English words: scissor statement to scolium

300 English words, part 32 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 17 have a page of their own.

English words scissor statement to scolium

scissor statement noun: A polarising and incendiary topic, opinion or phrase.
scissor switch noun: A kind of switch used in some computer keyboards, connected to the keyboard by two plastic pieces that interlock like a pair of scissors.
scissor tackle noun: A tackle where one player slides in and wraps their legs either side of an opponent's legs.
scissor-tailed adjective: Alternative form of scissors-tailed.
scissor-tailed flycatcher noun: Synonym of scissorstail (Tyrannus forficatus)
scissor tooth noun: The sectorial tooth of a carnivore which cuts against its fellow.
scissorable adjective: Able to be cut with scissors.
scissorbill noun: Synonym of skimmer: birds of the genus Rynchops.
scissored adjective, verb: Equipped with scissors.
scissorer noun: One who cuts with scissors.
scissorial adjective: Relating to the cutting areas on the mandibles of Scarabaeoidea larvae (between the dentes and molar area).
scissoring noun, verb: An act or instance of cutting (removing) with or as if with scissors, especially an act of cutting and censoring a film.
scissorlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of scissors.
scissors interjection, noun, verb /ˈsɪzəz/: A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other...
scissors-and-paste adjective: Pieced together from several sources; cut-and-paste.
scissors bite noun: Alternative form of scissor bite.
scissors congruence noun: Alternative form of scissor congruence.
scissors-congruent adjective: Alternative form of scissor-congruent.
scissors crisis noun: An economic crisis caused by price scissors, that is, an unfavourable divergence in the prices paid by a particular group or country for products that it...
scissors crossing noun: Synonym of scissors crossover.
scissors crossover noun: A superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling the letter X, permitting travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks.
scissors-glasses noun: eyeglasses with scissoring stems, used for distance vision
scissors kick noun: Alternative spelling of scissor kick.
scissors paper rock noun: Synonym of rock paper scissors (game)
scissors paper stone noun: Synonym of rock paper scissors (game)
scissors-tailed adjective: Having a long, forked tail, with the outer tail feathers by far the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.
scissorsbill noun: Alternative form of scissorbill (in various senses)
scissorsmith noun: A person who makes scissors.
scissorstail noun: A species of tyrant flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) from the southern United States and Central America, with a long forked tail, and a red patch on the...
scissortail noun: A scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).
scissorwise adverb: In the manner of scissors, with two blades (or similar) opening in opposite directions.
scissura noun: A fissure; a cleft.
scissure noun /ˈsɪʃə(ɹ)/: A longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
scissurellid noun: Any in the family Scissurellidae of gastropods.
scita noun /ˈskiːta/: The sum of all the political, economic, technological, scientific, military, geographical, and psychological knowledge of the masses and of their...
scitament noun: A pleasant dish or delicacy.
scitaminaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Scitaminaceae.
scitamineous adjective: Of or relating to the Scitamineae.
sciuricide noun: The killing of a squirrel.
sciurid noun /ˈsaɪˌ(j)ʊɹɪd/: Any rodent of the Sciuridae: a squirrel (broad sense).
sciurine adjective, noun /ˈsaɪjʊɹaɪn/: Pertaining to or characteristic of squirrels.
sciurognath noun: Any rodent of the suborder Sciurognathi
sciurognathous adjective: Relating to sciurognathy
sciurognathy noun: The condition of being sciurognathous
sciuroid adjective, noun: Any rodent from the family Sciuridae.
sciuromorph noun: Any rodent of the clade Sciuromorpha
sciuromorphic adjective: Of or relating to the sciuromorphs.
sciuromorphous adjective: Having the form of a squirrel
sciuromorphy noun: The typical anatomy of a sciuromorph
Sciver proper noun: A surname.
scivvy noun: Alternative form of skivvy (“female domestic servant”).
SCIWORA noun: Acronym of spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality.
SCJD noun: Initialism of Sun Certified Java Developer.
SCJP noun: Initialism of Sun Certified Java Programmer.
