English words: scandium fluoride to Scarff

300 English words, part 24 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 35 have a page of their own.

English words scandium fluoride to Scarff

scandium fluoride noun: A fluoride compound of scandium with the chemical formula ScF₃.
scandium group noun: Group 3 of the periodic table, comprising scandium, yttrium, lanthanum and actinium.
scandiumlike adjective: Resembling scandium.
Scandiwegian adjective, noun: Belonging or relating to a style of interior furnishings that is middlebrow, bland, and modern.
Scando- prefix: Pertaining to Scandinavia.
scandocene noun: A metallocene containing scandium as the metal atom
Scandophile noun: Someone (often an outsider) who admires or idealises Scandinavia or its cultures, cuisines, history or peoples.
Scandrett proper noun: A surname.
scanhead noun: The head of a scanner
Scania proper noun /ˈskæni.ə/: A former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian...
Scanian adjective, noun: A person from Scania.
Scanlan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
scanlate verb /ˈskæn.leɪt/: To process a scanlation; to scan and translate (a foreign-language comic) in order to distribute to another language.
scanlation noun /skænˈleɪ.ʃən/: The act or process of scanning and translating foreign-language comics (especially Japanese manga, Chinese manhua, or Korean manhwa) into another language,...
scanlator noun: One who scanlates; one who scans and translates a text.
scanless adjective: Scandalous, shameful.
scanline noun: Alternative spelling of scan line.
Scanlon proper noun /ˈskænlən/: A surname from Irish.
scanmag noun: Slander; gossip.
scannability noun: The quality or degree of being scannable.
scannable adjective /ˈskænəbəl/: That can be scanned; suitable for scanning.
scanned adjective, verb: Converted to a digital format using a scanner.
scanned-in adjective: having had a digital copy made on a scanner.
Scannell proper noun: A surname from Irish.
scanner noun /ˈskænə/: One who scans.
scannerless adjective: Performing tokenization and parsing in a single step, using a single formalism to express both the lexical and the phrase-level structure of the language.
scanning noun, verb /ˈskænɪŋ/: The act of something being scanned.
scanning electron micrograph noun: An image produced with a scanning electron microscope.
scanning electron microscope noun: An electron microscope whose image is made up of a matrix of points from scanning the surface of a sample.
scanning electron microscopy noun: microscopy using a scanning electron microscope
scanning transmission electron microscope noun: An electron microscope that transmits a very narrow beam of electrons through a sample; it can detect individual large or heavy atoms.
scanning tunneling microscope noun: A device used to form an image of the surface of a conductor or semiconductor with atomic resolution.
scanningly adverb: So as to scan or examine closely.
scanno noun /ˈskænəʊ/: A typographical error caused by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of...
scannography noun: Alternative form of scanography.
scano noun: Alternative spelling of scanno.
scanoe noun: Alternative form of skanoe.
scanogram noun: A radiograph produced by scanography.
scanographic adjective: Relating to, or produced by means of scanography
scanography noun: The production of radiographs by scanning with X-rays through a moving, thin slit.
scanometric adjective: Relating to analysis or measurement by means of a flatbed scanner
scanout noun: The conversion of image data in computer memory to a series of lines for output to a raster display.
scanpath noun: The path followed by the viewer's eyes when reading a document or observing a scene.
scanRNA noun: Alternative form of scnRNA.
scanscope noun: A device that converts glass slides into digital files
scansion noun, verb /ˈskæn.ʃən/: The rhythm or meter of a line or verse.
scansionist noun: One who studies scansion.
scanslation noun: Alternative form of scanlation.
scansorial adjective: Adapted to or specialised for climbing
scansoriality noun: The condition of being scansorial
scansorially adverb: In a scansorial fashion.
scansoriopterigid noun: Any of the family †Scansoriopterygidae of dinosaurs.
scansoriopterygid noun: Any of the family †Scansoriopterygidae of maniraptoran dinosaurs.
scansorious adjective: Formed for climbing.
scansorius noun: A muscle passing from the ilium to the femur in some vertebrates.
scant adjective, adverb, determiner, noun, verb /skænt/: Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
scante noun /skɑnteɪ/: The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.
scanted adjective, verb: Diminished; restricted.
scanties noun /ˈskæntiz/: Small panties; skimpy underwear for a woman or girl.
scantily adverb /ˈskæntɪli/: Sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.
scantily clad adjective: Wearing very little clothing; almost naked.
scantiness noun: The quality of being scanty.
scantity noun: The quality of being scant or sparse.
scantle noun, verb /ˈskæntəl/: To scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
Scantlebury proper noun: A surname.
scantlet noun: A small pattern or quantity.
