English words: Scoville heat unit to screechiness

300 English words, part 35 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 44 have a page of their own.

English words Scoville heat unit to screechiness

Scoville heat unit noun: The unit in which the Scoville scale is measured.
Scoville unit noun: Ellipsis of Scoville heat unit.
scow noun, verb /skaʊ/: A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
Scowcroft proper noun: A surname.
scowdering adjective: Burning.
Scowegian adjective, noun: Synonym of Scandahoovian.
Scowen proper noun: A surname from Cornish.
scowl noun, verb /skaʊl/: The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
scowler noun: One who scowls.
scowlful adjective: Characterised or marked by a scowl; scowly
scowlily adverb: In a scowly manner.
scowling noun, verb: The act of giving a scowl.
scowlingly adverb: With a scowl.
scowly adjective: Indicative of, or characterised by a scowl.
scowman noun: One who pilots a scow.
scowrie noun: Alternative form of scourie
SCP noun /ˈɛs.siˌpi/: Initialism of Senior Crown Prosecutor.
SCPHN noun: Initialism of specialist community public health nursing.
SCPO noun: Initialism of senior chief petty officer.
SCR noun: Initialism of silicon controlled rectifier.
scrab noun, verb /skɹæb/: To scrape or scratch.
scrabble noun, verb /ˈskɹæbəl/: To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
scrabbler noun: One who scrabbles.
scrabbling noun, verb: A sound or motion that scrabbles.
Scrabblist noun: A player of the word game Scrabble.
scrabbly adjective: Characterised by scrabbling, or digging around.
scraber noun: The black guillemot.
Scrabster proper noun: A small village and port near Thurso, Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND1070).
scradge noun: Food.
scraffito noun: Alternative form of sgraffito.
scraffle verb: To scramble or struggle; to wrangle.
scrag noun, verb /skɹæɡ/: A thin or scrawny person or animal.
scrag end noun: A cheap primal cut of lamb or mutton that comes from the forepart of the neck and is typically used in soups or stews.
scrag whale noun: A North Atlantic baleen whale now generally considered to be part of an extinct population of the gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, once considered by some...
scrage noun, verb /skɹeɪd͡ʒ/: To scrape or graze (typically one's knee).
scragged adjective, verb: Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; scraggy.
scraggedness noun: The quality or state of being scragged.
scraggily adverb: In a scraggy way.
scragginess noun: Roughness; irregularity; jaggedness.
scragging noun, verb: A beating.
scraggle noun, verb /ˈskɹæɡəl/: To make scraggly; to make rough, scruffy, or unkempt; to tousle.
scraggle-bearded adjective: having a scraggly beard
scraggliness noun: Roughness, scruffiness, or unkemptness.
scraggly adjective /ˈskɹæɡ(ə)li/: Rough, scruffy, or unkempt.
scraggy adjective /ˈskɹæɡi/: Rough and irregular; jagged.
scragh noun: Alternative form of scraw
scragly adjective: Dated form of scraggy.
scraight verb: To cry; to clobber; to conk.
scram noun, verb /skɹæm/: To leave in a hurry; to go away.
scramasax noun: Per the prefix, assumed to have been a weaponized (offensive) form of sax (a type of machete (broadly speaking) used by the early medieval Germanic tribes...
scramaseax noun: Alternative form of scramasax.
scramb noun, verb: To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw, to scram.
scramblase noun: Any of a group of enzymes that aid the translocation of phospholipids across cell membranes.
scramble interjection, noun, verb /ˈskɹæmbl̩/: To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
scramble band noun: A kind of marching band whose members run from one form to another without following a predefined path.
scramble competition noun /skɹæmbəl kɒmpətɪʃən/: A type of competition where the resource is inadequate to fit the needs of all, resulting in each competitor obtaining an equally partitioned amount and...
scramble crossing noun: An intersection at which traffic lights stop traffic from all directions to allow pedestrians to cross in any direction including diagonally.