Sclafani proper noun: A surname from Italian.
sclaff noun, verb /sklæf/: A poor golf shot, where the club hits the ground before it hits the ball.
sclaffer noun /ˈsklæfə(ɹ)/: One who sclaffs.
sclarene noun: A diterpene present in the foliage of Podocarpus laetus (syn. Podocarpus hallii).
sclareol noun: The bicyclic diterpenoid alcohol (1R,2R,4aS,8aS)-1-[(3R)-3-hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl]-2,5,5,8a-tetramethyl-3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-ol
sclareolide noun: A sesquiterpene lactone found in Salvia sclarea and other plants.
sclarite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.
Sclater proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
Sclavonian adjective, noun /skləˈvəʊ.ni.ən/: Dated form of Slavonian.
Sclavonic adjective: Dated form of Slavonic.
SCLC noun: Initialism of small-cell lung cancer.
sclera noun /ˈsklɛəɹə/: The white of the eye; the tough outer coat of the eye that covers the eyeball except for the cornea.
scleracorneal adjective: Alternative form of sclerocorneal.
scleractian noun: Any stony coral of the order Scleractinia
scleractinan adjective, noun: Alternative form of scleractinian.
scleractiniamorph noun: Any coral having the form of a scleractinian
scleractinian adjective, noun /ˌsklɪəɹækˈtɪniən/: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the corals of the order Scleractinia.
scleractinid noun: scleractinian
scleragogy noun: severe discipline
scleral adjective: Of, or pertaining to, the sclera.
scleral buckle noun: An ophthalmologic procedure to repair a detached retina.
scleralization noun: An opacity of the cornea that progresses inwards from the periphery of the cornea towards its center.
scleratize verb: Alternative form of sclerotize.
scleraxis noun: A transcription factor associated with tendon tissue
scleraxonian noun /ˌsklɛəɹəkˈsəʊ.ni.ən/: Any coral of the suborder Scleraxonia
sclere noun: A skeletal element in sponges.
sclerectome noun: The instrument used in sclerectomy
sclerectomy noun: Removal of a sclera (as a treatment for glaucoma)
scleredema noun: A rare medical condition involving progressive thickening and hardening of the skin
sclereid noun: A reduced form of sclerenchyma cell with highly thickened, lignified walls.
sclereide noun: Alternative form of sclereid.
sclerema noun /sklɪəˈɹiːmə/: induration (hardening) of the cellular tissue.
sclerema neonatorum noun: A rare severe skin condition characterized by diffuse hardening of the subcutaneous tissue with minimal inflammation.
sclerenchyma noun /sklɪəɹˈɛŋkɪmə/: A mechanical ground tissue, impermeable to water, which consists of cells having narrow lumen and thick, mineralized walls of lignin; present in stems,...
sclerenchymal adjective: Relating to sclerenchyma.
sclerenchymatic adjective: Alternative form of sclerenchymatous.
sclerenchymatous adjective: Of, pertaining to, or composed of sclerenchyma
scleriasis noun: induration of a part, especially the eyelid.
scleric adjective: sclerotic
sclerid noun: Alternative form of sclereid.
sclerification noun: A mass of sclerified tissue
sclerified adjective: That has become sclerotic
sclerine noun: Synonym of exine.
sclerite noun: A hardened body part, especially in arthropod exoskeletons.
scleritic adjective: Having or relating to scleritis.
scleritis noun: Inflammation of the sclera of the eye.
scleritome noun /ˈsklɛɹɪtoʊm/: The scaly armour of some annelid worms such as machaeridians
sclero- prefix: sclerous; hard
scleroatrophic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to scleroatrophy.
scleroatrophy noun: Any of various atrophic conditions characterized by a hardening of tissue, including atrophic fibrosis of the skin, hypoplasia of the nails, and...
sclerobase noun: The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians.
sclerobasic adjective: Of or relating to sclerobase.
sclerobiont noun: Any organism that lives on a hard surface, or bores into one
sclerobiotic adjective: Relating to sclerobiosis or to sclerobionts
scleroblast noun: A structure, formed from sclerocytes, that generates the spicules that form the skeleton of sponges
sclerobunine noun: Any harvestman of the genus Sclerobunus
sclerocarpic adjective: Having a hard pericarp
sclerocarpy noun: The condition of being sclerocarpic
sclerochorioretinal adjective: Relating to the sclera, choroid and retina of the eye.
sclerochoroidal adjective: Relating to the sclera and the choroid
sclerochronological adjective: Of or pertaining to sclerochronology.
