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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

scatterbrain
forgetful person noun a flighty and disorganized person

scattered
adjective occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space; `scattered showers`; `scattered villages`

scattering
sprinkling noun a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; `the first scatterings of green`; `a sprinkling of grey at his temples`

scattering
sprinkling noun a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

scattershot
adjective covering a wide range in a haphazard way

scaup
scaup duck noun diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

scauper
scorper noun a graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal

scavenger
noun any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter

Sceliphron
genus Sceliphron noun mud daubers

Sceloglaux
genus Sceloglaux noun a genus of Strigidae

Sceloporus
genus Sceloporus noun spiny lizards

scenario
noun an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)

scenarist
noun a writer of screenplays

scene
noun a subdivision of an act of a play; `the first act has three scenes`

scene
noun graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; `he painted scenes from everyday life`; `figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment`

scene painter
noun a painter of theatrical scenery

scene-stealer
noun an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene; `babies are natural scene-stealers`

scenery
scene noun the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; `they worked all night painting the scenery`

sceneshifter
shifter noun a stagehand responsible for moving scenery

scenic
adjective of or relating to the stage or stage scenery; `scenic design`

scenic artist
noun an artist specializing in scenic subjects

scenic railway
noun small railway in an amusement park

scenically
adverb with respect to stage scenery; `scenically stunning`

scent
noun an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced

scent
verb catch the scent of; get wind of; `The dog nosed out the drugs`

scented
adjective having the sense of smell; `keen-scented hounds`

scented
sweet-scented adjective having a natural fragrance; `odoriferous spices`; `the odorous air of the orchard`; `the perfumed air of June`; `scented flowers`

scented fern
noun sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds

scentless
adjective lacking the sense of smell

scentless camomile
scentless false camomile noun ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America; sometimes included in genus Matricaria

scepter
sceptre noun a ceremonial or emblematic staff

sceptically
skeptically adverb with scepticism; in a sceptical manner; `he looked at her sceptically`

Schadenfreude
noun delight in another person`s misfortune

Schaffneria
genus Schaffneria noun one species

Schaffneria nigripes
Asplenium nigripes noun a fern of the genus Schaffneria

schedule
noun an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur

schedule feeding
noun feeding a baby or animal according to a fixed schedule (e.g., every 4 hours)

scheduled
adjective planned or scheduled for some certain time or times; `the scheduled meeting`; `the scheduled flights had to be cancelled because of snow`

scheduled fire
noun prearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time

scheduled maintenance
noun maintenance at a regularly scheduled time

scheduler
noun computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order

scheduling
noun setting an order and time for planned events

scheelite
noun a mineral used as an ore of tungsten

Schefflera
genus Schefflera noun large genus of shrubby and climbing tropical plants having showy digitately compound foliage

Schefflera actinophylla
Brassaia actinophylla noun erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern Guinea having palmately compound leaves

Scheldt
Scheldt River noun a river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea

schematic
schematic drawing noun diagram of an electrical or mechanical system

schematically
adverb in a schematic manner; `schematically outlined`

schematization
schematisation noun providing a chart or outline of a system

scheme
strategy noun an elaborate and systematic plan of action

schemer
noun a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action

schemozzle
shemozzle noun (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess

Schenectady
noun a city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal

scherzo
noun a fast movement (usually in triple time)

Scheuchzeriaceae
family Scheuchzeriaceae noun a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales

Schiaparelli
Elsa Schiaparelli noun fashion designer born in Italy who was noted for her use of synthetic materials and brilliant colors (1896-1973)

Schiaparelli
noun Italian astronomer who first noted lines (which he called canals) on the surface of Mars (1835-1910)

Schick test
noun a skin test for immunity to diphtheria

Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller noun German romantic writer (1759-1805)

schilling
Austrian schilling noun formerly the basic unit of money in Austria

Schinus
genus Schinus noun genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China

schipperke
noun breed of small stocky black dogs originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium

schism
split noun division of a group into opposing factions; `another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy`

schismatic
schismatical adjective of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism; `schismatic sects`

schismatically
adverb in a manner that is schismatic

schist
noun any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

Schistosoma
genus Schistosoma noun type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes

Schistosomatidae
family Schistosomatidae noun a family of Trematoda

schistosome
blood fluke noun flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals

schistosome dermatitis
swimmer`s itch noun a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes

schistosomiasis
bilharzia noun an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected

Schizachyrium
genus Schizachyrium noun overlaps the genus Andropogon

Schizaea
genus Schizaea noun type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern

Schizaeaceae
family Schizaeaceae noun small family of mainly tropical ferns

schizocarp
noun a dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed

schizogony
noun asexual reproduction by multiple fission; characteristic of many sporozoan protozoans

schizoid
schizophrenic adjective of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia

Schizomycetes
class Schizomycetes noun a former classification

schizopetalon
Schizopetalon walkeri noun a dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers

Schizophragma
genus Schizophragma noun small genus of deciduous climbing and creeping shrubs with white flowers in flat clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae

Schizophragma hydrangeoides
noun climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes; Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan

schizophrenia
schizophrenic disorder noun any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

schizophrenic
noun someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia

Schizophyta
division Schizophyta noun former term for the Cyanophyta

Schizopoda
noun in former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea

Schizosaccharomyces
genus Schizosaccharomyces noun type and only genus of Schizosaccharomycetaceae; comprises the fission yeasts

Schizosaccharomycetaceae
family Schizosaccharomycetaceae noun a family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales

schizothymia
noun resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality

schizotypal personality
schizoid noun characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia

Schleiden
Matthias Schleiden noun German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881)

schlemiel
shlemiel noun (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler

schlep
shlep noun a tedious or difficult journey

schlepper
shlepper noun (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person

Schlesinger
Arthur Schlesinger noun United States historian (1888-1965)

Schliemann
Heinrich Schliemann noun German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890)

schlimazel
shlimazel noun (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything

schlock
shlock noun merchandise that is shoddy or inferior

schlockmeister
shlockmeister noun (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise

Schlumbergera
genus Schlumbergera noun South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti

schmaltz
shmaltz noun (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music