All English words - page 3314

Meanings of Scalplock:

noun

A long lock of hair left on a shaved head, associated with some north american indian peoples.

Meanings of Scam:

noun

A dishonest scheme; a fraud.

Usage examples:

An insurance scam

verb

Swindle.

Usage examples:

A guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings

Meanings of Scammonies:

noun

A plant of the convolvulus family, the dried roots of which yield a strong purgative.

Usage examples:

For instance, the knowledge of the causal power of scammony to purge red bile arises only after we …

Meanings of Scamp:

noun

A person, especially a child, who is mischievous in a likeable or amusing way.

Usage examples:

Some little scamp stuffed tissue paper in between the hammer and the bell

verb

Do (something) in a perfunctory or inadequate way.

Usage examples:

She had scamped her work

Meanings of Scamped:

verb

Do (something) in a perfunctory or inadequate way.

Usage examples:

She had scamped her work

noun

A person, especially a child, who is mischievous in a likeable or amusing way.

Usage examples:

Some little scamp stuffed tissue paper in between the hammer and the bell

Meanings of Scamperer:

verb

(especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement.

Usage examples:

He scampered in like an overgrown puppy

noun

An act of scampering.

Usage examples:

He heard the squeak and scamper of rats

Meanings of Scampering:

verb

(especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement.

Usage examples:

He scampered in like an overgrown puppy

noun

An act of scampering.

Usage examples:

He heard the squeak and scamper of rats

Meanings of Scampi:

noun

Norway lobsters when prepared or cooked.

Usage examples:

Scampi and chips

Meanings of Scamps:

noun

A person, especially a child, who is mischievous in a likeable or amusing way.

Usage examples:

Some little scamp stuffed tissue paper in between the hammer and the bell

verb

Do (something) in a perfunctory or inadequate way.

Usage examples:

She had scamped her work

Meanings of Scan:

verb

Look at all parts of (something) carefully in order to detect some feature.

Usage examples:

He raised his binoculars to scan the coast

noun

An act of scanning someone or something.

Usage examples:

A quick scan of the sports page

Examine minutely or intensely

Meanings of Scandal:

noun

An action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.

Usage examples:

A bribery scandal involving one of his key supporters

Meanings of Scandalise:

verb

Shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality.

Usage examples:

Their lack of manners scandalized their hosts

Meanings of Scandalised:

verb

Shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality.

Usage examples:

Their lack of manners scandalized their hosts

Meanings of Scandalize:

verb

Shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality.

Usage examples:

Their lack of manners scandalized their hosts

Meanings of Scandalizes:

verb

Shock or horrify (someone) by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality.

Usage examples:

Their lack of manners scandalized their hosts

Meanings of Scandalmonger:

noun

A person who stirs up public outrage towards someone or their actions by spreading rumours or malicious gossip.

Usage examples:

It wasn't only the scandalmongers of tabloid journalism who were outraged.

Meanings of Scandalous:

adjective

Causing general public outrage by a perceived offence against morality or law.

Usage examples:

A series of scandalous liaisons

Meanings of Scandalously:

adverb

In a way or to a degree that shocks people or makes them feel annoyed or upset

Usage examples:

Scandalously expensive, scandalously, these extraordinary claims won't be investigated.

Meanings of Scandent:

adjective

(especially of a graptolite) having a climbing habit.

Usage examples:

Despite its sand dune habitat and shortage of host support plants, this variety of clematis shows m…

Meanings of Scandinavia:

proper noun

A large peninsula in north-western europe, occupied by norway and sweden. it is bounded by the arctic ocean on the north, the atlantic ocean on the west, and the baltic sea on the south and the east.

noun

A region of northern europe that includes denmark, norway, and sweden

Meanings of Scandium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 21, a soft silvery-white metal generally included among the rare earth elements.

Usage examples:

Examples of transition metals include vanadium, chromium, iron, cobalt, manganese, nickel, scandium…

Meanings of Scannable:

adjective

Able to be read or copied by a scanner

Usage examples:

The products have scannable barcodes.

Meanings of Scanned:

verb

Look at all parts of (something) carefully in order to detect some feature.

Usage examples:

He raised his binoculars to scan the coast

noun

An act of scanning someone or something.

Usage examples:

A quick scan of the sports page

Meanings of Scanners:

noun

A device for examining, reading, or monitoring something.

Usage examples:

Merlin checked the readings of a hand scanner that was strapped to his left arm and grunted.

Meanings of Scanning:

verb

Look at all parts of (something) carefully in order to detect some feature.

Usage examples:

He raised his binoculars to scan the coast

noun

An act of scanning someone or something.

Usage examples:

A quick scan of the sports page