English words: Scianna to scissor-like

300 English words, part 31 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 27 have a page of their own.

English words Scianna to scissor-like

Scianna proper noun: A surname from Italian.
sciaphilic adjective: That thrives in the shade
sciaphilous adjective: Tolerant of shade.
sciapod noun /ˈsʌɪəpɒd/: A member of a mythical race of humans living in Africa, who have one single, large foot which they use to shade themselves from the rays of the sun.
Sciara proper noun: A town in Sicily.
sciarid noun: Any in the family Sciaridae of fungus gnats.
Sciarra proper noun: A surname.
Sciarrino proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Sciascia proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Sciascinoso noun: A variety of red grape from Campania in south Italy.
sciascope noun: Alternative form of skiascope.
sciascopy noun: Alternative form of skiascopy.
sciath noun: An oblong shield of wickerwork once used in Ireland.
sciatheric adjective /ˌsaɪəˈθɛɹɪk/: Belonging or relating to a sundial.
sciatherical adjective: sciatheric
sciatic adjective, noun /saɪˈætɪk/: Of, or relating to the ischium.
sciatic nerve noun: A large nerve that starts in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb.
sciatica noun /saɪˈætɪkə/: Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.
sciatical adjective: sciatic
sciatically adverb: With, or by means of, sciatica.
sciaticky noun: sciatica
scibiddi interjection: Alternative spelling of skibidy (“nonlexical vocable used in scat singing”).
SciComm noun: Science communication.
SCID noun: Initialism of severe combined immunodeficiency.
science noun, verb /ˈsaɪ.əns/: A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
science baby noun: In fiction, a child of a same-sex couple conceived through technological or fantastical means.
science center noun: An organization, location, or virtual location where science is done or exhibited, either professionally or educationally.
science centre noun: Alternative spelling of science center.
science experiment noun: A state of extreme uncleanliness, especially one which involves food mess left for an excessive period of time that is liable to spoil, rot, mold, etc.
science fact noun: Reality, especially scientific and technological reality, as contrasted with the manner in which it is depicted in science fiction.
science faction noun: Synonym of science fact.
science fair noun: A competition in which contestants, usually children, create science-related projects or demonstrations.
science fantasy noun: A hybrid genre of science fiction and fantasy, typically with settings combining futuristic and supernatural or magical elements.
science fiction adjective, noun /ˈsaɪəns ˌfɪkʃən/: Fiction in which advanced technology or science is a key element.
science fictional adjective: Of or pertaining to science fiction
science-fictioneer noun /ˈsaɪ.əns ˌfɪk.ʃənˈɪə/: Creator of science fiction.
science-fictioner noun: A science fiction movie or television program.
science fictionish adjective: Similar to science fiction.
science-fictionlike adjective: Resembling science fiction.
science fictiony adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of science fiction.
science lab noun: A classroom in a school where science classes are held.
science oven noun: Synonym of microwave oven.
science park noun: An area with a collection of buildings dedicated to scientific research on a business footing.
science project noun: A school project to be entered into a science fair.
science room noun: A room in a school set aside for instruction in the sciences.
science shop noun: A facility, often attached to a specific department of a university or an NGO, that provides independent participatory research support in response to...
science up verb: To develop or create in a scientific way
science-y adjective: Alternative form of sciencey.
scienced adjective, verb: Knowledgeable, learned; skilled or trained in a specified profession or pursuit.
scienceless adjective: Without science.
sciencelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of science.
scienceman noun: Synonym of scientist.
sciencephobia noun: An aversion to science.
sciences noun, verb /ˈsaɪənsɪz/: All the fields of science, collectively.
sciencey adjective: Scientific; of or pertaining to science.
sciencing noun, verb /ˈsaɪənsɪŋ/: The active, hands-on process of exploration and discovery through which individuals (especially children) construct their own understanding of the natural...
sciencism noun: Alternative form of scientism.
sciency adjective: Alternative form of sciencey.
scienda noun /skɪˈɛnda/: The sum of all the political, economic, technological, scientific, military, geographical, and psychological knowledge that a governing body must possess to...
scient adjective /ˈsaɪənt/: Knowing; aware; knowledgeable.
scientaster noun: An inferior scientist.
scienter adverb, noun /saɪˈɛntə(ɹ)/: deliberately, knowingly
scientess noun: A female scientist.
