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- SCATA tax; tribute.
- SCATHEDamage, harm, hurt, injury.
- SCENTA distinctive smell.
- SCHEDULEA procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
- SCHERZOA piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony; especially, a piece of music played in a playful manner.
- SCHOOLAn institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
- SCIONA descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
- SCOOPAny cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
- SCOPEThe breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
- SCOREThe total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
- SCORNTo feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
- SCOURTo clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
- SCRABTo scrape or scratch.
- SCRAPA (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
- SCRAPETo draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
- SCRATTo scratch or scrape.
- SCREELoose stony debris on a slope.
- SCREEDA piece of writing (such as an article, letter, or list) or a speech, especially if long.
- SCREENA physical barrier that shelters or hides. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- SCREWA device that has a helical function. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with
- SCREWBALLA pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
- SCRIMPA pinching miser; a niggard.
- SCRUPLEHesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
- SCRUTINYIntense study of someone or something.
- SCUFFLEA rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
- SCUMA layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
- SCURFA skin disease.
- SCURVYAffected or covered with scurf (“skin disease causing flakes of skin to fall off”) or scabs; scurfy, scabby; also, of or relating to a skin disease causing scurf or to scurvy (noun
- SCUTA hare; a hare as the game in a hunt.
- SCYEAn armhole (or, occasionally, a leghole) in tailoring and dressmaking.
- SCYTHEAn instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
- SEALA pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- SEARDry; withered, especially of vegetation.
- SEATSomething to be sat upon. A place in which to sit.
- SEBACEOUSOf or relating to fat, sebum.
- SECERNTo separate or set apart (someone or something from other persons or things).
- SECONDNumber-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
- SEDATEOf a person or animal, or their behaviour: calm and composed (often in a dignified manner), and avoiding or unaffected by activity or excitement.
- SEDGEAny plant of the family Cyperaceae. Any plant of the genus Carex, the true sedges; perennial herbs with triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grass-like leav
- SEEDAny propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- SEEKTo try to find; to look for; to search for.
- SEELGood; fortunate; opportune; happy.
- SEEMTo appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
- SEEPTo ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
- SEETHEOf a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot. Of a liquid, vapor, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or froth i
- SEISETo vest ownership of an estate in land (to someone).
- SELFHimself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
- SEMBLANCEThe outward appearance or form of a person or thing.
- SEMENA sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.
- SENDTo make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
- SENILEOf, or relating to old age.
- SEPARATETo divide (a thing) into separate parts.
- SEQUELAChiefly in the plural: a condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one, being either partly or wholly caused by it, or made possible by it.
- SERACOften sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese from Switzerland made from skimmed cow milk and blue fenugreek (Trigonella caerulea); Schabziger, Sapsago. I
- SEREWithout moisture; dry.
- SEREDWithout moisture; dry.
- SERINGWithout moisture; dry.
- SERIOUSWithout humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition.
- SERMONReligious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
- SEROTINEAny of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.
- SERPENTA snake. Alternative letter-case form of Serpent.
- SERVETo provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink). To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity. To be a servant for;
- SERVICEAn act of being of assistance to someone.
- SEVENNATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 7.
- SEWELA scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.
- SHACKLEA restraint fitted over a human or animal appendage, such as an ankle, finger, or wrist, normally used in a pair joined by a chain.
- SHADEDarkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
- SHADOWA dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- SHAFTThe entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
- SHAGMatted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
- SHAGGEDHaving or covered with shaggy hair.
- SHAKETo cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- SHALEA shell, scale or husk; a cod or pod.
- SHAMROCKThe trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.
- SHANDShame; scandal; disgrace.
- SHANKThe part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
- SHANTIA call for peace, often recited three times as a prayer for peace of the soul.
- SHAPEThe status or condition of something
- SHARDA piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
- SHAREA portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
- SHARNThe dung or manure of cattle or sheep.
- SHARPTerminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- SHAVETo make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
- SHEARTo remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
- SHEAVEA wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
- SHEDTo part, separate or divide.
- SHEENBeautiful, good-looking, attractive, fair; bright, radiant; shiny.
- SHEERVery thin or transparent.
- SHEETA thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
- SHELFA flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
- SHELLA hard external covering of an animal. The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
- SHENDTo disgrace or put to shame.
- SHIELDAnything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. One
- SHIFTA movement to do something, a beginning.
- SHINGLEA small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
- SHIPA water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- SHIREAn administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a pre
- SHIRTAn article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms.
- SHOALShallow.
- SHOCKA sudden, heavy impact.