scramble dinner noun: A potluck supper.
scramble net noun: A net used to allow people to climb off a ship in an emergency.
scramble up verb: To cook (eggs) into scrambled eggs.
scramblebrained adjective: stupid; dim-witted
scrambled adjective, verb: Mixed, disordered, shuffled.
scrambled egg noun: A dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while cooking.
scrambled egg slime mold noun: Fuligo septica, a plasmodial slime mold of the Myxomycetes class.
scramblehead noun: A stupid or muddle-headed person.
scrambler noun: Someone or something that scrambles (in various senses).
scrambles noun, verb: plural of scramble
scramblesome adjective: Characterised or marked by scrambling (all senses)
scramblevision noun: pay-per-view television watched without a descrambler, so that the picture is distorted or missing
scrambling adjective, noun, verb: The act by which something is scrambled.
scrambling dragon noun: Synonym of centipede (“many-oared Chinese smuggling boat”).
scramblingly adverb: With a scrambling motion.
scrambly adjective: Involving a certain amount of climbing.
scramjet noun: A jet engine capable of propelling an aircraft at hypersonic speeds, in which combustion of the fuel and air mixture occurs at supersonic speeds.
scramp verb: To catch at; to snatch.
scran noun, verb /skɹan/: Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
scranch verb: To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to crunch.
scranky adjective: thin; lean
scrannel adjective: slight, thin, lean or poor
scrannish adjective: Hungry.
scranny adjective: scrawny
Scranton proper noun /ˈskɹæntən/: A surname.
Scrantonian adjective, noun /skɹænˈtəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.
scrap noun, verb /ˈskɹæp/: A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
scrap and yap noun: A group meeting for casual chat while scrapbooking or making junk journals.
scrap book noun: Alternative form of scrapbook.
scrap car noun: A car which is sold to a scrap metal dealer for the purpose of recycling the metal; often cars where the value of metal exceeds the value of the actual car...
scrap dealer noun: A person who sells scrap for profit.
scrap heap noun: Alternative spelling of scrapheap.
scrap merchant noun: Synonym of scrap dealer.
scrap paper noun: Used paper, to be reused for jotting notes etc.
scrap yard noun: Alternative spelling of scrapyard.
scrapable adjective: Alternative form of scrapeable.
scrapbook noun, verb /ˈskɹæpˌbʊk/: A book, similar to a notebook or journal, in which personal or family memorabilia and photos are collected and arranged.
scrapbooker noun: A person who scrapbooks.
scrapbooking noun, verb: The process of making a scrapbook.
scrapbooky adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a scrapbook.
scrapbox noun: A box for storing fragments of material or documents etc. that may be of use or interest at a later time.
scrape noun, verb /skɹeɪp/: To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
scrape acquaintance verb: To seek acquaintance (with somebody) without a formal introduction.
scrape along verb: to barely be able to survive
scrape and bow verb: Alternative form of bow and scrape.
scrape at the bottom of the barrel verb: Alternative form of scrape the bottom of the barrel.
scrape by verb: To only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself.
scrape down verb: To make the ground flat with tools like a hoe or shovel.
scrape-good noun: A stingy person; a miser.
scrape off verb: To remove (something) by a scraping action.
scrape-penny noun: A miser.
scrape someone off the ceiling verb: Used to describe the response to someone who is either experiencing great pain, who is very frightened, or is very elated.
scrape the barrel verb: Synonym of scrape the bottom of the barrel.
scrape the bottom of the barrel verb: To settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything more favorable.
scrape through verb: To marginally manage to progress.
scrape together verb: To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty
scrape up verb: To scrape completely; cover all over with scrapes.
scrapeable adjective: Capable of being scraped.
scrapeage noun: Scraping.
scrapegut noun: A fiddler.
scrapeless adjective: Without a scrape.
