English words: sceliphrolactam to schematical
300 English words, part 26 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 26 have a page of their own.
English words sceliphrolactam to schematical
- sceliphrolactam noun: A polyene macrocyclic lactam present in an actinomycete associated with the mud dauber, Sceliphron caementarium
- sceloporine noun: Any lizard of the genus Sceloporus
- scelp noun: Alternative form of skelp (“narrow strip of rolled or forged metal”).
- scena noun /ˈʃeɪnə/: A scene in an opera.
- scenario noun /sɪˈnɑːɹi.əʊ/: An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
- scenarioist noun: One who prepares the scenario for a film or other work.
- scenarioize verb: To turn (a story, idea etc.) into a scenario for a play or film.
- scenarise verb: To create the physical set and staging for a film or play.
- scenarist noun: A writer of screenplays; a screenwriter.
- scenarize verb: Alternative form of scenarise.
- scend noun, verb: The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.
- scene interjection, noun, verb /siːn/: The location of an event that attracts attention.
- scène à faire noun: A scene which is demanded by the progression of the plot so far; an indispensable culminating scene.
- scene-dock noun: An area in a theatre with access to the stage and the loading doors where scenery is temporarily stored
- scene graph noun: Alternative form of scenegraph.
- scene kid noun: A young person belonging to a current popular fad or fashion subgenre, often relating to a musical genre.
- scene music noun: A broad umbrella term used to describe hardcore punk, emo, pop-punk, and indie rock.
- scene pack noun: A set of flats stored together for use in a particular scene.
- scene queen noun: A girl or woman who is deeply involved in a subcultural scene.
- scene-room noun: Synonym of scene-dock.
- scene-shifter noun: Alternative spelling of sceneshifter.
- scene-stealer noun: Someone who steals the scene
- scene stealing adjective, noun /ˈsiːn ˈstiːlɪŋ/: That steals the scene (“dominates a performance through charisma, humour, or powerful acting”).
- scenecore noun: An intense or hardcore idealized form of the scene youth subculture of the 2000s and early 2010s.
- scenecraft noun: The art or skill of designing scenes for theatrical performances.
- scened adjective, verb: Having a particular kind or number of scenes.
- sceneful adjective, noun: Having much scenery; scenic.
- scenegraph noun: A data structure representing a graphical scene.
- sceneless adjective: Without a scene.
- scenelessness noun: Absence of a scene.
- scenelet noun: A little scene.
- scenellid noun: Any extinct mollusk in the family Scenellidae.
- sceneman noun: A man who is a sceneshifter; any sceneshifter.
- sceneness noun: The state or condition of belonging to a subcultural scene.
- scenepack noun: Alternative form of scene pack.
- scener noun /ˈsinɚ/: A member of a scene, especially the demoscene.
- scenery noun /ˈsiːnəɹi/: View, natural features, landscape.
- scenery-chewer noun: One who "chews the scenery", performing melodramatically or flamboyantly.
- scenery-chewing adjective: That chews the scenery; excessively flamboyant or overacting
- sceneryless adjective: Without scenery.
- scenes noun, verb /siːnz/: plural of scene
- scenescape noun: A work, such as a painting, that presents or conveys a scene.
- scenesetter noun: One who, or that which, sets the scene.
- scenesetting adjective, noun: The process of setting the scene.
- sceneshifter noun: Someone who moves the scenes in a theatre during a performance.
- scenester noun /ˈsiːnstɚ/: A non-musician who is active in a particular musical scene, especially one whose involvement carries social status.
- scenesterism noun: The culture of scenesters; involvement in a lifestyle associated with a particular music scene.
- scenetics noun: The study or practice of managing the effect of setting on one's mental state.
- scenework noun: The elements of a scene in a television episode, movie, or play.
- scenewright noun: A person who works in scenecraft.
- sceney adjective: Characteristic of a scene or subculture.