Scantlin proper noun: A surname from Irish.
scantling adjective, noun /ˈskæntlɪŋ/: The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
scantlinged adjective: Built with scantlings.
scantlings noun: plural of scantling
scantly adverb /ˈskæntli/: In a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided.
scantness noun: The property of being scant.
scantron noun /ˈskænˌtɹɒn/: A device used to scan prepared forms used for multiple-choice and true-or-false testing.
scants noun: A type of underwear worn by men.
scanty adjective /ˈskænti/: Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
scanxiety noun: Anxiety experienced while waiting to undergo a medical scan or receive the results of one.
scap noun /skæp/: Initialism of supreme commander of the Allied powers.
scap-net noun: A fishing net for catching minnows, etc.
scape noun, suffix, verb /ˈskeɪp/: form, formation, shape
scape-animal noun: An animal that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is sent out alive into the wilderness to carry away the afflictions.
scape-bird noun: A bird that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is released into the wild to carry away the afflictions.
scape-wheel noun: The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into whose teeth the pallets play.
'scapegallows noun: A criminal who has narrowly escaped from being hanged.
scapegoat noun, verb /ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/: In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was...
scapegoatable adjective: Able to be made into a scapegoat.
scapegoater noun: A person who makes a scapegoat of another person (punishes someone for another's wrongdoing)
scapegoating noun, verb: The act of making somebody a scapegoat.
scapegoatish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a scapegoat.
scapegoatism noun: The practice of holding somebody accountable as a scapegoat.
scapegrace noun /ˈskeɪpɡɹeɪs/: A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel.
scapeless adjective: Without a scape.
scaper noun: A fan of the American science-fiction television series Farscape.
scapethrift noun: A spendthrift.
scapewheel noun: Alternative form of scape-wheel
scapha noun: The scaphoid fossa of the helix of the ear.
scaphander noun: A kind of diving suit.
scaphandrid noun: Any in the family Scaphandridae of sea snails.
scaphiform adjective: Synonym of scaphoid (“boat-shaped”).
scaphiophrynine noun: Any of the frogs in the microhylid subfamily Scaphiophryninae.
scaphiopodid noun: Any in the family Scaphiopodidae of toads.
scaphism noun: An alleged form of execution, among the ancient Persians, in which the victim is fastened into a hollow boat, force-fed and slathered in honey and milk and...
scaphite noun: An extinct ammonoid of the genus Scaphites.
scaphitid noun: An ammonite from the Scaphitidae taxonomic family.
scaphitocone noun: An organism or fossil with a scaphitoconic shell (especially one in the heteromorph ammonite genus Scaphites), or the shell itself.
scaphitoconic adjective: Having an ancyloconic shell with an involute phragmocone and a hooked body chamber, like Scaphites.
scaphium noun: The carina or keel of papilionaceous flowers.
scapho- prefix: scaphoid
scaphocapitate adjective: Relating to the scaphoid and capitate bones.
scaphocephalic adjective, noun: Of, pertaining to, or affected by scaphocephaly.
scaphocephalism noun: Synonym of scaphocephaly.
scaphocephalous adjective: Synonym of scaphocephalic.
scaphocephaly noun: A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened side-to-side.
scaphocerite noun: A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many crustaceans, typically used for locomotion, but which sometimes has a...
scaphognathid noun: Any pterosaur in the family Scaphognathidae, now considered to be the rhamphorhynchid subfamily Scaphognathinae.
scaphognathite noun: A thin appendage that draws water through the gills of decapods
scaphoid adjective, noun: Shaped like a boat.
scaphoid abdomen noun /ˈskæ.fɔɪd ˈæb.də.mən/: A condition where the abdomen's anterior wall is sunken and hollow.
scaphoid bone noun: One of the carpal bones of the wrist.
scaphoidectomy noun: Surgical removal or excision of the scaphoid bone.