scraper noun, suffix /ˈskɹeɪpɚ/: An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
scraperboard noun: scratchboard
scrapey adjective: Alternative spelling of scrapy.
scrapheap noun /ˈskɹæpˌhip/: A pile in which junk is discarded.
scrapiana noun: Miscellaneous short written sketches or other writings.
scrapie noun /ˈskɹeɪpi/: A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.
scrapied adjective: Having the disease called scrapie.
scrapin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of scraping.
scraping noun, verb: The sound or action of something being scraped.
scraping and bowing verb: Alternative form of bowing and scraping.
scrapingly adverb: With a scraping sound or motion.
scrapless adjective: Without a scrap.
scraplet noun: A little scrap; a small piece of something.
scrapman noun: A scrap dealer.
scrapmerchant noun: A dealer in scrap
scrapmonger noun: A scrap dealer.
scrapnel noun: Shrapnel, especially scraps of metal.
scrappable adjective: Capable of, or suitable for, being scrapped.
scrappage noun: The practice of scrapping something.
scrapper noun: A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap dealer.
scrappie noun: scrapper; scrap dealer.
scrappily adverb /ˈskɹæpɪli/: In a scrappy manner
scrappiness noun: The state or quality of being scrappy
scrapping noun, verb: The act by which something is scrapped.
scrapple noun, verb /ˈskɹæpəl/: A tool for scraping.
scrappler noun: Alternative form of scappler.
scrappy adjective /ˈskɹæpi/: Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency.
scraptiid noun: Any beetle in the family Scraptiidae.
scrapwood noun: wood that is scrap; left-over oddments of wood
scrapy adjective: Characteristic of a scraping sound or motion.
scrapyard noun: A junkyard; a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold.
scrat noun, verb /skɹæt/: To scratch or scrape.
scratch adjective, noun, verb /skɹæt͡ʃ/: To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds proverb: Synonym of scratch a liberal and you'll find a fascist.
scratch a living verb: To earn barely enough money to live.
scratch an itch verb: To satisfy a need or desire.
scratch-and-dent adjective: New but cosmetically damaged during handling.
scratch and sniff adjective: Coated with a substance that releases an odor when scratched.
scratch below the surface verb: Synonym of scratch beneath the surface.
scratch beneath the surface verb: To look or see beyond what is obvious.
scratch brush noun: Alternative form of scratchbrush
scratch-built adjective: Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level.
scratch by verb: To get by; to make ends meet.
scratch card noun: A lottery ticket containing sections covered with an opaque waxy film which may be removed by scratching to reveal symbols that show whether or not a prize...
scratch comma noun: Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩ in its former use as a form of comma.
scratch hit noun: A weakly hit ground ball that eludes the infielders and leads to a base hit.
scratch made adjective: Made from scratch.
scratch'n'sniff adjective: Alternative form of scratch and sniff
scratch-off noun: A scratch card.
scratch one's head verb: To puzzle, ponder, or wonder about something.
scratch one's own itch verb: To do something out of motivation to solve a personal problem; to take matters into one's own hands.
scratch out noun, verb: To remove something by scratching.
scratch pad noun: Alternative form of scratchpad.
scratch paper noun: Paper used for preliminary work on a (for example mathematics) problem, considered ephemeral.
scratch plough noun: Synonym of ard.
scratch print noun: A copy of the edited workprint of a film made for such purposes as scoring or dubbing.
scratch-proof adjective: Unable to be scratched.
scratch race noun: Any race where the winner is the first to cross the finish line.
scratch sheet noun: A publication that lists the horses withdrawn from a day's horse races, along with the betting odds and statistics for the horses that are running.
scratch someone's back verb: To do someone a favour.
scratch tape noun: A tape that is only temporarily needed for data storage and that can therefore be reused.
scratch team noun: A team, often brought together on a one-off basis, composed of players who normally play for different sides.
scratch that verb: To disregard, omit, or ignore the previous statement.
