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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scrivener | (noun) someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | Synonyms: copyist, scribe |
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scrod | (noun) young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking | Synonyms: schrod |
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(noun) flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled | Synonyms: schrod |
scrofula | (noun) a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands | Synonyms: king's evil, struma |
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scroll | (noun) a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) | Synonyms: roll |
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(noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, whorl |
scrooge | (noun) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend | Synonyms: churl, niggard, skinflint |
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scrotum | (noun) the external pouch that contains the testes | - |
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scrounger | (noun) someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) | Synonyms: cadger, mooch, moocher |
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scrub | (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scouring, scrubbing |
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(noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | Synonyms: bush, chaparral |
scrubber | (noun) a purifier that removes impurities from a gas | - |
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(noun) a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning | Synonyms: scrub brush, scrubbing brush |
(noun) a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck) | - |
scrubbiness | (noun) the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality | Synonyms: scrawniness |
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scrubbing | (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scouring, scrub |
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scrubbird | (noun) small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub | Synonyms: scrub-bird, scrub bird |
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scrubland | (noun) an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation | - |
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scrubs | (noun) protective garment worn by surgeons during operations | Synonyms: gown, surgical gown |
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scruff | (noun) the back side of the neck | Synonyms: nape, nucha |
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scrum | (noun) (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession | Synonyms: scrummage |
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scrummage | (noun) (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession | Synonyms: scrum |
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scrumpy | (noun) strong cider (as made in western England) | - |
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scrunch | (noun) a crunching noise | - |
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scruple | (noun) an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action | - |
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(noun) uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety) | Synonyms: misgiving, qualm |
(noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains | - |
scruples | (noun) motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions | Synonyms: conscience, moral sense, sense of right and wrong |
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scrupulousness | (noun) conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence | - |
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(noun) strict attention to minute details | Synonyms: meticulosity, meticulousness, punctiliousness |
scrutineer | (noun) someone who examines votes at an election | Synonyms: canvasser |
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scrutiniser | (noun) a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care | Synonyms: scrutinizer |
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scrutinizer | (noun) a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care | Synonyms: scrutiniser |
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scrutiny | (noun) the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | Synonyms: examination |
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(noun) a prolonged intense look | - |