English words: say boo to a goose to scale down

300 English words, part 22 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 29 have a page of their own.

English words say boo to a goose to scale down

say boo to a goose verb: To have courage and be assertive.
say cheese verb: To smile for a photograph by saying the word "cheese" (the vowel of which, when pronounced as is usual in English, forces a somewhat smile-shaped mouth).
say gex noun /ˌseɪ ˈɡɛks/: Spoonerism of gay sex
say goodbye verb: To wish someone farewell upon their leaving.
say grace verb: To recite a prayer of invocation or thanksgiving at meal time.
say hello verb: To greet a person, or greet one another.
say hello to my little friend phrase: Used to describe a situation involving the display of an object that is menacing or unpleasantly excessive, especially a large firearm.
say it ain't so phrase: Used to express disbelief or dismay.
say it all verb: To express the essential characteristics of a person, thing, or situation in a concise, well-crafted turn of phrase or in some other pithy manner.
say it, don't spray it phrase: One should be careful not to spit or spray saliva when speaking.
say it louder for the ones in the back phrase: Alternative form of louder for the people at the back.
say la vee phrase: Pronunciation spelling of c'est la vie.
say less phrase: Indicating enthusiastic agreement to a request.
Say-Meyer syndrome noun: A rare X-linked genetic disorder mostly characterized by developmental delay.
say no verb: To disagree; to think that something or someone is doing or saying is wrong.
say no more phrase: What has already been said conveys all the meaning and information needed to draw a conclusion concerning a matter which it would be imprudent to discuss...
say none phrase: A standard formula to end a conversation, i.e. bye, see you soon.
say nothing phrase: A standard formula to end a conversation, i.e. bye, see you soon.
say on pay noun: A rule in corporate law whereby a firm's shareholders have the right to vote on the remuneration of executives.
say one's piece verb: To say all that one has to say about a matter; to state one's opinion or position fully.
say one's prayers verb: To prepare to be killed.
Say's phoebe noun: Sayornis saya, a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, common across western North America.
say-so noun /ˈseɪˌsəʊ/: Authority, as backing some statement, injunction, or command.
say someone's prayers verb: To prepare to kill.
Say syndrome noun: A condition characterized by bilateral acromial dimples.
say that interjection: Used to express enthusiasm, encouragement, or agreement with the speaker.
say that again phrase: Repeat what you just said.
say the quiet part loud verb: To willingly express a sentiment that is normally considered embarrassing, disreputable or controversial to hold; to reveal an ulterior motive.
say the quiet part out loud verb: Alternative form of say the quiet part loud, particularly
say the word verb: To indicate that it is time to perform an action; to give permission.
say to oneself verb: To say (a statement) aloud without any audience; to say while talking to oneself.
say uncle verb: Synonym of cry uncle.
say wha interjection: say what.
say what phrase: What did you say?; Huh?; expresses incredulity.
say what you like phrase: Regardless of what you think: regardless of whatever you might say.
say what you want phrase: Synonym of say what you like.
say what you will phrase: Synonym of say what you like.
say when verb: An imperative form used to request that the interlocutor indicate when one should stop doing something, esp. pouring a drink, because one has reached a...
say word one verb: To say a single word; to speak at all.
say yes verb: To agree; to consent to; to accept.
say you swear interjection: Expresses disbelief.
saya noun: A skirt.
sayability noun: The quality of being sayable.
sayable adjective, noun /ˈseɪəbəl/: Capable of being pronounced or uttered; articulable.
sayableness noun: Quality of being sayable.
Sayan adjective: Of or relating to the Sayan Mountains.
sayang adjective, interjection, noun, verb /ˈsa.jaŋ/: love
Saybolt universal second noun: A measure of kinematic viscosity used in classical mechanics: the time taken by 60 cm³ of oil to flow through a calibrated tube at a controlled temperature...
Saybrook proper noun: A surname.
Sayce proper noun: A surname from Welsh.
sayd adjective /seɪd/: said, mentioned earlier
Sayed noun: Alternative form of Sayyid.
sayee noun: The person to whom something is said; the addressee of spoken words.