scratch the itch verb: Alternative form of scratch an itch.
scratch the surface verb: To barely begin; to see or do only a fraction of what is possible.
scratch together verb: To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty; to scrape together.
scratch up verb: To scratch the surface of (something) thoroughly.
scratch wig noun: A short wig that covers only part of the head.
scratchability noun: The quality or degree of being scratchable.
scratchable adjective: Capable of being scratched.
scratchback noun: A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
scratchband noun: A group of musicians who play scratch music.
scratchboard noun: A technique in which drawings are created using sharp knives and tools for etching into a thin layer of white china clay that is coated with black India ink.
scratchbrush noun: A sturdy wire brush used for cleaning iron, silver and other metals.
scratchbrusher noun: A worker who uses a scratchbrush.
scratchbush noun: Urera baccifera, a tropical American bush.
scratchcard noun: Alternative spelling of scratch card.
scratched adjective, verb /skɹæt͡ʃt/: Produced by scratching.
scratchee noun: One who is scratched.
scratcher noun /ˈskɹæt͡ʃə/: Someone who scratches.
scratches noun, verb: Synonym of pastern dermatitis.
scratchgrass noun: Muhlenbergia asperifolia, a grass native to much of North America.
scratchie noun: A scratch card.
scratchily adverb: In a scratchy manner.
scratchin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of scratching.
scratchiness noun: The property of feeling scratchy.
scratching noun, verb /ˈskɹæt͡ʃɪŋ/: The act or sound of something being scratched.
scratching post noun: A wooden post, wrapped in a piece of carpet (or similar material), that a domestic cat is encouraged to scratch (rather than the furniture).
scratchingly adverb: With a scratching motion or action.
scratchiti noun: A form of graffiti that is scratched into a surface, rather than drawn or painted.
scratchitti noun: A form of graffiti that is scratched or etched into a surface, especially one of glass or plexiglass.
scratchless adjective: Without a scratch; unscathed, spotless.
scratchlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a scratch.
scratchmark noun: A mark left as the result of a scratch.
scratchpad noun: A pad of paper for preliminary notes or sketches or writings, etc.
scratchpaper noun: Alternative spelling of scratch paper.
scratchplate noun: A pickguard.
scratchproof adjective: Resistant to being scratched.
scratchsome adjective: Characterised or marked by scratching or scratchiness
scratchweed noun: cleavers (Galium aparine).
scratchwork noun: The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.
scratchy adjective /ˈskɹæt͡ʃi/: Characterized by scratches.
scrattle verb: To scratch.
scrattling adjective, verb: Scanty, beggarly.
scratty adjective /ˈskɹati/: Thin, meagre; unkempt.
scratweed noun: Synonym of cleavers.
scraugh noun: A screech.
scraunch verb: Alternative form of scranch.
scravel verb: Alternative form of scraffle (“scramble or struggle”).
scraw noun /skɹɔː/: A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
scrawb noun: a severe scratch
scrawk noun, verb: A squawk.
scrawl noun, verb /skɹɔːl/: Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.
scrawl down verb: To scrawl (something); to write down in a scrawl.
scrawl off verb: To scrawl (something); to dash off in a scrawl.
scrawl out verb: To write (something) in a scrawl; to write quickly, usually in illegible handwriting.
scrawl up verb: To scrawl (something); to write out in a scrawl.
scrawled adjective, verb: Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.
scrawled filefish noun: A fish of species Aluterus scriptus.
scrawler noun: Someone who scrawls; a scrawly writer.
scrawliness noun: The quality of being scrawly.
scrawling noun, verb: Something scrawled.
scrawlingly adverb: In a way that scrawls or scribbles.
scrawly adjective: Written in the manner of a scrawl, written sloppily and in haste, hard to read.
scrawm verb: To tear or scratch.
scrawn noun: food
scrawnily adverb: In a scrawny manner.