scientia potentia est proverb: Knowledge is power; with knowledge or education, one's potential or abilities in life will certainly increase.
sciential adjective: Of or pertaining to science or to knowledge.
scientian noun: One who studies science; a scientist.
scientibook noun: A book in the genre of science fiction.
scientician noun: Someone with the trappings of science who is probably not a true scientist.
scienticide noun /sɪˈɛntɪsaɪd/: Destruction or debasement of scientific method, understanding, and/or infrastructure; a (figurative) killing of science.
scienticism noun: scientism
scienticomic noun: A comic book in the genre of science fiction.
scientifantasy noun: Synonym of stfsy.
scientific adjective /ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/: Related or connected to science
scientific article noun: A usually peer reviewed scientific publication.
scientific calculator noun: An electronic calculator that can handle trigonometric, exponential and often other advanced functions, and can show its output in scientific notation and...
scientific classification noun: A scheme for the ordering of things such as stellar objects, minerals, forms of life, or personality types according to characteristics that are discernible...
scientific communism noun: The science that expresses the radical interests and objectives involved in the struggle of the working class.
scientific computing noun: The use of computing to solve scientific and engineering problems, especially by means of simulation, or the construction of mathematical models of...
scientific creationism noun: Synonym of creation science.
scientific frontier noun: A geographical frontier capable of being occupied and defended in a strategic manner, rather than haphazardly.
scientific materialism noun: The philosophical belief that nothing exists or occurs that does not have a scientific explanation, even if that scientific explanation is not yet known.
scientific medicine noun: The modern form of medicine, practiced in most places worldwide, that uses science as a guiding principle for maintaining health and for the prevention,...
scientific method noun: A method of discovering knowledge about the natural world based in making falsifiable predictions (hypotheses), testing them empirically, and developing...
scientific methodology noun: A systematic way of finding the answer to a question about the observable world.
scientific model noun: A formal abstraction of a real-life system that omits less essential aspects of the system in order to make it amenable to scientific analysis.
scientific modeling noun: The process of generating abstract, conceptual, graphical and or mathematical models.
scientific name noun: A formal name according to an internationally accepted standard, especially the formal name of a taxon.
scientific notation noun: a method of writing, or of displaying real numbers as a decimal number between 1 and 10 followed by an integer power of 10
scientific paper noun: A document, usually based on empirical evidence, that records the results of research conducted in various scientific fields.
scientific problem noun: An observation that contradicts an accepted law or theory.
scientific racism noun: Racism presented as, or purported to be supported by, science.
scientific racist noun: A proponent of scientific racism (racism presented as science or as supported by science).
scientific research noun: Research performed using the scientific method.
scientific romance noun: Science fiction, especially its early form in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
scientific socialism noun: Society governed by science.
scientific socialist noun: An adherent of Marxism.
scientific taxonomy noun: The application of systematic and standardized methods used to classify organisms.
scientifical adjective: Of or pertaining to the scientific method.
scientificality noun: Synonym of scientificity.
scientifically adverb /ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪfɪkli/: Using science or methods of science.
scientificalness noun: The quality of being scientifical.
scientification noun: The transformation of a field into a science.
scientificity noun: The quality or state of being scientific.
scientificize verb: Synonym of scientize.
scientificness noun: Synonym of scientificity.
scientifico- prefix: science; scientific
scientifico-historical adjective: Relating to science and history.
scientifico-philosophical adjective: Relating to science and philosophy.
scientifico-religious adjective: Relating to science and religion.
scientificomic noun: A comic book in the genre of science fiction.
scientifiction noun /ˌsaɪ.ən.tɪˈfɪk.ʃən/: Science fiction.
scientifictional adjective: Of or pertaining to scientifiction
scientifictionally adverb: In a scientifictional manner.
scientifictionist noun: A fan or creator of science fiction; one involved in some aspect of science fiction.
scientifilm noun: A motion picture in the genre of science fiction.
scientify verb: To make scientific; to subject to scientific rules.
scientiometrics noun: Alternative form of scientometrics.
scientise verb: Alternative form of scientize.
scientism noun: The belief that the scientific method and the assumptions and research methods of the physical sciences are applicable to all other disciplines (such as the...
scientist noun /ˈsaɪəntɪst/: One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original...
scientistic adjective: Of, pertaining to, advocating, or acting in accordance with scientism.
scientistical adjective: Synonym of scientistic.
scientistically adverb: In a scientistic manner.
scientize verb: To make scientific.
sciento- prefix: Relating to science.
scientocracy noun: An elite community of scientists.
scientocrat noun: A proponent of scientocracy.
scientocratic adjective: Relating to, or upholding, scientocracy.
scientolism noun: pseudoscience
Scientologese noun: The jargon used in Scientology.