- scenic adjective, noun /ˈsiːnɪk/: having beautiful scenery; picturesque
- scenic design noun: The creation of scenery for theatrical productions including plays and musicals.
- scenic route noun: A road or path designed to take one past a pleasant view or nice scenery.
- scenical adjective: Dated form of scenic.
- scenically adverb: In a scenic manner.
- scenicness noun: The state or condition of being scenic.
- scenist noun: Synonym of scenewright.
- scenius noun /siːni.əs/: The intelligence of a whole operation or group of people; collective creativity.
- scenograph noun: A perspective representation or lateral view of an object, as opposed to a view from above or below.
- scenographer noun: A person who designs sets for film or television.
- scenographic adjective: Of or pertaining to scenography.
- scenographical adjective: Alternative form of scenographic.
- scenographically adverb: In a scenographic manner.
- scenography noun: The design of theatrical sets.
- scenopinid noun: Any of the family Scenopinidae of flies.
- scenopoetic adjective: Describing ecological variables that do not interact with others, and change very slowly
- scent noun, verb /sɛnt/: A distinctive smell.
- scent-bottle noun: A small elegant bottle containing perfume.
- scent gland noun: A glandular organ that secretes such substances as musk or castoreum.
- scent hound noun: A hunting dog that tracks prey using its sense of smell rather than by its vision.
- scent mark noun, verb: A strong-smelling substance, from the urine or a gland, deposited by an animal to mark its territory.
- scent out verb: To locate by following a scent.
- scent pad noun: A patch of ground where a scent has been intentionally applied for a dog to track.
- scentable adjective: Capable of, or suitable for, being scented.
- scented adjective, verb: Having a pleasant aroma.
- scented grass noun: A grass of species Chrysopogon gryllus, native to Europe and temperate Asia.
- scentedness noun: The state or condition of being scented.
- scenter noun: One who detects something by scent.
- scentful adjective: Having a pleasant scent; odorous.
- scenthound noun: Alternative spelling of scent hound.
- scenting noun, verb: The act or process by which something is scented.
- scentingly adverb: allusively; indirectly
- scentless adjective: Not having a scent, odorless.
- scentlessness noun: The state or condition of being scentless.
- scentmaker noun: A person who makes perfumes or other scented products.
- scentproof adjective: Resistant to scent.
- scentscape noun: An olfactory environment; the various scents in an environment.
- scentwood noun: Any aromatic wood.
- scepsis noun /ˈskɛpsɪs/: Skepticism; a skeptical approach or belief.
- scepter noun, verb: American and archaic form of sceptre.
- scepterdom noun: Alternative form of sceptredom.
- sceptered adjective, verb: Alternative form of sceptred.
- scepterellate adjective: Bearing small, scepter-shaped structures or spicule.
- scepterless adjective: Alternative form of sceptreless.
- sceptic adjective, noun /ˈskɛp.tɪk/: Alternative spelling of skeptic.
- sceptical adjective: Commonwealth standard spelling of skeptical.
- scepticality noun: The quality of being sceptical.
- sceptically adverb: Alternative form of skeptically.
- scepticalness noun: The quality of being sceptical.
- scepticise verb: Alternative form of skepticize.
- scepticism noun: Alternative spelling of skepticism.
- scepticist noun: One who is skeptical; a sceptic.
- scepticize verb: Alternative form of skepticize.
- sceptral adjective /ˈsɛp.tɹəl/: Of, relating to, or similar to a sceptre.
- sceptre noun, verb /ˈsɛptə/: An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.
- sceptred adjective, verb: Holding a sceptre
- sceptredom noun: Reign; sovereign rule.
- sceptreless adjective: Having no sceptre; without authority; powerless.
- sceptrin noun: A cyclobutane alkaloid found in some marine sponges
- sceptrule noun: A kind of microscopic sponge spicule consisting of a straight rod terminated in a bundle of spines or knobs.
- sceptrumgenin noun: A steroidal sapogenin obtained from Isoflexis sceptrum.
