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

scintillating
adjective brilliantly clever; `scintillating wit`; `a play full of scintillating dialogue`

scintillating scotoma
flittering scotoma noun a localized area of diminished vision edged by shimmering colored lights; in many people it indicates the onset of migraine

scintillation
noun a brilliant display of wit

scintillation counter
noun counter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiation

sciolism
noun pretentious superficiality of knowledge

scion
noun a descendent or heir; `a scion of royal stock`

Scipio
Scipio Africanus noun Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)

scire facias
noun a judicial writ based on some record and requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulled

Scirpus
genus Scirpus noun rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs

Scirpus cyperinus
noun sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets

scission
noun the act of dividing by cutting or splitting

scissor-tailed
adjective (of birds) having a deeply forked tail; `scissor-tailed birds`

scissors
scissors hold noun a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze

scissors kick
noun a kick used in the sidestroke; legs are brought together in a scissoring motion

scissortail
scissortailed flycatcher noun grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings

Sciuridae
family Sciuridae noun a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles

Sciuromorpha
suborder Sciuromorpha noun large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.

Sciurus
genus Sciurus noun type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels

Sciurus vulgaris
noun common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia

sclaff
noun a poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball

sclera
sclerotic coat noun whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering of the eyeball

scleral veins
venae sclerales noun tributaries of the anterior ciliary veins that drain the sclera of the eye

Scleranthus
genus Scleranthus noun small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel

scleredema
noun a skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face

sclerite
noun hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods

scleritis
noun inflammation of the sclera

Scleroderma
genus Scleroderma noun genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles

Scleroderma bovista
smooth earthball noun an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity

Scleroderma citrinum
Scleroderma aurantium noun an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts

Scleroderma flavidium
star earthball noun an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel

Sclerodermataceae
family Sclerodermataceae noun a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs

Sclerodermatales
order Sclerodermatales noun an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)

sclerometer
noun a measuring instrument that measures the hardness of materials by penetrating them with a stylus that has a diamond point

Scleroparei
order Scleroparei noun scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards

scleroprotein
albuminoid noun a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye

sclerosed
adjective relating to or having sclerosis; hardened; `a sclerotic patient`

sclerosis
induration noun any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue

sclerotic
adjective of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball; `sclerotic tissue`

sclerotic
adjective relating to or having sclerosis; hardened; `a sclerotic patient`

sclerotinia
noun any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants

Sclerotiniaceae
family Sclerotiniaceae noun a fungus family of order Helotiales

Sclerotium
genus Sclerotium noun form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants

sclerotium disease
sclerotium rot noun plant disease cause by fungi of the genus Sclerotium; also one in which sclerotia are formed

sclerotomy
noun surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye

scoffer
flouter noun someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision

scoffer
noun someone who eats food rapidly and greedily

scofflaw
noun one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses

scoinson arch
sconcheon arch noun an arch that supports part of the wall

scold
nag noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

scolder
nag noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

scolding
adjective who is rebuking severely; `the scolding father`

scolion
banquet song noun a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet

scoliosis
noun an abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column

Scolopacidae
family Scolopacidae noun sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers

Scolopax
genus Scolopax noun type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks

scolopendrium
noun a fern thought to resemble a millipede

Scolymus
genus Scolymus noun small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region

Scolytidae
family Scolytidae noun large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees

Scolytus
genus Scolytus noun type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles

Scomber
genus Scomber noun type genus of the Scombridae

Scomber colias
noun medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Scomberesocidae
family Scomberesocidae noun only sauries

Scomberesox
genus Scomberesox noun a genus of Scomberesocidae

Scomberomorus
genus Scomberomorus noun Spanish mackerels

Scomberomorus maculatus
noun a large commercially important mackerel of the Atlantic coastal waters of North America

Scombridae
family Scombridae noun marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna

scombroid
scombroid fish noun important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters

Scombroidea
suborder Scombroidea noun mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes

sconce
noun a candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall

scone
noun small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle

scoop
noun a large ladle; `he used a scoop to serve the ice cream`

scoop
noun the shovel or bucket of dredge or backhoe

scoop out
take up verb take out or up with or as if with a scoop; `scoop the sugar out of the container`

scoop shot
noun a basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion

scoop shovel
noun the shovel or bucket of dredge or backhoe

scoop up
take up verb take out or up with or as if with a scoop; `scoop the sugar out of the container`

scooter
noun child`s two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot

scopal
adjective of or relating to scope; `scopal dependency`

scope
range noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: `the range of a supersonic jet`; `the ambit of municipal legislation`; `within the compass of this article`; `within the scope of an investigation`; `outside the reach of the law`; `in the political orbit of a world power`

Scopes
John Scopes noun Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)

Scopes trial
noun a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed

Scophthalmus
genus Scophthalmus noun a genus of Bothidae

scopolamine
hyoscine noun an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures; `transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness`; `someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying`

Scopolia
genus Scopolia noun genus of European perennial herbs yielding medicinal alkaloids

Scopolia carniolica
noun herb that is a source of scopolamine

scops owl
noun any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call

scorbutic
adjective of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy; `scorbutic symptoms`

scorch
noun a discoloration caused by heat

scorched
adjective damaged or discolored by superficial burning:`the scorched blouse tore easily`

scorched-earth policy
noun the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels

scorcher
screamer noun a very hard hit ball

scorching
adverb capable of causing burns; `it was scorching hot`

score
verb assign a grade or rank to, according to one`s evaluation; `grade tests`; `score the SAT essays`; `mark homework`

scoreboard
noun a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information)

scorecard
noun (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); `you have to turn in your card to get a handicap`

scorekeeper
noun an official who records the score during the progress of a game

scoreless
goalless adjective having no points scores; `a scoreless inning`

scorer
noun a player who makes a score in a game or contest

Scorpaena
genus Scorpaena noun type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes

scorpaenid
scorpaenid fish noun any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific