| scombroid | (noun) important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters | Synonyms: scombroid fish |
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| sconce | (noun) a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light | - |
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| (noun) a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce | - |
| (noun) a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate | - |
| (noun) a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather | - |
| scone | (noun) small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle | - |
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| scoop | (noun) a large ladle | - |
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| (noun) the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe | Synonyms: scoop shovel |
| (noun) street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | Synonyms: easy lay, Georgia home boy, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, soap |
| (noun) a news report that is reported first by one news organization | Synonyms: exclusive |
| (noun) the quantity a scoop will hold | Synonyms: scoopful |
| (noun) a hollow concave shape made by removing something | Synonyms: pocket |
| scoopful | (noun) the quantity a scoop will hold | Synonyms: scoop |
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| scooter | (noun) large black diving duck of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere | Synonyms: scoter |
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| (noun) child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot | - |
| (noun) a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel | Synonyms: motor scooter |
| (noun) a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice | Synonyms: ice yacht, iceboat |
| (noun) a motorboat resembling a motor scooter | Synonyms: sea scooter, water scooter |
| scope | (noun) electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities | Synonyms: cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO, oscilloscope |
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| (noun) a magnifier of images of distant objects | Synonyms: telescope |
| (noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: | Synonyms: ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach |
| (noun) the state of the environment in which a situation exists | Synonyms: background, setting |
| scopolamine | (noun) an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures | Synonyms: hyoscine |
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| scorbutus | (noun) a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) | Synonyms: scurvy |
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| scorch | (noun) a discoloration caused by heat | - |
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| (noun) a surface burn | Synonyms: singe |
| (noun) a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues | - |
| scorcher | (noun) a very hard hit ball | Synonyms: screamer |
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| (noun) an extremely hot day | - |
| scorchingness | (noun) The quality of being scorching; extreme heat. | - |
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| score | (noun) the act of scoring in a game or sport | - |
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| (noun) a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: sexual conquest |
| (noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: grade, mark |
| (noun) the facts about an actual situation | - |
| (noun) a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages | Synonyms: musical score |
| (noun) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | Synonyms: grievance, grudge |
| (noun) a set of twenty members | - |
| (noun) grounds | Synonyms: account |
| (noun) a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest | - |
| (noun) a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) | Synonyms: scotch |
| (noun) an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar) | - |
| scoreboard | (noun) a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information) | - |
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| scorecard | (noun) (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) | Synonyms: card |
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| scorekeeper | (noun) an official who records the score during the progress of a game | Synonyms: scorer |
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| scorer | (noun) a player who makes a score in a game or contest | - |
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| (noun) a logger who marks trees to be felled | - |
| (noun) an official who records the score during the progress of a game | Synonyms: scorekeeper |
| scores | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| scoria | (noun) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals | Synonyms: dross, slag |
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| scoring | (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: grading, marking |
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| scorn | (noun) open disrespect for a person or thing | Synonyms: contempt |
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| (noun) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: contempt, despite, disdain |
| scorner | (noun) a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression | Synonyms: sneerer |
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| scorpaenid | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific | Synonyms: scorpaenid fish |
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| scorpaenoid | (noun) fishes having the head armored with bony plates | Synonyms: scorpaenoid fish |
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| scorper | (noun) a graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal | Synonyms: scauper |
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| scorpion | (noun) arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger | - |
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| scorpionfish | (noun) marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines | Synonyms: scorpion fish, sea scorpion |
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| scorpionweed | (noun) any plant of the genus Phacelia | Synonyms: phacelia, scorpion weed |
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| scorzonera | (noun) long black salsify | Synonyms: black salsify |
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| (noun) perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots | Synonyms: black salsify, Scorzonera hispanica, viper's grass |
| scotch | (noun) a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) | Synonyms: score |
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| scoter | (noun) large black diving duck of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere | Synonyms: scooter |
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| scotoma | (noun) an isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field | - |
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| scoundrel | (noun) a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | Synonyms: villain |
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| scour | (noun) a place that is scoured (especially by running water) | - |
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| scourer | (noun) someone who cleanses by scouring | - |
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| (noun) someone who travels widely and energetically | - |
| scourge | (noun) a whip used to inflict punishment | Synonyms: flagellum |
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| (noun) a person who inspires fear or dread | Synonyms: terror, threat |
| (noun) something causing misery or death | Synonyms: bane, curse, nemesis |
| scourger | (noun) a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) | Synonyms: flogger |
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| scouring | (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scrub, scrubbing |
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| (noun) moving over territory to search for something | - |
| scours | (noun) diarrhea in livestock | - |
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| scouse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscouse, lobscuse |
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| scout | (noun) someone who can find paths through unexplored territory | Synonyms: guide, pathfinder |
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| (noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch |
| (noun) someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports) | Synonyms: talent scout |
| scouter | (noun) an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement | Synonyms: rover |
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| scouting | (noun) exploring in order to gain information | Synonyms: exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring |
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| scoutmaster | (noun) the leader of a troop of Scouts | - |
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| scow | (noun) a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold | - |
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| (noun) any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends | - |
| scowl | (noun) a facial expression of dislike or displeasure | Synonyms: frown |
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| 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 | - |