scaphoiditis noun: inflammation of the scaphoid
scapholunar adjective, noun: scapholunate
scapholunate adjective: Of or relating to an intraarticular ligament that binds together the scaphoid and lunate bones of the wrist.
scaphometacarpal adjective: Relating to the scaphoid and the metacarpals.
scaphopisiform adjective: Relating to the scaphoid and pisiform bones.
scaphopod noun: tusk shell
scaphoradial adjective: Relating to the scaphoid and radius bones.
scaphotrapezial adjective: Related to the scaphoid bone and the trapezium bone
scaphotrapeziotrapezoid adjective: Of, or relating to the part of the wrist made up of the scaphoid, trapezium, and trapezoid bones on the thumb side.
scaphotrapeziotrapezoid joint noun: The wrist joint where three bones, the scaphoid, trapezium, and trapezoid, meet on the thumb side of the wrist. It helps stabilize the wrist and transfer...
scaphotrapeziotrapezoid osteoarthritis noun: A degenerative joint condition affecting the scaphotrapeziotrapezoid joint in the wrist, where the scaphoid, trapezium, and trapezoid bones meet. It...
scaphotrapeziotrapezoidal adjective: Relating to the articulation or structures involving the scaphoid, trapezium, and trapezoid bones of the wrist, typically describing the joint region where...
scaphotrapeziotrapezoidosteoarthritis noun: a thumb basal joint arthritis.
scaphotrapezium noun: The scaphoid trapezium
scaphotrapezoid adjective: Relating to the scaphoid and trapezoid bones.
scaphotrapezoidal adjective: scaphotrapezoid
scaphotriquetral adjective: Of or relating to an intraarticular ligament that binds together the scaphoid and triquetrum bones of the wrist.
scapiform adjective: Resembling a scape.
scapigerous adjective: Bearing a scape.
scapinin noun: A phosphatase that regulates actin
scapoid adjective: Resembling a scape.
scapolite noun: Any of several mixed sodium and calcium aluminosilicates which also contain chloride, carbonate and sulfate and are found in metamorphic rocks
scapolitic adjective: Of or relating to the mineral scapolite.
scapolitization noun: The process of conversion into scapolite.
scapolitize verb: To convert into scapolite.
scapose adjective: Having the floral axis more or less erect but with only a few leaves or devoid of leaves; consisting of a scape.
scapple verb /ˈskæp.əl/: To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.
scappler noun: One who scapples.
scapteromyine noun: Any rat of the former tribe Scapteromyini (now Akodontini)
scaption noun /ˈskæp.ʃən/: An exercise designed to strengthen the rotator cuff muscle and the deltoid by raising one's arms in front of the body while holding weights and maintaining...
scapula noun: Either of the two large, flat, bones forming the back of the shoulder.
scapulalgia noun: Pain in the shoulder.
scapular adjective, noun /ˈskapjʊlə/: A short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint.
scapular winging noun: A condition where the shoulder blades stick out from the back instead of lying flat against the ribs.
scapulary adjective, noun: scapular
scapulate adjective: Alternative form of scapulated.
scapulated adjective: Having the scapular feathers notable in size or colour.
scapulectomy noun: Removal of the scapula.
scapulet noun: A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of the oral arms of the manubrium of many jellyfish.
scapulimancer noun: One who practices scapulimancy.
scapulimancy noun: divination using shoulder bones
scapulimantic adjective: Relating to scapulimancy.
scapulo- prefix: scapula
scapulobrachial adjective: Relating to the scapula and the arm.
scapuloclavicular adjective: Relating to, or connecting the scapula and a clavicle
scapulocoracoid adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the scapula and coracoid bones of the shoulder.
scapulocoracoideum noun: scapulocoracoid cartilage
scapulocostal adjective: Relating to the scapula and ribs; applied to a joint formed by an articulation of the anterior scapula and the posterior thoracic rib cage.
scapulodynia noun: Pain in the scapula.
scapulohumeral adjective: Of or relating to the scapulohumerus
scapulohumerus noun: The scapula and humerus; the seven muscles that connect the humerus to the scapula
scapulomancy noun: Alternative form of scapulimancy.
scapulomantic adjective: Alternative form of scapulimantic.
scapuloperoneal adjective: scapular and peroneal
scapuloradial adjective: Relating to the scapula and the radius.