Sayeed noun: Alternative form of Sayyid.
Sayegh proper noun: A surname.
sayer noun: One who says; one who makes announcements; a crier.
Sayersian adjective: Of or relating to Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), English crime writer and poet.
sayette noun: sagathy
Sayid noun: Alternative spelling of Sayyid.
sayin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of saying.
saying noun, verb /ˈseɪ.ɪŋ/: A proverb or maxim.
saymaster noun: Someone who tries or tests something, such as products, to check their quality.
Sayoko proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
sayon noun: A medieval peasant's sleeveless jacket.
sayonara interjection, noun /ˌsaɪəˈnɑːɹə/: Goodbye, adios, adieu.
sayori noun: A slender, surface-dwelling fish of the species Hyporhamphus sajori in the halfbeak family, native to coastal waters influenced by warm currents.
Sayre proper noun /ˈseɪə/: A surname.
Sayres proper noun: A surname.
Sayreville proper noun: A borough of Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
sayrite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.
says me phrase: I say so; on my authority.
says who phrase: Who says so; on whose authority?
says you phrase: a statement of disagreement or disbelief, especially when highlighting hypocrisy
sayso noun: Alternative spelling of say-so.
sayst verb: Alternative form of sayest.
SAYT noun: Initialism of search as you type.
sayur lodeh noun: An Indonesian vegetable soup made with coconut milk.
Sayuri proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
Sayville proper noun: A hamlet in Islip, Suffolk County, New York.
Sayyad noun: Alternative form of Sayyid.
Sayyid noun: An honorific title borne by male descendants of the prophet Muhammad.
saz noun: The baglama.
sazan noun /səˈzɑn/: A fish (Cyprinus carpio) in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to Sea of Azov, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Balkhash lake, Amour river.
Sazarac noun: Alternative form of Sazerac.
sazerac noun /ˈsæzəɹæk/: A cocktail made from whisky, Pernod or absinthe, bitters, and syrup.
sazetidine noun: Any of a group of analgesic drugs containing an azetidine ring
sazhen noun /ˈsæʒɛn/: A unit of length formerly used in Russia, equal to seven feet (just over two meters).
sb adjective, adverb, noun, pronoun, verb: Abbreviation of somebody.
SBA noun: Initialism of school-based assessment.
sbacchiite noun: A vitreous mineral found in a fumarole near Mount Vesuvius in Naples, Italy.
sbar noun: Abbreviation of anti-strange quark.
SBBOS noun: Initialism of small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome.
SBC noun: Initialism of single-board computer.
sBCMA noun: Abbreviation of serum B-cell maturation antigen.
SBCS noun: Initialism of single-byte character set.
SBCT noun: Initialism of Stryker brigade combat team
sbd noun, pronoun: Initialism of silent but deadly (fart): inaudible but odorous flatulence.
sbdv. noun: Abbreviation of subdivision.
SbE noun: Abbreviation of south by east.
SBF noun: Initialism of single (unmarried) black female.
SBFS noun: Initialism of sooty blotch and flyspeck.
SBH noun: Abbreviation of stellar black hole (“collapsar”).
SBIF noun: Initialism of soy-based infant formula.
SBIR noun: Initialism of small business innovation research (“project”), a single project executed by any program of the eponymous type of program.
sbirro noun /ˈspiɹoʊ/: A policeman in Italy, Corsica, etc.
SBIT noun: Abbreviation of simple bit array.
sbiten noun: A hot winter honey-based Russian traditional drink/decoction with spices and jam.
SBK noun: Abbreviation of superbike.
SBLA noun: Synonym of Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
'sblood interjection /zblʌd/: An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.
SBM noun: Initialism of small to medium business.
SBMA proper noun: Initialism of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
SBMM noun: Initialism of skill-based matchmaking.
SBN noun: Initialism of strontium barium niobate.
SBNO adjective: A roller coaster or other ride at an amusement park which is assembled, and not formally defunct, but not operational or open to the public.