scrawniness noun: The property of being scrawny.
scrawny adjective /ˈskɹɔːni/: Thin, malnourished, and weak.
scrawny drink of water noun: Synonym of skinny drink of water.
scray noun: A tern; the sea swallow.
scraye noun: Alternative form of scray (“type of bird”).
scraze verb: To graze (a body part).
screak noun, verb: shriek; screech
screaking noun, verb: A shriek or screech.
screaky adjective: creaky; squeaky
scream noun, verb /skɹiːm/: A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel...
scream bloody murder verb /ˌskɹim ˌblʌdi ˈmɝdɚ/: To scream loudly in fear, pain, etc.
scream blue murder verb /ˈskɹiːm bluː ˈmɜː(ɹ)də(ɹ)/: To protest loudly or angrily.
scream for verb: To demand (something).
scream loudest verb: To complain or speak up with more intensity than others, especially in relation to a trivial matter.
scream one's head off verb: To scream out to one's full capacity.
scream queen noun /ˈskɹiːm kwiːn/: An actress particularity acclaimed for horror film roles.
screamable adjective: Of a bit of language, able to be screamed.
screamathon noun: A session of screaming, such as a furious argument.
screamer noun /ˈskɹimɚ/: One who screams; one who shouts; one who sings harshly.
screamery noun: Screaming.
screamfest noun: An event, recording, etc. involving a lot of screaming.
screamin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of screaming.
screaminess noun: The quality of being screamy.
screaming adjective, noun, verb /ˈskɹiːmɪŋ/: Loud, sharp, and piercing to the ear.
screaming abdabs noun: A state of extreme nervousness.
screaming, crying, throwing up phrase: Used to indicate enthusiasm or excitement.
screaming habdabs noun: Alternative form of screaming abdabs.
screaming hairy armadillo noun: Chaetophractus vellerosus, a burrowing armadillo of South America which squeals when handled or threatened.
screaming jelly babies noun: A classroom chemistry demonstration, using potassium chlorate to rapidly oxidize the sugar in jelly babies so that they burst into flame and emit gases with...
SCREAMING`lowbar`SNAKE`lowbar`CASE noun: Alternative form of screaming snake case.
screaming match noun: Synonym of shouting match.
screaming meemie noun: The Nebelwerfer, a type of German mortar used in World War Two.
screaming meemies noun: A state of anxiety; the jitters.
screaming orgasm noun: A creamy white alcoholic cocktail containing vodka, Irish cream, and coffee liqueur.
screaming sixties noun: The area of the earth between 60 and 70 degrees south, prone to strong winds and extreme waves.
screaming snake case noun: The practice of writing identifiers in all caps using underscores to separate words.
screaming trots noun: Diarrhea.
screamingly adverb: While screaming, or as if screaming
screamlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a scream.
screamo noun /ˈskɹiːməʊ/: A genre of aggressive lo-fi guitar-driven music with predominantly screaming vocals, while preserving structural aspects of the emocore/hardcore emo genres...
screamy adjective: Loud and high-pitched; sounding like a scream.
scree noun, verb /skɹiː/: Loose stony debris on a slope.
scree plot noun: A graph of the eigenvalues of factors
screech noun, verb /skɹiːt͡ʃ/: A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
screech-hawk noun: A bird, the nightjar.
screech-in noun: An informal ceremony introducing a person to the culture of Newfoundland, often involving drinking rum and kissing a codfish.
screech martin noun: A bird, the swift.
screech out verb: To drive so suddenly and so quickly as to make the tires screech.
screech owl noun: Any New World owl of genus Megascops.
screech thrush noun: missel thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
screech tunnel noun: The screaming crowds near Wellesley College during the annual Boston Marathon.
screecher noun: Agent noun of screech; one who or that which screeches.
screechily adverb: In a screechy manner; shrilly.
screechin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of screeching.
screechiness noun: The quality of being screechy.

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.