airscrew | (noun) a propeller that rotates to push against air | Synonyms: airplane propeller, prop |
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ascription | (noun) assigning to a cause or source | Synonyms: attribution |
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(noun) assigning some quality or character to a person or thing | Synonyms: attribution |
backscratcher | (noun) a long-handled scratcher for scratching your back | - |
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(noun) someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage | - |
circumscription | (noun) the act of circumscribing | - |
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conscript | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: draftee, inductee |
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conscription | (noun) compulsory military service | Synonyms: draft, muster, selective service |
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corkscrew | (noun) a bottle opener that pulls corks | Synonyms: bottle screw |
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crisscross | (noun) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other | Synonyms: cross, mark |
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description | (noun) sort or variety | - |
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(noun) the act of describing something | - |
(noun) a statement that represents something in words | Synonyms: verbal description |
descriptivism | (noun) (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics | - |
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(noun) (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value | - |
descriptor | (noun) a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system | - |
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(noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | Synonyms: form, signifier, word form |
discredit | (noun) the state of being held in low esteem | Synonyms: disrepute |
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discreetness | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, finesse |
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(noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discretion, prudence |
discrepancy | (noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions | Synonyms: disagreement, divergence, variance |
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(noun) an event that departs from expectations | Synonyms: variance, variant |
discreteness | (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: distinctness, separateness, severalty |
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discretion | (noun) the trait of judging wisely and objectively | Synonyms: discernment |
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(noun) the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies | Synonyms: free will |
(noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discreetness, prudence |
(noun) refined taste; tact | Synonyms: delicacy |
(noun) freedom to act or judge on one's own | - |
discrimination | (noun) unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice | Synonyms: favoritism, favouritism |
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(noun) the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished | Synonyms: secernment |
discriminator | (noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates | Synonyms: differentiator |
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dyscrasia | (noun) an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body | - |
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escritoire | (noun) a desk used for writing | Synonyms: secretaire, secretary, writing table |
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escrow | (noun) a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition | - |
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indescribability | (noun) The quality or state of being impossible, or very difficult to describe. | Synonyms: indescribableness |
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indescribableness | (noun) The quality or state of being impossible, or very difficult to describe. | Synonyms: indescribability |
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indiscreetness | (noun) lacking good judgment | Synonyms: injudiciousness |
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indiscretion | (noun) a petty misdeed | Synonyms: peccadillo |
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(noun) the trait of being injudicious | Synonyms: injudiciousness |
inscription | (noun) the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words | - |
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(noun) letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something | Synonyms: lettering |
(noun) a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something | Synonyms: dedication |
inscrutability | (noun) the quality of being impossible to investigate | - |
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jackscrew | (noun) screw-operated jack | Synonyms: screw jack |
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manuscript | (noun) the form of a literary work submitted for publication | Synonyms: ms |
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(noun) handwritten book or document | Synonyms: holograph |
miscreant | (noun) a person without moral scruples | Synonyms: reprobate |
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miscreation | (noun) something abnormal or anomalous | Synonyms: malformation |
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nondescript | (noun) a person who is not easily classified and not very interesting | - |
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playscript | (noun) a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance | Synonyms: book, script |
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postscript | (noun) a note appended to a letter after the signature | Synonyms: PS |
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(noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end | Synonyms: addendum, supplement |
prescript | (noun) prescribed guide for conduct or action | Synonyms: rule |
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prescription | (noun) a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist | Synonyms: ethical drug, prescription drug, prescription medicine |
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(noun) directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions | - |
(noun) written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient | - |
(noun) written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person | - |
prescriptivism | (noun) (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics | - |
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(noun) (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior | - |
proscription | (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | Synonyms: banishment |
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(noun) a decree that prohibits something | Synonyms: ban, prohibition |
rescript | (noun) something that has been written again | Synonyms: revision, rewrite |
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(noun) the act of rewriting something | Synonyms: revisal, revise, revision |
(noun) a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality | - |
(noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Synonyms: decree, edict, fiat, order |
scrabble | (noun) an aimless drawing | Synonyms: doodle, scribble |
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scrag | (noun) the lean end of a neck of veal | Synonyms: scrag end |
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(noun) lean end of the neck | - |
(noun) a person who is unusually thin and scrawny | Synonyms: skin and bones, thin person |
scramasax | (noun) A single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting. | Synonyms: scramaseax, scramsax |
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scramaseax | (noun) A single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting. | Synonyms: scramasax, scramsax |
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scramble | (noun) rushing about hastily in an undignified way | Synonyms: scamper, scurry |
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(noun) an unceremonious and disorganized struggle | Synonyms: scuffle |
scrambler | (noun) electronic equipment that makes speech unintelligible during transmission and restores it at reception | - |
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(noun) a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground | Synonyms: dirt bike, trail bike |
(noun) a rapid mover; someone who scrambles | - |
scramsax | (noun) A single-edged knife or sword used by the Anglo-Saxons for fighting and hunting. | Synonyms: scramasax, scramaseax |
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scrap | (noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle | Synonyms: combat, fight, fighting |
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(noun) a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used | - |
(noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole | Synonyms: bit, chip, flake, fleck |
(noun) worthless material that is to be disposed of | Synonyms: rubbish, trash |
scrapbook | (noun) an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted | - |
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scrape | (noun) an indication of damage | Synonyms: mark, scar, scratch |
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(noun) a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility) | Synonyms: scraping |
(noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scraping, scratch, scratching |
(noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off | Synonyms: abrasion, excoriation, scratch |
scraper | (noun) any of various hand tools for scraping | - |
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scrapheap | (noun) pile of discarded metal | - |
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(noun) an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter | Synonyms: garbage heap, junk heap, junk pile, refuse heap, rubbish heap, trash heap, trash pile |
scrapie | (noun) a fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system | - |