- scerne verb: To discern.
- scetavaiasse noun: Alternative spelling of scetavajasse.
- scetavajasse noun /ˌʃeɪtəvaɪˈɑːseɪ/: A Neapolitan percussion instrument composed of two wooden sticks, a serrated one and a smooth one, played by rubbing the former on the latter.
- sceuophylacium noun: The repository of the sacred vessels in the Greek church.
- sceuophylax noun: A sacristan or church treasurer.
- scew-whiff adjective: Alternative spelling of skew-whiff.
- SCF noun: Supercritical fluid.
- SCFA noun: Initialism of short-chain fatty acid.
- SCFE noun: Initialism of slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
- scfs noun: Abbreviation of standard cubic feet per hour, a unit of volumetric fluid flow.
- scFv noun: Abbreviation of single-chain variable fragment.
- SCGSD noun: Initialism of sugarcane grassy shoot disease.
- sch noun, prefix /ʃ/: Abbreviation of school.
- schœne noun: Alternative form of schene.
- Schaaf proper noun: A surname.
- Schaal proper noun: A surname.
- schaapsteker noun: Alternative form of skaapsteker.
- Schaar proper noun: A surname.
- Schabas proper noun: A surname.
- Schabzieger noun: Alternative form of Schabziger (“type of Swiss cheese”).
- Schabziger noun: Synonym of Sapsago (“type of Swiss cheese”).
- schachnerite noun: A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal silver gray mineral containing mercury and silver.
- Schachter proper noun /ˈʃæktɚ/: A surname from German.
- Schachtian adjective: Of or relating to Schachtism.
- Schachtianism noun: Alternative form of Schachtism.
- Schachtism noun: Economic policies and agreements that provide unfair benefits to one of the involved nations, associated with Nazi Germany.
- Schack proper noun: A surname.
- Schad proper noun: A surname.
- schadenford noun: Perverse pleasure derived from observing the foibles of Toronto mayor Rob Ford.
- schadenfreude noun /ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.də/: Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune; counterempathy.
- schadenfreuder noun /ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.də/: A person experiencing schadenfreude.
- schadenfreudian adjective: Relating to or characterised by schadenfreude.
- Schadler proper noun: A surname from German.
- Schadt proper noun: A surname.
- Schaefer proper noun: A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Shepherd.
- Schaeffer proper noun: A surname.
- Schaeffler proper noun: A surname
- Schaer proper noun: A surname.
- schafarzikite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing antimony, iron, and oxygen.
- Schafer proper noun: A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Shepherd.
- Schaff proper noun: A surname.
- schaffel noun: A German fusion genre of techno and rock with offbeat percussion.
- Schaffer proper noun: A surname, variant of Schaefer.
- Schaffhausen proper noun: A canton of Switzerland.
- Schaffner proper noun /ˈʃæfnə(ɹ)/: A surname from German
- schafkopf noun: Alternative form of schafskopf (“card game”).
- schafskopf noun: A fool; an idiot.
- schaftoside noun: A nematocidal flavone, 8-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-6-β-D-glucopyranosyl-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one
- Schaghticoke noun /ˈskætɨkoʊk/: A member of an Eastern Woodlands tribe descended from an association of Mahican, Potatuck, Weantinock, Tunxis, and Podunk peoples, recognized by Connecticut...
- Schaible proper noun: A surname.
- schairerite noun: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal colorless mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.
- schak noun: Alternative spelling of shalk.
- schalenblende noun: A variety of native zinc sulfide.
- schalet noun: Alternative form of cholent.
- Schall proper noun: A surname.
- Schaller proper noun: A surname.
- schallerite noun: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
- schalmei noun: A shawm or chalumeau.
- schalmey noun: Alternative form of schalmei.
- Schama proper noun: A surname.
- Schamberg disease noun: A chronic discoloration of the skin, usually affecting the legs, most common in males.
- Schanck proper noun: A surname.
