Sclerotome (n.) One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitions which separate the myotomes.
Sclerous (a.) Hard; indurated; sclerotic.
Scoat (v. t.) To prop; to scotch.
Scobby (n.) The chaffinch.
Scobiform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings.
Scobs (n. sing. & pl.) Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance.
Scobs (n. sing. & pl.) The dross of metals.
Scoff (n.) Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
Scoff (n.) An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
Scoffed (imp. & p. p.) of Scoff
Scoffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scoff
Scoff (n.) To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at.
Scoff (v. t.) To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
Scoffer (n.) One who scoffs.
Scoffery (n.) The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery.
Scoffingly (adv.) In a scoffing manner.
Scoke (n.) Poke (Phytolacca decandra).
Scolay (v. i.) See Scoley.
Scolded (imp. & p. p.) of Scold
Scolding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scold
Scold (v. i.) To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
Scold (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
Scold (n.) One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
Scold (n.) A scolding; a brawl.
Scolder (n.) One who scolds.
Scolder (n.) The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.
Scolder (n.) The old squaw.
Scolding () a. & n. from Scold, v.
Scoldingly (adv.) In a scolding manner.
Scole (n.) School.
Scolecida (n. pl.) Same as Helminthes.
Scolecite (n.) A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also lime mesotype.
Scolecomorpha (n. pl.) Same as Scolecida.
Scoleces (pl. ) of Scolex
Scolex (n.) 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.
Scolex (n.) One of the Scolecida.
Scoley (v. i.) To go to school; to study.
Scoliosis (n.) A lateral curvature of the spine.
Scolithus (n.) A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.
Scollop (n. & v.) See Scallop.
Scolopacine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Scolopacidae, or Snipe family.
Scolopendra (n.) A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.
Scolopendra (n.) A sea fish.
Scolopendrine (a.) Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
Scolytid (n.) Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
Scomber (n.) A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel.
Scomberoid (a. & n.) Same as Scombroid.
Scombriformes (n. pl.) A division of fishes including the mackerels, tunnies, and allied fishes.
Scombroid (a.) Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family.
Scombroid (n.) Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
Scomfish (v. t. & i.) To suffocate or stifle; to smother.
Scomfit (n. & v.) Discomfit.
Scomm (n.) A buffoon.
Scomm (n.) A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt.
Sconce (p. p.) A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
Sconce (p. p.) A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
Sconce (p. p.) Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
Sconce (p. p.) A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
Sconce (p. p.) A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
Sconce (p. p.) Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
Sconce (p. p.) A squinch.
Sconce (p. p.) A fragment of a floe of ice.
Sconce (p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf.
Sconced (imp. & p. p.) of Sconce
Sconcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sconce
Sconce (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
Sconce (v. t.) To mulct; to fine.
Sconcheon (n.) A squinch.
Scone (n.) A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal.
Scoop (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
Scoop (n.) A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.
Scoop (n.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
Scoop (n.) A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
Scoop (n.) A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
Scoop (n.) The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.
Scooped (imp. & p. p.) of Scoop
Scooping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scoop
Scoop (n.) To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
Scoop (n.) To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
Scoop (n.) To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
Scooper (n.) One who, or that which, scoops.
Scooper (n.) The avocet; -- so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food.
Scoot (v. i.) To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away.
Scoparin (n.) A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine.
Scopate (a.) Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush.
-scope () A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
Scope (n.) That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.
Scope (n.) Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
Scope (n.) Extended area.
Scope (n.) Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
Scope (v. t.) To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.
Scopeline (a.) Scopeloid.
Scopeloid (a.) Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodae, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent.
Scopeloid (n.) Any fish of the family Scopelidae.
Scopiferous (a.) Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.
Scopiform (a.) Having the form of a broom or besom.
Scopiped (n.) Same as Scopuliped.
Scoppet (v. t.) To lade or dip out.
Scops owl () Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially the European scops owl (Scops giu), and the American screech owl (S. asio).