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

schmeer
schmear noun (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together; `he bought the whole schmeer`

Schmidt telescope
Schmidt camera noun reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed

schmuck
shmuck noun (Yiddish) a jerk

schnapps
schnaps noun any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes

schnauzer
noun old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs

schnitzel
Wiener schnitzel noun deep-fried breaded veal cutlets

schnook
shnook noun (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised; `don`t be such an apologetic shnook`

schnorrer
shnorrer noun (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others

scholar
scholarly person noun a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

scholarly
adjective characteristic of scholars or scholarship; `scholarly pursuits`; `a scholarly treatise`; `a scholarly attitude`

scholarship
noun financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit

scholastic
adjective of or relating to schools; `scholastic year`

scholastically
adverb with respect to scholastic activities; `scholastically apt`

scholasticism
academicism noun orthodoxy of a scholastic variety

scholiast
noun a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)

Schomburgkia
genus Schomburgkia noun genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers

Schonbein
Christian Schonbein noun German chemist who discovered ozone and developed guncotton as a propellant in firearms (1799-1868)

school
schooling noun the process of being formally educated at a school; `what will you do when you finish school?`

school
noun a large group of fish; `a school of small glittering fish swam by`

school assignment
schoolwork noun a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher

school bell
noun a bell rung to announce beginning or ending of class

school board
board of education noun a board in charge of local public schools

school bus
noun a bus used to transport children to or from school

school crossing
noun a pedestrian crossing where school children cross a street on the way to school

school day
noun any day on which school is in session; `go to bed early because tomorrow is a school day`

school district
noun a district whose public schools are administered together

school newspaper
school paper noun a newspaper written and published by students in a school

school phobia
noun a child`s sudden fear of attending school

school ship
training ship noun a ship used to train students as sailors

school superintendent
noun the superintendent of a school system

school system
noun establishment including the plant and equipment for providing education from kindergarten through high school

school term
academic term noun the time during which a school holds classes; `they had to shorten the school term`

school year
academic year noun the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying

schoolbag
noun a bag for carrying school books and supplies; `found just the right dictionary to fit into his schoolbag`

schoolboy
noun a boy attending school

schoolchild
school-age child noun a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

Schoolcraft
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft noun United States geologist and ethnologist and explorer who discovered the source of the Mississippi River (1793-1864)

schooldays
noun the time of life when you are going to school

schoolfriend
noun a friend who attends the same school

schoolgirl
noun a girl attending school

schooling
noun the act of teaching at school

Schoolman
noun a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism

schoolmarm
schoolma`am noun a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)

schoolmaster
Lutjanus apodus noun food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters

schoolmate
classmate noun an acquaintance that you go to school with

schoolteacher
school teacher noun a teacher in a school below the college level

schoolwide
adjective occurring or extending throughout a school; `schoolwide support for the team`

schoolyard
noun the yard associated with a school

schooner
noun sailing vessel used in former times

Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer noun German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860)

schorl
noun black tourmaline

schottische
noun a German round dance resembling a slow polka

Schreiber`s aster
noun a variety of aster

schrod
scrod noun flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled

Schrodinger
Erwin Schrodinger noun Austrian physicist who discovered the wave equation (1887-1961)

Schrodinger equation
Schrodinger wave equation noun the fundamental equation of wave mechanics

Schulz
Charles Schulz noun United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000)

Schumann
Robert Schumann noun German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856)

Schumann
noun German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896)

Schumann-Heink
Ernestine Schumann-Heink noun United States operatic contralto (1861-1936)

Schutzstaffel
SS noun special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps

schwa
shwa noun a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables

Schwann
Theodor Schwann noun German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882)

Schwann cell
noun any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheath

Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer noun French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)

Sciadopityaceae
family Sciadopityaceae noun family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae

Sciadopitys
genus Sciadopitys noun type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines

Sciaena
genus Sciaena noun type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers

sciaenid fish
sciaenid noun widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound

Sciaenidae
family Sciaenidae noun warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout

Sciaenops
genus Sciaenops noun a genus of Sciaenidae

sciara
sciarid noun minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings

Sciaridae
family Sciaridae noun fungus gnats

sciatic
adjective of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it); `sciatic nerve`

sciatic nerve
nervus ischiadicus noun arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves

sciatica
noun neuralgia along the sciatic nerve

science
scientific discipline noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge; `the science of genetics`

science fiction
noun literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society

science museum
noun a museum that collects and displays objects having scientific interest

science teacher
noun someone who teaches science

scienter
adverb deliberately or knowingly

scientific
adjective of or relating to the practice of science; `scientific journals`

scientific fact
noun an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final)

scientific instrument
noun an instrument used by scientists

scientific knowledge
noun knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles; `mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge`

scientific method
noun a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses

scientific research
research project noun research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses

scientific theory
noun a theory that explains scientific observations; `scientific theories must be falsifiable`

scientifically
adverb with respect to science; in a scientific way; `this is scientifically interesting`

scientist
man of science noun a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences

Scientology
Church of Scientology noun a new religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and characterized by a belief in the power of a person`s spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment

scilla
squill noun an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers

Scilly Islands
Isles of Scilly noun an archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates

scimitar
noun a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade

Scincella
genus Scincella noun a reptile genus of Scincidae

Scincidae
family Scincidae noun skinks

Scincus
genus Scincus noun type genus of Scincidae

Scindapsus
genus Scindapsus noun evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil

scintilla
noun a sparkling glittering particles

scintillate
coruscate verb be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; `The musical performance sparkled`; `A scintillating conversation`; `his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall`