl. ) of Scholium
Scholiums (pl. ) of Scholium
Scholium (n.) A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.
Scholium (n.) A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.
Scholy (n.) A scholium.
Scholy (v. i. & t.) To write scholia; to annotate.
School (n.) A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.
School (n.) 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.
School (n.) A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the instruction of children; as, a primary school; a common school; a grammar school.