| 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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| scratchy | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough |
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| (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy |
| (adjective) lacking consistency | Synonyms: spotty, uneven |
| (adjective) causing abrasion | Synonyms: abrasive |
| scraunch | (verb) make a crushing noise | Synonyms: crackle, crunch, scranch |
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| scrawl | (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scratch, scribble |
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| (verb) write carelessly | Synonyms: scribble |
| 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 |
| scrawny | (adjective) inferior in size or quality | Synonyms: scrubby, stunted |
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| (adjective) being very thin | Synonyms: boney, bony, scraggly, scraggy, skinny, underweight, weedy |
| screak | (verb) utter a harsh abrupt scream | Synonyms: screech, skreak, skreigh, squawk |
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| (verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise | Synonyms: creak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine |
| screakily | (adverb) in a creaky manner | Synonyms: creakily, creakingly |
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| screaky | (adjective) having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | Synonyms: screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing |
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| (adjective) having a rasping or grating sound | Synonyms: creaky |
| 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 |
| (verb) utter a sudden loud cry | Synonyms: call, cry, holler, hollo, shout, shout out, squall, yell |
| (verb) utter or declare in a very loud voice | Synonyms: yell |
| (verb) make a loud, piercing sound | - |
| 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 | (adjective) marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | Synonyms: hilarious, uproarious |
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| (adjective) so extremely intense as to evoke screams | - |
| (adjective) resembling a scream in effect | - |
| (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
| (noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
| screamingly | (adverb) funny to the point where screams of laughter are excited | - |
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| 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 |
| (verb) utter a harsh abrupt scream | Synonyms: screak, skreak, skreigh, squawk |
| (verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise | Synonyms: creak, screak, skreak, squeak, whine |
| 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 |
| screechy | (adjective) having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | Synonyms: screaky, squeaking, squeaky, squealing |
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| 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 |
| (verb) examine methodically | - |
| (verb) protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm | Synonyms: shield |
| (verb) prevent from entering | Synonyms: block out |
| (verb) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff | Synonyms: riddle |
| (verb) project onto a screen for viewing | - |
| (verb) examine in order to test suitability | Synonyms: screen out, sieve, sort |
| (verb) test or examine for the presence of disease or infection | Synonyms: test |
| 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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| screenshot | (verb) to capture an image from a computer's display | - |
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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 |
| (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, shaft |
| (verb) tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions | - |
| (verb) cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion | Synonyms: drive in |
| (verb) turn like a screw | - |
| (verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, sleep together, sleep with |
| screwball | (adjective) foolish; totally unsound | Synonyms: crazy, half-baked, softheaded |
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| (noun) a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown | - |
| (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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| screwy | (adjective) not behaving normally | Synonyms: screw-loose |
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| scribble | (noun) an aimless drawing | Synonyms: doodle, scrabble |
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| (noun) poor handwriting | Synonyms: cacography, scratch, scrawl |
| (verb) write down quickly without much attention to detail | Synonyms: scrabble |
| (verb) write carelessly | Synonyms: 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 |
| (verb) score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking | - |
| 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 | - |
| (verb) practice playing (a sport) | - |
| scrimp | (verb) subsist on a meager allowance | Synonyms: skimp, stint |
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| scrimpy | (adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent | Synonyms: meager, meagerly, meagre, stingy |
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| scrimshank | (verb) avoid work | - |
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| 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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| scrimy | (adjective) dirty and disgusting | - |
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| (adjective) petty or reluctant in giving or spending | Synonyms: grudging, niggardly |
| 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 |
| (verb) write a script for | - |
| scripted | (adjective) written as for a film or play or broadcast | Synonyms: written |
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| scriptorium | (noun) a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts | - |
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| scriptural | (adjective) of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible | Synonyms: biblical |
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| (adjective) written or relating to writing | - |
| 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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| scrivened | (adjective) copied in handwriting | - |
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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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| scrofulous | (adjective) afflicted with scrofula | - |
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| (adjective) morally contaminated | - |
| (adjective) having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula | - |
| 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 |
| (verb) move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen | - |
| scrooge | (noun) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend | Synonyms: churl, niggard, skinflint |
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| scrotal | (adjective) relating to or having or lying within a scrotum | - |
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| scrotum | (noun) the external pouch that contains the testes | - |
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| scrounge | (verb) collect or look around for (food) | Synonyms: forage |
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| (verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling | Synonyms: cadge, schnorr, shnorr |
| scrounger | (noun) someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) | Synonyms: cadger, mooch, moocher |
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| scrub | (adjective) (of domestic animals) not selectively bred | - |
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| (noun) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | Synonyms: scouring, scrubbing |
| (noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | Synonyms: bush, chaparral |
| (verb) wash thoroughly | Synonyms: scrub up |
| (verb) clean with hard rubbing | Synonyms: scour |
| (verb) postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled | Synonyms: call off, cancel, scratch |
| scrubbed | (adjective) made clean by scrubbing | - |
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| 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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| scrubby | (adjective) inferior in size or quality | Synonyms: scrawny, stunted |
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| (adjective) sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush | Synonyms: scrabbly |
| 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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| scruffy | (adjective) shabby and untidy | Synonyms: seedy |
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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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| scrumptious | (adjective) extremely pleasing to the sense of taste | Synonyms: delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, toothsome, yummy |
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| scrumptiously | (adverb) so as to produce a delightful taste | Synonyms: deliciously, lusciously |
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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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| (verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, wrinkle |
| (verb) sit on one's heels | Synonyms: crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch up, squat |
| (verb) make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants | Synonyms: crump, thud |
| 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 | - |
| (verb) have doubts about | - |
| (verb) raise scruples | - |
| (verb) hesitate on moral grounds | - |
| 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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| scrupulous | (adjective) having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by extreme care and great effort | Synonyms: conscientious, painstaking |
| scrupulously | (adverb) with extreme conscientiousness | Synonyms: conscientiously, religiously |
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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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| scrutinise | (verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | Synonyms: audit, inspect, scrutinize |
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| (verb) to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail | Synonyms: scrutinize, size up, take stock |
| scrutiniser | (noun) a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care | Synonyms: scrutinizer |
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| scrutinize | (verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | Synonyms: audit, inspect, scrutinise |
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| (verb) to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail | Synonyms: scrutinise, size up, take stock |
| 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 | - |
| scry | (verb) divine by gazing into crystals | - |
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| scuba | (noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus | Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, aqualung |
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| scud | (noun) the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) | Synonyms: scudding |
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| (verb) run or move very quickly or hastily | Synonyms: dart, dash, flash, scoot, shoot |
| (verb) run before a gale | Synonyms: rack |
| scudding | (noun) the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) | Synonyms: scud |
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