- schandmantel noun: An instrument of punishment resembling a barrel that is worn as a coat to humiliate the wearer.
- Schank proper noun: A surname from German.
- Schantz proper noun: A surname from German.
- schantze noun: A type of stone fortification.
- Schanz proper noun: A surname from German.
- schanze noun: Alternative form of schantze.
- schapbachite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral grayish black mineral containing bismuth, lead, silver, and sulfur.
- schapendoes noun: A breed of dog originating in the Netherlands.
- Schaper proper noun: A surname.
- Schapiro proper noun: A surname.
- schappe noun, verb /ˈʃɑ.pə/: To use a process of fermentation to remove sericin from silk.
- Schappert proper noun: A surname from German.
- schapska noun: Alternative spelling of chapka.
- Schardinger dextrin noun: Any of the three naturally occurring cyclodextrins α, β, and γ.
- Schardinger sugar noun: Synonym of Schardinger dextrin.
- Schardt proper noun: A surname.
- Scharf proper noun: A surname.
- Scharff proper noun: A surname.
- Scharlachberger noun: A wine from Scharlachberg in Germany.
- scharm adjective: Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a charm quark.
- scharm squark noun: A squark which is the hypothetical supersymmetric partner of a charm quark.
- Scharnhorst proper noun /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)nhɔː(ɹ)st/: Several locations in northern Germany.
- Scharnhorst effect noun: A hypothetical phenomenon in which light signals travel slightly faster than lightspeed between two closely spaced conducting plates.
- schatchen noun: Alternative spelling of shadchen.
- Schatz proper noun /ʃæts/: A surname.
- Schatzman proper noun: A surname from German.
- Schau proper noun: A surname.
- Schaub proper noun: A surname.
- Schauer proper noun: A surname.
- Schaum proper noun: A surname from German.
- Schaumburg proper noun: A surname from German.
- schaurteite noun: A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal silky white mineral containing calcium, germanium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
- Schaus proper noun: A surname from German.
- Schauthaler noun: A thaler coin struck for use as a medal or medallion.
- schav noun: A kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass).
- schchi noun: Alternative form of shchi.
- schebang noun: Alternative form of shebang.
- schechina noun: Alternative form of shechinah.
- schechinah noun: Alternative form of shechinah.
- schechita noun: Alternative form of shehitah.
- Schechner proper noun: A surname from German.
- Schechnerian adjective: Of or relating to Richard Schechner, professor of Performance Studies and editor of TDR: The Drama Review.
- Schechter proper noun: A surname.
- Schecter proper noun: A surname.
- sched noun /skɛd͡ʒ/: Abbreviation of schedule.
- schede noun: A written paper.
- schediaphilia noun /ˌskɛdiəˈfɪliə/: A paraphilia in which a person is sexually attracted to cartoon characters.
- schediasm noun: cursory writing on a loose sheet
- schediastic adjective: Being or relating to a schediasm.
- schedj noun: Clipping of schedule.
- schedographer noun: Someone who uses the educational method of schedography.
- schedographic adjective: Involving or relating to schedography.
- schedographical adjective: Involving or relating to schedography.
- schedography noun: A method of grammar education used in the Byzantine Empire from around 1000 to the 13th century.
- scheds noun: Abbreviation of schedules.
- schedulability noun: The condition of being schedulable.
- schedulable adjective: Able to be scheduled.
- schedular adjective: Relating to a schedule.
- schedule noun, verb /ˈʃɛd͡ʒuːl/: A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to...
- scheduled adjective, noun, verb: Planned; according to schedule (timetable).
- scheduled territory noun: Any of the countries that use the pound sterling as currency, or peg their own currencies to it.
- schedulee noun: One who has been scheduled.
- scheduleless adjective: Without a schedule.
- scheduler noun /ˈʃɛdjələ/: A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
- scheduling noun, verb: A function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time.
- schedulization noun: The process or result of schedulizing.