Scientological adjective: Pertaining to Scientology.
Scientologically adverb: In a Scientological manner; in terms of Scientology.
Scientologist adjective, noun: A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone.
Scientologistic adjective: Of or relating to Scientology or Scientologists.
Scientology proper noun: A cult with certain religious aspects, developed in 1952, focused on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.
scientometric adjective: Of or pertaining to scientometrics.
scientometrical adjective: Of or pertaining to scientometry
scientometrically adverb: In terms of scientometrics.
scientometrician noun: One who studies scientometrics.
scientometrics noun: The scientific measurement of the work of scientists, especially by way of analysing their publications and the citations within them.
scientometrist noun: A practitioner of scientometry; one who studies the progression and value of science through quantitative measures
scientometry noun: The study and valuation of science by quantitative means, such as the number of papers published in a field
scientophile noun: A person who likes science but is not necessarily a scientist.
SCIF noun /skɪf/: Acronym of sensitive compartmented information facility
scifi noun: Alternative form of sci-fi.
scifier noun: Alternative form of sci-fier.
Scifres proper noun: A surname.
scil. adverb: Abbreviation of scilicet.
scilicet adverb /ˈsɪlɪˌsɛt/: Namely, to wit, as follows.
scilla noun /ˈsɪlə/: A plant of the genus Scilla; a squill.
scillain noun: A cardiac glucoside found in daffodils, with effects similar to those of digitoxin.
scillaine noun: Alternative form of scillain.
scillaren noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
scillarenin noun: The cardenolide 5-[(3S,8R,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-3,14-dihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]pyran-2-one
scillicyanoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
scilliglaucoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
scilliphaeoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
scillipicrin noun: An organic compound obtained from Urginea maritima, used as a diuretic.
scilliroside noun: A toxic compound derived from the plant Urginea maritima, sometimes used as a rodenticide.
scillirubroside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Scillitan adjective, noun: Of or relating to the ancient city of Scillium.
scillitin noun: A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla). It has been used as a medicine, and also as a poison.
scillitoxin noun: Synonym of scillain.
Scillonian adjective, noun /sɪˈləʊniən/: A native or inhabitant of the Isles of Scilly, a Scilly Islander.
Scilly Islander noun /ˈsɪli ˈaɪləndə(ɹ)/: A person from the Scilly Islands; a Scillonian.
scimitar noun, verb /ˈsɪmɪtə/: A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.
scimitar babbler noun: Any of various passerine birds of the genus Pomatorhinus and the former genus Jabouilleia (now included in Napothera), found in tropical Asia.
scimitar bean noun: Synonym of sword bean.
scimitar cat noun: A sabre-toothed cat of the subtribe Homotherini, having distinctive serrated upper canines.
scimitar-horned oryx noun: A critically endangered antelope, Oryx dammah, living in the arid plains and deserts of North Africa.
scimitar leg noun: Synonym of saber leg.
scimitar pod noun: Entada gigas.
scimitar shell noun: A long, thin-shelled bivalve, Zenatia acinaces.
scimitar syndrome noun: A rare congenital heart defect characterized by anomalous venous return from the right lung (to the systemic venous drainage, rather than directly to the...
scimitar-toothed adjective: Of various prehistoric mammals, having long, slender, curved canines in the upper mouth.
scimitar-toothed cat noun: Any of various species of extinct prehistoric cats of the tribe †Homotheriini.
scimitar-toothed tiger noun: Synonym of scimitar-toothed cat.
scimitar-winged piha noun: Lipaugus uropygialis, a species of cotinga.
scimitarbill noun: Any bird of three species of genus Rhinopomastus, in the family Phoeniculidae, from sub-Saharan Africa
scimitarlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a scimitar.
scimmy noun /ˈsɪmi/: A scimitar.
scincid noun: Any member of the family Scincidae, the skinks.
scincine noun: Any lizard of the subfamily Scincinae
scincoid adjective, noun: Of or relating to the family Scincidae, or skinks.