sclerochronologically adverb: In a sclerochronological manner
sclerochronologist noun: One who studies sclerochronology.
sclerochronology noun: The study of physical and chemical variations in the accretionary hard tissues of organisms, and the temporal context in which they are formed.
sclerocitrin noun: A yellow pigment found in Scleroderma citrinum.
scleroconjunctival adjective: Relating to the sclera and the conjunctiva.
sclerocornea noun: A congenital anomaly of the eye in which the cornea blends with sclera, having no clear-cut boundary.
sclerocorneal adjective: Related to the sclera and the cornea
sclerocyte noun: A cell which, in some invertebrates, secrete calcareous or siliceous spicules to form the mineralised body wall
sclerocytic adjective: Relating to, or composed of, sclerocytes.
sclerodactyly noun: A localized thickening and tightness of the skin of the fingers or toes
scleroderm noun: Alternative form of scleroderma.
scleroderma noun: A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.
sclerodermal adjective: Relating to scleroderma
sclerodermataceous adjective: Belonging to the family Sclerodermataceae of fungi.
sclerodermatoid adjective: Referring to fungi associated with scleroderma
sclerodermatous adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting, scleroderma.
sclerodermia noun: Alternative form of scleroderma.
sclerodermic adjective: Having the integument, or skin, hard or covered with hard plates.
sclerodermiform adjective: Resembling scleroderma.
sclerodermite noun: The hard integument of crustaceans.
sclerodermitic adjective: Relating to the sclerodermite.
sclerodermoid adjective: Characteristic of a scleroderma
sclerodermous adjective: Relating to scleroderma.
scleroedema noun: Alternative form of scleredema.
sclerogen noun: The hard matter of some cells in wood, such as the walnut shell.
sclerogenic adjective: Synonym of sclerogenous.
sclerogenous adjective: Making or secreting a hard substance; becoming hard.
scleroglossan noun: Any lizard of the clade Scleroglossa
scleroglucan noun: A polysaccharide formed by the fungus Athelia rolfsii and chemically analogous to schizophyllan.
scleroid adjective, noun: Having a hard texture.
scleroma noun: induration of the tissues
scleromalacia noun: Degenerative thinning of the sclera.
sclerometer noun: A device used to measure the hardness of a material by applying pressure to a moving diamond stylus.
sclerometric adjective: Relating to sclerometry or a sclerometer.
sclerometry noun: measurement with a sclerometer
scleromorphic adjective: Synonym of sclerophyllous.
scleromorphism noun: The condition of being scleromorphic
scleromorphy noun: Quality of being scleromorphic.
scleromyxedema noun: papular mucinosis, a rare skin disease
scleromyxoedema noun: Alternative form of scleromyxedema.
scleronomic adjective /sklə.ɹəˈnɒm.ɪk/: Of a mechanical system whose constraint equations do not explicitly contain or are not dependent upon time.
scleronomous adjective: Synonym of scleronomic.
scleronomy noun: A mechanical system whose constraint equations do not explicitly contain or are not dependent upon time.
sclerophyll noun: A form of vegetation that has hard leaves and short internodes.
sclerophyllous adjective: Relating to sclerophylls.
sclerophylly noun: The condition of being sclerophyllous
scleroplasty noun: plastic surgery of the sclera
scleroplectenchyma noun: A type of prosenchyma with either globose or angular densely packed cells.
scleroplectenchymatous adjective: Relating to a scleroplectenchyma.
scleroprotein noun: Any of many fibrous proteins found in connective tissue etc.
scleroproteinaceous adjective: Of, pertaining to, or consisting of scleroprotein.
sclerorhynchid noun: Any extinct cartilaginous fish in the family Sclerorhynchidae.
sclerosal adjective: Exhibiting or relating to sclerosis.
sclerosant noun: A fluid used for sclerosing.
scleroscope noun: A device used to measure rebound hardness, involving a metal ball dropped from a fixed height.
sclerose verb /skləˈɹəʊs/: To harden.
sclerosed adjective /skləˈɹəʊst/: Hardened by sclerosis.
scleroseptum noun: Any of a group of calcareous rods of coral that project from the base of some cnidarian polyps
sclerosis noun /skləˈɹəʊ.sɪs/: The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.
scleroskeleton noun: That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses.