- schedulize verb: To arrange or classify according to a schedule.
- Scheel proper noun: A surname.
- Scheele proper noun: A surname from German
- Scheele's green noun: A toxic cupric hydrogen arsenite with a greenish-yellow hue, formerly used in paints.
- scheelin noun: tungsten
- scheelite noun: A mineral composed of calcium tungstate, with the chemical formula CaWO₄; one of the principal ores for tungsten.
- scheelium noun: (obsolete) tungsten (metal)
- Scheer proper noun /ʃɪɚ/: A surname from German.
- Scheerer proper noun: A surname.
- Scheetz proper noun: A surname.
- Scheff proper noun: A surname.
- Scheffer proper noun: A surname from German.
- schefferite noun: Synonym of diopside.
- Schefferville proper noun: A town in Quebec, Canada.
- Scheffler proper noun: A surname.
- schefflera noun /ˈʃɛfləɹə/: Any of the genus Schefflera of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae.
- Scheherazade proper noun /ʃəˌhɛɹəˈzɑːd(ə)/: A female given name from Persian.
- Scheherazadean adjective: Of or relating to the fictional storyteller Scheherazade.
- Scheherazadian adjective: Alternative form of Scheherazadean.
- Scheherezadian adjective: Alternative form of Scheherazadean.
- scheiße noun: Alternative form of scheisse.
- Scheib proper noun: A surname.
- Scheibe proper noun: A surname from German.
- Scheibel proper noun: A surname from German.
- Scheiber proper noun: A surname from German.
- Scheid proper noun: A surname.
- Scheidel proper noun: A surname from German.
- Scheider proper noun: A surname.
- Scheidler proper noun: A surname.
- Scheidt proper noun: A surname.
- Scheie syndrome noun: A disease caused by iduronidase deficiency, characterized by corneal clouding and facial dysmorphism.
- Scheiner proper noun: A surname.
- Scheiner speed noun: The speed (expressed in degrees) of a plate used for astronomical photography, rated by the least exposure required to produce a visible darkening upon...
- scheiss interjection, noun: Alternative form of scheisse.
- scheisse interjection, noun: Alternative letter-case form of scheisse.
- Scheldt proper noun /ʃɛlt/: A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Schelerian adjective: Of or relating to Max Scheler (1874–1928), German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and philosophical anthropology.
- schelhammericine noun: A homoerythrinan alkaloid found in Schelhammera pedunculata.
- schelium noun: Alternative form of scheelium.
- Schell proper noun: A surname.
- Schellenberg proper noun: A surname from German.
- Schellenbergian adjective: Of or relating to T. R. Schellenberg (1903–1970), American archivist and archival theorist.
- Scheller proper noun: A surname from German.
- schelling noun: A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.
- Schelling point noun: Synonym of focal point (“solution used in the absence of communication”).
- Schellingian adjective: Relating to Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854), German philosopher.
- Schellingianism noun: Schellingian philosophy.
- Schellingism noun: Schellingian philosophy.
- schellum noun: Alternative form of schelm (“a villain or scoundrel”).
- schelly noun: A fish, the powan (Coregonus clupeoides).
- schelm noun: A villain or scoundrel.
- scheltopusik noun: Alternative form of sheltopusik.
- schema noun /ˈskiːmə/: An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).
- schemaless adjective: Without a schema.
- schemalike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a schema.
- schemat noun /ˈskiːmæt/: schema
- schematic adjective, noun /skɪˈmætɪk/: Represented too simply or in an overly formulaic way, reflecting a shallow or incomplete understanding of complex subject matter.
- schematic drawing noun: a concise graphical system of connected symbols used to show the functional relationships of the parts of an electrical or mechanical component, and the...
- schematic variable noun: A variable that appears in an axiom schema and ranges over formulas, distinguished from the variables of the axiom schema that are quantified over and that...
- schematical adjective: Synonym of schematic.
Part 25 · Part 27 · English words: S
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.