SBNR adjective: Initialism of spiritual but not religious.
SBO noun: Initialism of small business owner.
'sbodikins interjection: Alternative spelling of ods bodikins.
SBOM noun: Initialism of software bill of materials, the inventory of components used to build a software artifact.
sborgite noun: A colourless sodium borate mineral with monoclinic crystals.
sbornik noun: A collection of manuscripts; an anthology.
sbottom noun: The squark that is the superpartner of a bottom quark.
sbottom squark noun: A squark which is the hypothetical supersymmetric partner of a bottom quark.
sbottomonium noun: A hypothetical bound state of a superpartner of the bottom quark in some supersymmetric theories.
SBP noun: Initialism of systolic blood pressure.
SBPS noun: Initialism of standby power system/supply.
SBR noun: Initialism of styrene-butadiene rubber.
sbrinz noun: A hard Swiss cheese similar to parmesan
SBRM noun: Synonym of RAII (particular style of use of RAII)
SBS noun, verb: Initialism of sick building syndrome, health effects experienced by building occupants that appear to be linked to time spent in a building.
SBSK noun: Initialism of Southern bleached softwood kraft.
SBSP noun: Abbreviation of space-based solar power.
SBU adjective: Initialism of sensitive but unclassified.
Sburbventure noun: A fanventure in the style of Homestuck where the characters are players of the supernatural video game Sburb.
SbW noun: Abbreviation of south by west.
SBX noun: Abbreviation of snowboardcross.
sby pronoun: Abbreviation of somebody.
sc adjective, adverb, noun /æʃ/: Abbreviation of subcutaneous.
Sc.B. noun: Initialism of Bachelor of Science.
Sc.D. noun: Initialism of Doctor of Science.
SC'IȺNEW̱ noun: Alternative form of Scia'new.
Sc'ianew noun: Alternative form of Scia'new
Sc.M. noun: Initialism of Master of Science.
SC/ST noun: Initialism of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
SCA noun: Initialism of sustainable competitive advantage.
scaaared adjective: Elongated form of scared.
scaaary adjective: Elongated form of scary.
scab noun, verb /skæb/: An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
scab duty noun: The act of being made to pick up litter, especially as a punishment.
scabbard noun, verb /ˈskæb.əd/: The sheath of a sword.
scabbard fish noun: Alternative form of scabbardfish.
scabbarded adjective, verb: In a scabbard.
scabbardfish noun: Any of a group of trichiurid fish.
scabbardless adjective: Without a scabbard.
scabbed adjective, verb: Affected or covered with scabs.
scabbedness noun: The state or quality of being scabby; presence of scabs.; scabbiness
scabbery noun: strikebreaking
scabbily adverb: In a scabby manner; in a low, base or mean way.
scabbiness noun: The property of being scabby, of having or being covered with scabs.
scabbish adjective, noun: scabby
scabble verb: To roughly dress stone.
scabbler noun: A device for scabbling, or dressing stone.
scabbling noun, verb: Pieces of stone remaining from the process of reducing a stone to a rough square by the axe or hammer.
scabby adjective /ˈskæb.i/: Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
scabby sheep noun: A person who has been in bad society and is consequently shunned to prevent their bad habits or reputation from spreading.
scabellum noun: A kind of percussion instrument played by the foot, used in dramatic performances.
scaberulous adjective: slightly scabrous or roughened
scabetic adjective /skəˈbɛtɪk/: Alternative form of scabietic.
scabicidal adjective: Acting as a scabicide.
scabicide noun: A substance that kills mites of the genus Sarcoptes, which cause scabies.
scabies noun /ˈskeɪ.biz/: An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching caused by the mites burrowing into the skin of humans and other animals. It is...
scabietic adjective: Of or relating to scabies.
scabilonians noun: Alternative form of scavilones.
scabinus noun: A municipal officer roughly equivalent to a councilman or alderman.
scabiophobia noun: A morbid fear of scabies.
scabiosa noun: scabious (plant)
scabiosity noun: The quality of being scabious; scabbiness.
