English words starting with sc - page 46

Meanings of Scuttled:

verb

Run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.

Usage examples:

A mouse scuttled across the floor

noun

A metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire.

Usage examples:

Carrying endless scuttles of coal up from the cellar

Meanings of Scuttles:

noun

A metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire.

Usage examples:

Carrying endless scuttles of coal up from the cellar

verb

Run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.

Usage examples:

A mouse scuttled across the floor

Meanings of Scuttling:

verb

Run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.

Usage examples:

A mouse scuttled across the floor

noun

A metal container with a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire.

Usage examples:

Carrying endless scuttles of coal up from the cellar

Meanings of Scutum:

noun

Another term for scute.

proper noun

A small constellation near the celestial equator (the shield), lying in the milky way between aquila and serpens.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation scutum.

Usage examples:

The star beta scuti

Meanings of Scuzzy:

adjective

Dirty and unpleasant.

Usage examples:

A scuzzy flat

Meanings of Scylla:

proper noun

A female sea monster who devoured sailors when they tried to navigate the narrow channel between her cave and the whirlpool charybdis. in later legend scylla was a dangerous rock, located on the italian side of the strait of messina.

Meanings of Scyllaea:

proper noun

A female sea monster who devoured sailors when they tried to navigate the narrow channel between her cave and the whirlpool charybdis. in later legend scylla was a dangerous rock, located on the italian side of the strait of messina.

Meanings of Scyllarus:

proper noun

A female sea monster who devoured sailors when they tried to navigate the narrow channel between her cave and the whirlpool charybdis. in later legend scylla was a dangerous rock, located on the italian side of the strait of messina.

Meanings of Scyphistoma:

noun

The fixed polyp-like stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish, which reproduces asexually by budding (strobilation).

Usage examples:

A larva metamorphoses into a small polyp termed the scyphistoma.

Meanings of Scyphistomae:

noun

The fixed polyp-like stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish, which reproduces asexually by budding (strobilation).

Usage examples:

A larva metamorphoses into a small polyp termed the scyphistoma.

Meanings of Scyphistomas:

noun

The fixed polyp-like stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish, which reproduces asexually by budding (strobilation).

Usage examples:

A larva metamorphoses into a small polyp termed the scyphistoma.

Meanings of Scyphozoa:

plural noun

A class of marine coelenterates which comprises the jellyfishes.

Usage examples:

The phylum has traditionally been divided into four classes (anthozoa, scyphozoa, hydrozoa and cubo…

Meanings of Scyphus:

noun

A deep drinking cup or bowl.

Meanings of Scythe:

noun

A tool used for cutting crops such as grass or corn, with a long curved blade at the end of a long pole attached to one or two short handles.

Usage examples:

He also often bears a scythe or sickle in his arms, reflecting that time's eroding force cuts down …

verb

Cut with a scythe.

Usage examples:

The grass was scythed at regular intervals

Meanings of Scythed:

verb

Cut with a scythe.

Usage examples:

The grass was scythed at regular intervals

noun

A tool used for cutting crops such as grass or corn, with a long curved blade at the end of a long pole attached to one or two short handles.

Usage examples:

He also often bears a scythe or sickle in his arms, reflecting that time's eroding force cuts down …

Meanings of Scythes:

noun

A tool used for cutting crops such as grass or corn, with a long curved blade at the end of a long pole attached to one or two short handles.

Usage examples:

He also often bears a scythe or sickle in his arms, reflecting that time's eroding force cuts down …

verb

Cut with a scythe.

Usage examples:

The grass was scythed at regular intervals

Meanings of Scythian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the ancient region of scythia or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

The formation of the scythian cultures

noun

A native or inhabitant of the ancient region of scythia.

Usage examples:

The scythians retreated into the crimea

Meanings of Scything:

verb

Cut with a scythe.

Usage examples:

The grass was scythed at regular intervals

noun

A tool used for cutting crops such as grass or corn, with a long curved blade at the end of a long pole attached to one or two short handles.

Usage examples:

He also often bears a scythe or sickle in his arms, reflecting that time's eroding force cuts down …

adjective

Moving sideways quickly, as if to cut through something or someone

Usage examples:

A scything tackle