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scraping | (noun) a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility) | Synonyms: scrape |
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(noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scrape, scratch, scratching |
(noun) (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected | - |
scrapper | (noun) someone who fights (or is fighting) | Synonyms: battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter |
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scrappiness | (noun) the trait of being scrappy and pugnacious | - |
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(noun) The quality or state of being tenacious, energetic, spunky. | Synonyms: feistiness |
scrapple | (noun) scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying | - |
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scraps | (noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) | Synonyms: food waste, garbage, refuse |
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scratch | (noun) an indication of damage | Synonyms: mark, scar, scrape |
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(noun) (golf) a handicap of zero strokes | - |
(noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scrawl, scribble |
(noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratching |
(noun) dry mash for poultry | Synonyms: chicken feed |
(noun) a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game | Synonyms: scratch line, start, starting line |
(noun) a competitor who has withdrawn from competition | - |
(noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
(noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface | Synonyms: dent, incision, prick, slit |
(noun) an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off | Synonyms: abrasion, excoriation, scrape |
scratcher | (noun) a device used for scratching | - |
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(noun) a person who scratches to relieve an itch | - |
(noun) a workman who uses a tool for scratching | - |
scratchiness | (noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions | Synonyms: abrasiveness, harshness |
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scratching | (noun) a harsh noise made by scraping | Synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratch |
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scratchpad | (noun) (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information | - |
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scrawl | (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scratch, scribble |
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scrawler | (noun) a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read | Synonyms: scribbler |
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scrawniness | (noun) the bodily property of lacking flesh | Synonyms: skinniness |
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(noun) the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality | Synonyms: scrubbiness |
scream | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: screaming, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
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(noun) a joke that seems extremely funny | Synonyms: belly laugh, howler, riot, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow |
(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: screaming, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
screamer | (noun) a very hard hit ball | Synonyms: scorcher |
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(noun) gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call | - |
(noun) a sensational newspaper headline | - |
(noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screecher, shouter, yeller |
screaming | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
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(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
scree | (noun) a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff | Synonyms: talus |
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screech | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
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(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
screecher | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, shouter, yeller |
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screeching | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, shriek, shrieking |
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(noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, shriek, shrieking |
screed | (noun) an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete | - |
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(noun) a long piece of writing | - |
(noun) a long monotonous harangue | - |
screen | (noun) a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame | - |
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(noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: concealment, cover, covert |
(noun) a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles | Synonyms: sieve |
(noun) partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space | - |
(noun) a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight | Synonyms: blind |
(noun) the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube | Synonyms: CRT screen |
(noun) a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing | Synonyms: projection screen, silver screen |
(noun) the personnel of the film industry | Synonyms: filmdom, screenland |
screener | (noun) a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint | - |
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screening | (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, covering, masking |
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(noun) testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics | - |
(noun) fabric of metal or plastic mesh | - |
(noun) the display of a motion picture | Synonyms: showing, viewing |
screenland | (noun) the personnel of the film industry | Synonyms: filmdom, screen |
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screenplay | (noun) a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets | - |
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screenwriter | (noun) someone who writes screenplays | Synonyms: film writer |
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screw | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: ass, fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shag, shtup |
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(noun) a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head | - |
(noun) a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air | Synonyms: screw propeller |
(noun) a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole | - |
(noun) someone who guards prisoners | Synonyms: gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, turnkey |
screwball | (noun) a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown | - |
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(noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case |
screwballer | (noun) (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs | - |
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screwbean | (noun) shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods | Synonyms: Prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo |
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screwdriver | (noun) a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw | - |
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(noun) a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice | - |
screwing | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: ass, fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, shag, shtup |
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screwtop | (noun) the top of a container that must be screwed off and on | - |
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screwup | (noun) the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation | - |
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scribble | (noun) an aimless drawing | Synonyms: doodle, scrabble |
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(noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scratch, scrawl |
scribbler | (noun) a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read | Synonyms: scrawler |
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(noun) informal terms for journalists | Synonyms: penman, scribe |
scribe | (noun) a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut | Synonyms: scratch awl, scriber |
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(noun) informal terms for journalists | Synonyms: penman, scribbler |
(noun) someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | Synonyms: copyist, scrivener |
scriber | (noun) a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut | Synonyms: scratch awl, scribe |
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scrim | (noun) a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater | - |
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scrimmage | (noun) a noisy riotous fight | Synonyms: battle royal, melee |
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(noun) (American football) practice play between a football team's squads | - |
scrimshanker | (noun) a shirker | - |
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scrimshaw | (noun) a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers | - |
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scrip | (noun) a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency | - |
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script | (noun) a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance | Synonyms: book, playscript |
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(noun) a particular orthography or writing system | - |
(noun) something written by hand | Synonyms: hand, handwriting |
scriptorium | (noun) a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts | - |
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scripture | (noun) any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group | Synonyms: sacred scripture |
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scriptwriter | (noun) someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas | - |
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