scabious adjective, noun: Having scabs.
scabish noun: Alternative form of scabious (“the plant”).
scabland noun /ˈskæblænd/: High, flat land of igneous rock, with thin soil and deep channels formed by glaciers or glacial floods.
scabless adjective: Without a scab.
scablike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a scab (incrustation).
scabling noun: A fragment or chip of stone.
scabrate adjective: Alternative form of scabrous.
scabredity noun: Roughness (of a surface).
scabrid adjective: scabrous; rough
scabridity noun: The quality of being scabrid.
scabridly adverb: In a scabrid manner.
scabridous adjective: scabrous; rough
scabridulous adjective: Synonym of scaberulous (“slightly rough”)
scabrities noun: A morbid roughness of the inner surface of the eyelid.
scabrose adjective: Alternative form of scabrous.
scabrosely adverb: Alternative form of scabrously.
scabrosity noun: Roughness.
scabrous adjective /ˈskeɪbɹəs/: Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
scabrously adverb: In a scabrous way.
scabrousness noun: scabrosity
scabrule noun: Short, stiff projections or hairs which give a stem or leaf a rough texture, at least in one direction.
scabweed noun: Raoulia tenuicaulis, a lowland to low-alpine plant forming a bright-green flat mat, roughly circular or ellipsoid, compact in the centre, but very loose and...
scabwort noun: The plant elecampane.
scacchic adjective /ˈskækɪk/: Of or relating to chess.
scacchite noun /ˈskækaɪt/: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chlorine and manganese.
Scachtacook noun: Alternative form of Schaghticoke (“tribe; town where they historically resided”).
scad noun /skad/: Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
SCADA noun: Acronym of supervisory control and data acquisition, an electrical network typically containing at least IED's, RTU's, and a master station equipped with an...
scaddle adjective: Wild, mischievous, thievish.
Scadian noun /ˈskeɪ.di.ən/: A member of the Society for Creative Anachronism.
Scaean adjective: western
scaevity noun: unluckiness
Scafell proper noun /ˈskɔːfəl/: A mountain in Cumbria, England.
Scaff proper noun: A surname.
scaff tag noun: A label affixed to scaffolding to certify that it has been erected correctly and is safe to use.
Scaffidi proper noun: A surname.
scaffie noun: A dustman or street sweeper.
scaffling noun: scaffolding
scaffold noun, verb /ˈskæf.əld/: A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
scaffold hopping noun: lead hopping
scaffold protein noun: Proteins that bring together various other proteins in a signaling pathway and allow for their interaction. They recruit downstream effectors in a pathway...
scaffoldage noun: The amount of scaffolding needed, or supplied for a specific installation.
scaffolded adjective, verb: supplied with erected scaffolding
scaffolder noun: A person who erects and dismantles scaffolding.
scaffoldin noun: A large glycoprotein, one of the subunits of a cellulosome.
scaffolding noun, verb /ˈskæfəldɪŋ/: A temporary modular system of tubes, bamboo or wood forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and...
scaffolding tower noun: Small, temporary scaffolding, often equipped with wheels, for small-scale building work
scaffoldish adjective: that resembles a scaffold
scaffoldless adjective: That lacks a scaffold
scaffoldlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a scaffold.
scaffoldwide adjective: Throughout a scaffold
scaffoldy adjective: Of a building or a wall: covered in or looking like a scaffold.
scaffy noun: A street sweeper; a dustman, a refuse collector.
scag noun, verb /skæɡ/: Heroin.
Scaggs proper noun: A surname.
scaghead noun /ˈskæɡhɛd/: A heroin user.
scaglia noun: A reddish variety of limestone.
Scaglia's tuco-tuco noun: Ctenomys scagliai, a species of tuco-tuco rodent.
scagliola noun: Plasterwork imitating marble, granite, etc.
scagliolist noun: An artist who works with gypsum.
Scaglione proper noun: A surname.
scagnostic noun: A heuristic used to automatically analyse variables in a large dataset in order to determine which scatterplots are to be visualised in a scatterplot matrix.
