| scalability | (noun) the quality of being scalable | - |
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| scalable | (adjective) capable of being scaled; possible to scale | - |
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| scalage | (noun) the act of scaling in weight or quantity or dimension | - |
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| (noun) estimation of the amount of lumber in a log | - |
| scalar | (adjective) of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a musical scale | - |
| (noun) a variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components | - |
| scalawag | (noun) one who is playfully mischievous | Synonyms: imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scallywag, scamp |
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| (noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scallywag, varlet |
| (noun) a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest) | Synonyms: scallywag |
| scald | (noun) the act of burning with steam or hot water | - |
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| (noun) a burn cause by hot liquid or steam | - |
| (verb) burn with a hot liquid or steam | - |
| (verb) heat to the boiling point | - |
| (verb) treat with boiling water | - |
| (verb) subject to harsh criticism | Synonyms: blister, scorch, whip |
| scale | (noun) a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals | - |
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| (noun) an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks | - |
| (noun) a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass | Synonyms: weighing machine |
| (noun) a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | Synonyms: plate, shell |
| (noun) (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) | Synonyms: musical scale |
| (noun) a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | Synonyms: exfoliation, scurf |
| (noun) a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin | Synonyms: scale leaf |
| (noun) relative magnitude | - |
| (noun) the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it | - |
| (noun) an ordered reference standard | Synonyms: graduated table, ordered series, scale of measurement |
| (verb) measure with or as if with scales | - |
| (verb) size or measure according to a scale | - |
| (verb) remove the scales from | Synonyms: descale |
| (verb) pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard | - |
| (verb) climb up by means of a ladder | - |
| (verb) reach the highest point of | Synonyms: surmount |
| (verb) take by attacking with scaling ladders | - |
| (verb) measure by or as if by a scale | - |
| scaled | (adjective) (used of armor) having overlapping metal plates attached to a leather backing | - |
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| (adjective) having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles | Synonyms: scaley, scaly |
| scaleless | (adjective) destitute of scales | - |
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| scalelike | (adjective) reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale | - |
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| scalene | (adjective) of or relating to any of the scalene muscles | - |
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| (adjective) of a triangle having three sides of different lengths | - |
| scalenus | (noun) any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib; involved in moving the neck and in breathing | Synonyms: musculus scalenus, scalene muscle |
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| scaler | (noun) an electronic pulse counter used to count pulses that occur too rapidly to be recorded individually | - |
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| scaley | (adjective) having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles | Synonyms: scaled, scaly |
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| scalic | (adjective) of or related to a musical scale | - |
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| scaliness | (noun) the property of being scaly | - |
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| scaling | (noun) act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale | - |
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| (noun) the act of arranging in a graduated series | Synonyms: grading |
| (noun) ascent by or as if by a ladder | - |
| scallion | (noun) a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads | Synonyms: green onion, spring onion |
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| (noun) plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum | Synonyms: Allium porrum, leek |
| scallop | (noun) edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions | Synonyms: escallop, scollop |
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| (noun) edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces | Synonyms: escallop, scollop |
| (noun) thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled | Synonyms: cutlet, escallop, scollop |
| (noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle |
| (verb) shape or cut in scallops | Synonyms: scollop |
| (verb) fish for scallops | Synonyms: scollop |
| (verb) form scallops in | Synonyms: scollop |
| (verb) decorate an edge with scallops | - |
| (verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | Synonyms: escallop |
| scalloped | (adjective) having a margin with rounded scallops | Synonyms: crenate, crenated |
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| scallopine | (noun) sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour | Synonyms: scallopini |
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| scallopini | (noun) sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour | Synonyms: scallopine |
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| scallywag | (noun) one who is playfully mischievous | Synonyms: imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scamp |
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| (noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, varlet |
| (noun) a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest) | Synonyms: scalawag |
| scalp | (noun) the skin that covers the top of the head | - |
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| (verb) remove the scalp of | - |
| (verb) sell illegally, as on the black market | - |
| scalpel | (noun) a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery | - |
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| scalper | (noun) someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost | - |
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| scaly | (adjective) having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles | Synonyms: scaled, scaley |
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| (adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | Synonyms: lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scurfy |