Scincoidian noun: skink
scincomorph noun: Any member of the Scincomorpha.
scincomorphan noun: Any lizard of the suborder Scincomorpha
scincosaurid noun: Any tetrapod in the family Scincosauridae.
scinderin noun: An actin related to gelsolin
sciniph noun: A kind of stinging or biting insect; a flea, gnat, sandfly, or the like.
scinticisternography noun: cisternography performed using a radiopharmaceutical
scintigram noun /ˈsɪntɪɡɹam/: An image of part of the body, obtained by measuring (by means of scintillation or a similar method) the radiation emitted by a radioactive tracer.
scintigraph noun: An image produced by scintigraphy
scintigraphic adjective: Of or pertaining to scintigraphy.
scintigraphical adjective: scintigraphic
scintigraphically adverb: By means of scintigraphy.
scintigraphy noun: A radiographic technique, using radioactive tracers, for the diagnosis of injuries to bones
scintilla noun /sɪnˈtɪlə/: A small spark or flash.
scintillance noun: A scintillation; a flash or spark of light.
scintillant adjective /ˈsɪntɪlənt/: That scintillates.
scintillantly adverb: In a scintillant manner.
scintillate verb /ˈsɪn.tɪˌleɪt/: To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
scintillating adjective, verb /ˌsɪntɪˈleɪtɪŋ/: That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling.
scintillating scotoma noun: A visual aura that originates from the brain, and may precede a migraine headache, but can also occur acephalgically (without a headache).
scintillatingly adverb: In a scintillating way.
scintillation noun /ˌsɪn.tɪˈleɪ.ʃən/: A flash of light; a spark.
scintillation camera noun: Synonym of gamma camera.
scintillation cocktail noun: A solution of a beta particle emitter to be analysed in an organic solvent along with a fluor which emits a scintillation of light, which can then be...
scintillation counter noun: A detector of particles and ionizing radiation which uses a photomultiplier to generate flashes of light
scintillation detector noun: Synonym of scintillation counter.
scintillation spectrometer noun: A type of scintillation counter designed to determine the distribution of energy in particles emitted during radioactive processes, and certain spectra.
scintillation vial noun: The laboratory apparatus in which a sample to be analyzed by scintillation counting is held in a scintillation counter
scintillator noun /ˌsɪntɪˈleɪtə(ɹ)/: Any substance that glows under the action of photons or other high-energy particles
scintillescence noun: A faint shining or twinkling.
scintillescent adjective /ˌsɪntɪˈlɛsənt/: scintillating feebly
scintillite noun: A glistening speleothem consisting of quartz crystals.
scintillize verb: To scintillate.
scintillometer noun: A device that measures fluctuations in the Earth’s atmosphere.
scintillometric adjective: Relating to scintillometry.
scintillometrically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, scintillometry.
scintillometry noun: The use of scintillation to infer properties of a lens or a source
scintillon noun: The mechanism for particulate-based bioluminescence.
scintilloscope noun: A device that illustrates the presence of radiation by showing sparks on a fluorescent screen.
scintillous adjective: scintillating; sparkling
scintimammography noun: A form of mammography in which scintillation from an injected radiosource shows the presence of cancer cells
scintiphotography noun: Synonym of scintigraphy.
scintiscan noun, verb: A scintigram.
scintiscanner noun: the apparatus used to make a scintiscan
scio- prefix: Alternative form of scia-.
Scio turpentine noun: Alternative form of Cyprus turpentine.
sciograph noun, verb: Alternative form of sciagraph.
sciographic adjective: Alternative form of sciagraphic.
sciography noun: Alternative form of sciagraphy.
sciolist noun /ˈsaɪəlɪst/: One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding.
sciolistic adjective /saɪəˈlɪstik/: Of or relating to sciolism, or a sciolist; showing only superficial knowledge.
sciolistical adjective /saɪəˈlɪstikəl/: Of or pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; showing only superficial knowledge.
sciolistically adverb /saɪəˈlɪstik(ə)li/: In a sciolistic or sciolistical manner; in a manner that shows only superficial knowledge.
sciolous adjective /ˈsaɪələs/: Knowing superficially or imperfectly.