Scaife proper noun /ˈskaɪf/: A surname from Old Norse.
scainiite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic bluish black mineral containing antimony, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.
scaith noun, verb: Injury; wound.
scaithless adjective: scatheless; unharmed
scal noun /skæl/: Clipping of scally.
scala noun: Ladder; sequence.
scala naturae noun: Synonym of great chain of being.
scala tympani noun: Synonym of tympanic duct.
scala vestibuli noun: Synonym of vestibular duct.
scalability noun /ˌskeɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/: The property of being scalable.
scalable adjective /ˈskeɪ.lə.bl̩/: Capable of being climbed.
scalably adverb: In a scalable manner
scalade noun: An escalade.
scalado noun: An escalade.
scalar adjective, noun /ˈskeɪ.lə/: Having magnitude but not direction.
scalar boson noun: A boson which has zero spin.
scalar curl noun: The coefficient of k in the three-dimensional curl of a two-dimensional vector field.
scalar field noun: A function that assigns a scalar value to every point in space.
scalar function noun: Any function whose domain is a vector space and whose value is its scalar field
scalar multiplication noun: Multiplication of a vector by a scalar (which belongs to the vector space's field of scalars).
scalar product noun: The product of two vectors computed as the sum of the corresponding elements of the vectors, or, equivalently, as the product of the magnitudes of the...
scalar triple product noun: The dot product of one of the three vectors with the cross product of the other two.
scalar-valued adjective: Taking values in K; having codomain K.
scalariform adjective: Having the form of a ladder
scalariformly adverb: In a scalariform manner.
scalarisation noun: Alternative form of scalarization.
scalarise verb: Alternative form of scalarize.
scalarised adjective, verb: Alternative form of scalarized.
scalarity noun: The condition of being scalar
scalarization noun: The act or process of scalarizing.
scalarize verb: To make scalar; to form a scalar value from, for example, a vector
scalarly adverb: In a scalar fashion.
scalaron noun: a scalar-field soliton
scalarvac noun: A scalar vacuum (of a spacetime)
scalarwise adverb: In scalar terms.
scalary adjective: Like a ladder; formed with steps.
scalation noun /skeɪˈleɪʃən/: An arrangement of scales.
scalawag noun: A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard.
scalawaggery noun: The behaviour of a rascal.
scald adjective, noun, verb /skɔld/: To burn with hot liquid.
scald-crow noun: hooded crow
scalder noun: A heated tub for softening the skin of slaughtered pigs, poultry, etc.
scaldfish noun: Any of several edible flatfish of the genus Arnoglossus.
scaldhead noun: Any of several scalp diseases characterised by pustules (the dried discharge of which forms scales) and by falling out of the hair.
scaldic adjective: Alternative form of skaldic.
scalding adjective, noun, verb: Hot enough to burn.
scalding hot adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scalding, hot: very hot in a way that can scald, involving fluids (e.g., water, steam, gases).
scaldingly adverb: In a scalding manner; enough to scald.
scaldino noun: An Italian earthenware brazier.
scaldrum dodge noun: A beggar's trick of burning the body with a mixture of acids and gunpowder, so as to appear to have been injured in an accident.
scaldship noun: Alternative form of skaldship.
scaldweed noun: Any of various plants of the genus Cuscuta.
scale noun, verb /skeɪl/: A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
scale armor noun: An armor made of overlapping small plates of metal, horn or some kind of hide, resembling the scales of a fish.
scale armour noun: Alternative spelling of scale armor.
scale back verb: To make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.
scale bar noun: A graphical representation on a map, drawing or illustration, rather like a ruler, that represents its scale.
scale bark noun: Outer bark that is thrown off in scale-like portions, as in the plane tree.
scale cube noun: A reference cube of standard, unitary size, normally one centimetre long, or one inch long for older American versions, placed beside a rock or meteorite...
scale degree noun: a number given to each note of a scale
scale down noun, verb: To reduce the size of something whilst maintaining proportion.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.