scapulospinal adjective: Relating to the scapula and the spine.
scapulothoracic adjective: Relating to the scapula and thorax.
scapulotriceps noun: scapular triceps muscle, in birds, to which the wings are attached
scapulotricipital adjective: Relating to the scapula and the triceps
scapuloulnar adjective: Relating to the scapula and the ulna.
scapulovertebral adjective: Relating to the scapula and the vertebrae.
scapus noun: A scape.
scar noun, verb /skɑɹ/: A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
scar limestone noun: A mass of calcareous rock crowded with marine fossils.
scar tissue noun: A type of tissue found in animals containing a higher than normal amount of the protein collagen formed in a place where an injury has healed.
scar tree noun: A tree from which a section of bark has been removed for traditional Indigenous activities such as canoe making, the construction of shelters, etc.
scarab noun /ˈskæɹəb/: A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
scarab beetle noun: Any of very many beetles, of the family Scarabaeidae, especially Scarabaeus sacer regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians
scarabæid noun: Alternative form of scarabaeid.
scarabaeid noun: Any beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (which includes stag- and dung-beetles).
scarabaeidologist noun: An entomologist whose speciality is scarabaeidology
scarabaeidology noun: The study of scarabs of the family Scarabaeidae
scarabaeiform noun: Any beetle of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia
scarabaeine noun: Any member of the subfamily Scarabaeinae of dung beetles.
scarabaeoid adjective, noun: Resembling a scarab.
scarabee noun: A beetle.
scarabeid noun: Alternative spelling of scarabaeid.
scarabid noun: Any scarab beetle of the family Scarabaeidae
scarablike adjective: Resembling a scarab beetle.
scaraboid adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.
scaramouch noun: Alternative form of Scaramouche.
Scaramouche noun: A tumbler; an acrobat.
Scaramucci noun /ˌskærəˈmuːtʃi/: A unit of time equal to the duration of Anthony Scaramucci's tenure as White House Director of Communications, variously defined as 10 or 11 days.
Scarano proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Scarboro proper noun: A surname.
Scarborough proper noun /ˈskɑɹbəɹoʊ/: A coastal town in North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA040880). It should now be a civil parish, with a town council elected on 1 May 2025.
Scarborough lily noun: Cyrtanthus elatus, a bulbous flowering plant that originates from the Cape Province of South Africa.
Scarborough warning noun: A warning given too late to be useful.
scarbroite noun: A triclinic white mineral that is a hydrous carbonate of aluminium, Al₅CO₃)(OH)₁₃ · 5H₂O.
Scarbrough proper noun: A surname.
scarce adjective, adverb /ˈskɛəs/: Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
scarce as hen's teeth adjective: Synonym of rare as hen's teeth.
scarce chaser noun: Libellula fulva, a dragonfly native to Europe
scarce copper noun: A butterfly of the copper or gossamer-winged butterfly family, Lycaena virgaureae.
scarcelins adverb: scarcely; hardly
Scarcella proper noun: A surname from Italian.
scarcely adverb /ˈskɛəsli/: Probably not.
scarcement noun: An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.
scarcen verb /ˈskɛːsən/: to become scarce
scarceness noun /ˈskɛəsnəs/: The property of being scarce; dearth, rarity.
scarcity noun /ˈskɛɹsɪti/: The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
Scardino proper noun: A surname.
scare adjective, noun, verb /skɛə/: A minor fright.
scare away verb: Synonym of scare off.
scare-babe noun: Something that inspires fear but presents no real danger.
scare-beggar noun: A scarecrow.
scare-bug noun: Alternative form of scarebug.
scare campaign noun: An effort to make a large group of people afraid of someone or something.
scare chord noun: A strong dissonant chord, usually on a string instrument, intended to emphasize a startling moment.
scare-head noun: Alternative form of scarehead.
scare into verb: To frighten (someone) to get them to do (something).
scare line noun: A long rope, cable, or other line that is used to frighten fish into an area where they are more easily caught using other gear.
scare off verb: To cause (something) to flee by frightening it.
scare quote noun: A quotation mark deliberately used to provoke a reaction or to indicate that the author does not approve of a term or clause, rather than to identify a...
scare-roused adjective: Alternative form of scaroused.