sclerosomatid noun: Any harvestman of the family Sclerosomatidae.
sclerosponge noun: A sponge with a soft body that covers a hard, often massive skeleton made of calcium carbonate, either aragonite or calcite.
sclerosteosis noun: A sclerosing hyperostosis characterized by variable syndactyly and skeletal overgrowth
sclerostin noun: A glycoprotein that has an antianabolic effect on bone formation.
sclerostomy noun: A form of sclerotomy carried out to reduce intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma
sclerotal adjective, noun /skləˈɹəʊtəl/: sclerotic
sclerote noun: Synonym of sclerotium.
sclerotherapeutic adjective: Of or pertaining to sclerotherapy.
sclerotherapist noun /ˌsklɪəɹəˈθɛɹəpɪst/: One who carries out sclerotherapy.
sclerotherapy noun: A treatment for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and ulcers involving an injection of material into a blood vessel to make it harden and shrink.
sclerotial adjective: Of or pertaining to a sclerotium
sclerotic adjective, noun /skləˈɹɑtɪk/: Of or relating to the sclera of the eye.
sclerotic coat noun: sclera
sclerotic ring noun: A ring of bone or bones found in the eyes of several groups of non-mammal and -crocodilian vertebrates that are believed to support the eye.
sclerotical adjective: sclerotic
sclerotiet noun: A small sclerotium.
sclerotin noun: The crosslinked protein component of the cuticles of insects.
sclerotinaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Sclerotinaceae.
sclerotiniaceous adjective: Belonging to the family Sclerotiniaceae.
sclerotinial adjective: Relating to Sclerotinia fungi.
sclerotinization noun: Alternative form of sclerotization.
sclerotioid adjective: Alternative form of sclerotoid.
sclerotisation noun: The act or process of sclerotising.
sclerotise verb: To harden.
sclerotitic adjective: Of or relating to sclerotitis.
sclerotitis noun: Synonym of scleritis.
sclerotium noun: A compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a...
sclerotization noun: Alternative spelling of sclerotisation.
sclerotize verb: Alternative spelling of sclerotise.
sclerotoid adjective: Resembling a sclerotium.
sclerotomal adjective: Relating to a sclerotome
sclerotome noun: A knife used in sclerotomy
sclerotomic adjective: Relating to a sclerotome.
sclerotomy noun: The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in the sclera
sclerous adjective: hard; hardened; sclerotic
sclerouvectomy noun: A medical operation to remove part of the uvea leaving the sclera and retina intact
scleroxanthin noun: A hydrated compound of sclerocrystallin.
SCLS noun: Initialism of systemic capillary leak syndrome.
SCM noun: Initialism of software configuration management.
SCMP noun: Initialism of software configuration management plan.
SCN noun: Initialism of severe congenital neutropenia
scnr noun, phrase: Initialism of sorry, could not resist: used in partial apology for a wisecrack.
scnRNA noun: small-scan RNA
SCO noun: Abbreviation of sharable content object, a standardized learning object that can communicate to learning management and content management systems.
scob noun, verb /skɒb/: A flaw in which the weft misses a few warp threads.
scob someone's knob verb: Synonym of noogie.
scobberlotcher noun /ˈskɒbəlɒt͡ʃə/: An idle person.
scobby noun: The chaffinch.
scobe noun: A chav or ned; a delinquent.
Scobee proper noun: A surname.
Scobey proper noun: A surname.
scobicular adjective: Synonym of scobiform (“resembling sawdust”).
scobiculate adjective: Synonym of scobiform (“resembling sawdust”).
Scobie proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
scobiform adjective: Resembling sawdust, filings or shavings.
scobina noun: The pedicle of the spikelets of grasses.
scobinate adjective: Having a nodular or rough surface; nodulated.
scobs noun, verb /skɒbz/: Raspings of wood, ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance.
scoby noun /ˈskəʊbi/: Acronym of symbiotic culture (or community, or colony) of bacteria and yeast.
scoff noun, verb /skɒf/: A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
scoff down verb: Synonym of scarf down.
scoff-law noun: Alternative form of scofflaw
scoff up verb: Synonym of scarf down.
scoffable adjective: Able to be scorned or mocked at.
scoffer noun: One who scoffs or mocks.
scoffery noun: The act of scoffing; mockery.
scoffing noun, verb: The act of one who scoffs; derision; mockery.
scoffing-stock noun: Synonym of laughing stock.
scoffingly adverb: In a scoffing manner; scornfully.
scofflaw noun /ˈskɔfˌlɔ/: a criminal or lawbreaker, especially one who is openly contemptuous or dismissive of current laws or displays conspicuous or outward disrespect, distain, or...
scofflawry noun: A habitual disregard for minor laws or failure to respond to trivial courts summonses.