sciolto adjective, adverb, noun: Light, free and easy; without strictness or legato.
sciomachy noun: Alternative form of sciamachy.
sciomancer noun: One who summons or communicates with spirits of the dead; necromancer.
sciomancy noun /ˈsaɪəˌmænsi/: divination using shadows
sciomantic adjective: Of or relating to sciomancy.
sciomyzid noun: Any fly of the family Sciomyzidae.
scion noun /ˈsaɪən/: A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
scioness noun: A female scion; a female descendant or an heiress, especially of a wealthy or important family.
sciophilic adjective: Alternative form of sciaphilic.
sciophilous adjective: Alternative form of sciaphilous.
sciophyte noun /ˈsʌɪə(ʊ)fʌɪt/: Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a low light level (shade)
scioptic adjective: Of or relating to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room.
scioptic ball noun: a universal joint allowing an optical instrument mounted on a ball to be swiveled to point anywhere in a wide arc
sciopticon noun: A kind of magic lantern.
scioptics noun: The art or process of exhibiting luminous images, especially those of external objects, in a darkened room, by arrangements of lenses or mirror, similar to...
scioptric adjective: Alternative form of scioptic.
Sciortino proper noun: A surname from Italian [in turn from Arabic].
sciosophic adjective: Of or relating to sciosophy.
sciosophist noun: A practitioner of sciosophy.
sciosophy noun: False or pretended knowledge of science or natural phenomena.
Sciot adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Greek island of Scio (now Chios).
sciotheism noun: ancestor-worship
sciotheric adjective: sciatheric
sciotherical adjective: sciatheric
Scioto proper noun /saɪˈoʊtə/: A 231-mile-long river which flows through Ohio, United States, joining the Ohio River at Portsmouth, OH.
Scipio proper noun /ˈsɪpɪəʊ/: A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use.
Scipione proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Scire proper noun: A surname from Italian.
scire facias noun: A judicial writ directing the sheriff to make the record known to a specified party, and requiring that defendant to show cause why the party bringing the...
Scirii noun: An East Germanic tribe of Eastern Europe, attested in historical works between the 2nd century BC and 5th century AD.
scirmish noun: Alternative form of skirmish.
sciroc noun: Alternative form of sirocco.
scirocco noun: Alternative spelling of sirocco.
scirpentriol noun: The sesquiterpenoid alcohol 2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,5-dimethylspiro[8-oxatricyclo[7.2.1.0^(2,7)]dodec-5-ene-12,2'-oxirane]-10,11-diol present in some fusarium fungi
scirrhoid adjective: Containing or resembling schirrus
scirrhoma noun: scirrhus
scirrhosity noun: A schirrus
scirrhous adjective: Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus.
scirrhus noun: Alternative form of schirrus
scirtid noun: Any beetle of the family Scirtidae.
sciscitation noun: The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand.
scise noun, verb /ˈsaɪz/: To cut; to penetrate.
sciss verb: To scissor; to cut as if with scissors.
scissel noun /ˈsɪsəl/: Metal scraps or clippings; especially the remains of fillets from which coin blanks have been cut.
scissible adjective: Capable of being cut by a sharp instrument.
scissil noun: Alternative form of scissel.
scissile adjective /ˈsɪs.ɪl/: Readily cut or split.
scission noun /ˈsɪ.ʒən/: The act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage.
scissiparity noun: reproduction by fission
scissiparous adjective: Reproducing by fission.
scissor noun, verb /ˈsɪzə/: Attributive form of scissors.
scissor-bill noun: Alternative form of scissorbill.
scissor binoculars noun: A pair of adjustable stereoscopic binoculars consisting of two periscopes.
scissor bite noun: A slight overbite.
scissor congruence noun: The property of two polygons that have the property of being decomposable into finitely many polygons that are pairwise congruent.
scissor-congruent adjective: Exhibiting scissor congruence.
scissor cross noun: Synonym of countercross.
scissor crossover noun: Synonym of scissors crossover.
scissor door noun: An automobile door that rotates vertically at a fixed hinge at the front of the door, rather than outward as with a conventional door.
scissor kick noun: A bicycle kick.
scissor lift noun: A platform that can be raised using a hydraulic pantograph.
scissor-like adjective: Alternative spelling of scissorlike.

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.