scare-sleep noun: An insect, a lanternfly (Fulgora laternaria).
scare someone out of their mind verb: Synonym of scare someone out of their wits (“to frighten greatly”).
scare someone out of their wits verb: To frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally.
scare someone to death verb: To frighten someone very much.
scare story noun: A rumour spread by a scaremonger in order to cause anxiety.
scare straight verb: To frighten (someone) to such a degree that a significant improvement in behavior results.
scare tactic noun: A type of psychological manipulation regarding a particular issue in which fear or alarm is aroused.
scare the bejeebers out of verb: To terrify thoroughly.
scare-the-birds noun: A scarecrow.
scare the daylights out of verb: Alternative form of scare the living daylights out of.
scare the horses verb: To upset public order, decorum, or conventional values.
scare the life out of verb: To scare something or someone to a great degree.
scare the living daylights out of verb: To scare something or someone to a large degree.
scare the pants off verb: To scare or startle someone thoroughly.
scare up verb: To frighten (an animal, especially a game animal) into appearing from cover.
scareability noun: The quality or degree of being scareable.
scareable adjective: Capable of being scared.
scarebabe noun: Alternative form of scare-babe.
scarebug noun: A bugbear; an imaginary monster to frighten children.
scarecrow noun, verb /ˈskɛəkɹəʊ/: An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there.
scarecrowish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a scarecrow.
scarecrowlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a scarecrow.
scarecrowy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a scarecrow.
scared adjective, verb /skɛəd/: Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.
scared green adjective: Extremely scared; terrified.
scared pink adjective: Synonym of scared green.
scared red adjective: Synonym of scared green.
scared spitless adjective: Very frightened, terrified.
scared stiff adjective: scared to the point of being unable to move, or (figuratively) very scared.
scared to death adjective: Extremely frightened.
scared white adjective: Synonym of scared green.
scaredeer noun /ˈskɛəˌdɪə/: Synonym of deer scarer.
scaredly adverb: In a scared manner, with fear.
scaredness noun: The quality of being scared; fear; timidity.
scaredy adjective, noun: Characterised by being timorous or afraid.
scaredy cat noun: Alternative form of scaredy-cat (“coward”).
scaredy pants noun: A notional pair of trousers or underwear worn by someone when acting cowardly.
scarefest noun: An event, dramatic work, etc. that is very frightening.
scarefire noun: A fire causing alarm, i.e. a house-burning; conflagration; scathefire.
scareful adjective: Full of scare.
scarehead noun, verb /ˈskɛə(ɹ)hɛd/: An alarming or sensational headline.
scareless adjective: Devoid of scares; not at all frightening.
scarelore noun: A kind of folklore comprising stories intended to frighten the reader or listener.
scaremonger noun, verb: Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people.
scaremongerer noun: A scaremonger; one who scaremongers.
scaremongering noun, verb: The actions of scaremongers in spreading frightening or ominous reports or rumours.
scaremongery noun: The act of spreading alarming information that is either exaggerated or untrue in order to scare others.
scareproof adjective: Resistant to being frightened.
scarequote noun: Alternative form of scare quote.
scarer noun: One who, or that which, scares.
scaresome adjective /ˈskeɹsəm/: Characterised or marked by scariness; frightful.
scaresomely adverb: In a scaresome manner; terribly; frighteningly.
scareware noun: Software that attempts to scare the user into compliance, as by displaying false warnings of virus infection.
scarey adjective: Dated form of scary.
scarf noun, verb /skɑːf/: A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
scarf and barf noun: The behavior in domestic pets (particularly cats) of eating so rapidly that they are unable to digest the food that they swallow, and consequently vomiting.
scarf down verb: To eat (something) quickly.
scarf-skin noun: Alternative form of scarfskin.
SCARF syndrome noun: A rare syndrome characterized by skeletal abnormalities, cutis laxa, craniostenosis, ambiguous genitalia, psychomotor retardation, and facial abnormalities.
scarf up verb: Synonym of scarf down.
scarfable adjective: Able to be devoured.
scarface noun: A person with a scarred face.
Scarfe proper noun: A surname.
scarfed adjective, verb: Alternative form of scarved (“wearing a scarf”).
scarfer noun: One who shapes metal or removes defects from it by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.
Scarff proper noun: A surname.

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.