Scofield proper noun: A surname.
Scoganism noun: scurrilous jesting
Scoggin proper noun: A surname.
Scoggins proper noun: A surname.
scogie noun /ˈskəʊdʒi/: A kitchen drudge.
scoinson noun: Alternative form of scuncheon.
scoke noun: Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).
Scola proper noun: A surname.
Scolaro proper noun: A surname from Italian.
scold noun, verb /ˈskəʊ̯ld/: A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
scold's bridle noun: An iron framework that encloses the head, once used as a form of public humiliation for a woman
scoldable adjective: Able or fit to be scolded.
scoldee noun: One who receives a scolding.
scoldenore noun: The long-tailed duck.
scolder noun: One who scolds.
scolding noun, verb /ˈskoʊldɪŋ/: An unloving succession of critical remarks, such as those directed by a parent towards a misbehaving child; an earful; dressing down.
scolding stool noun: Synonym of cucking stool.
scoldingly adverb: In a scolding manner.
Scole proper noun: A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, bordering onto Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1579).
scoleciasis noun /ˌskoʊliˈsaɪəsɪs/: Infestation or disease caused by worms, catepillars, or moth larvae.
scolecid noun: Any member of the Scolecida, an infraclass of polychaete worms.
scoleciform adjective: Shaped like a scolex.
scoleciphobia noun /ˌskoʊləsɪˈfoʊbiə/: The fear of worms.
scolecite noun: A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
scolecodont noun: The fossilized jaw of a polychaete annelid.
scolecoid adjective: Resembling a scolex.
scolecology noun: The scientific study of worms.
scolecomorphid noun: Any in the family Scolecomorphidae of caecilians.
scolecophagous adjective: That eats worms.
scolecophidian noun: Any blind snake of the infraorder Scolecophidia
scolecospore noun: A slender, threadlike fungal spore
Scoles proper noun: A surname.
scolex noun: The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
scolexin noun: A plasma protein that induced immunological coagulation in response to some infections
scolicidal adjective: that kills scolexes of tapeworms
scolie noun: A type of X-ray taken when diagnosing scoliosis.
scoliid noun: Any wasp in the family Scoliidae.
scolio- prefix: Crooked, bent, or winding; relating to scoliosis or other lateral deviations.
scoliograptic adjective: Of or relating to scoliography, the description, measurement, or representation of scoliosis.
scoliokyphosis noun /ˌskoʊlioʊkaɪˈfoʊsɪs/: An abnormal curvature of the spine in both a lateral (side-to-side) and a posterior (front-to-back) direction; a combination of scoliosis and kyphosis.
scoliokyphotic adjective: Of or relating to scoliokyphosis.
scolioma noun: Synonym of scoliosis.
scoliometer noun: An instrument that is used to measure body asymmetry in cases of scoliosis
scoliometry noun: The use of a scoliometer
scolion noun /ˈskəʊlɪɒn/: Any of a genre of songs sung in turn by symposiasts to the accompaniment of a lyre.
scoliorachitic adjective: Of or relating to scoliorachitis.
scoliorachitis noun /ˌskoʊliəʊrəˈkaɪtɪs/: A spinal deformity caused by rachitis (rickets), characterized by a lateral curvature of the spine (scoliosis).
scoliosexual adjective, noun: Alternative form of skoliosexual.
scoliosis noun /ˌskoʊ.liˈoʊ.sɪs/: The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.
scoliotic adjective, noun: Of, pertaining to, or affected by scoliosis.
scoliotone noun: A machine for elongating the spine and lessening the rotation in lateral curvature.
scolite noun: A fossil worm or its trace.
scolithus noun: A tubular structure found in sedimentary rocks, such as sandstone, believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.
scolium noun /ˈskəʊlɪəm/: Alternative form of scolion.

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.