All English words - page 5179

Meanings of Scirrhoma:

noun

Originally: a scirrhous swelling or tumour. in later use: specifically carcinoma of a scirrhous type; an instance of this.

Meanings of Scirrhus:

noun

A carcinoma that is hard to the touch.

Usage examples:

Amyloid in the stroma of tumors has been described by askanazy (scirrhus of the breast).

Meanings of Scissel:

noun

Clippings and strips of waste metal produced during the manufacture of coins.

Meanings of Scissible:

adjective

Scissile.

Meanings of Scissile:

adjective

(of a chemical bond) readily undergoing scission.

Usage examples:

Crystal structures help to orientate the scissile bond in the enzyme complex structure.

Meanings of Scission:

noun

The action or state of cutting or being cut.

Usage examples:

Budding and scission of a deflated vesicle into two smaller spherical daughters were sometimes obse…

Meanings of Scissions:

noun

The action or state of cutting or being cut.

Usage examples:

Budding and scission of a deflated vesicle into two smaller spherical daughters were sometimes obse…

Meanings of Scissiparity:

noun

The property of being scissiparous; a tendency to split into two distinct parts.

Meanings of Scissor:

verb

Cut (something) with scissors.

Usage examples:

Pages scissored out of a magazine

noun

See scissors.

adjective

Relating to or like scissors

Usage examples:

A scissor blade, the blades pass each other in a scissor action., i scissored myself out of one pho…

Meanings of Scissorbill:

noun

Another term for skimmer (sense 5).

Meanings of Scissored:

verb

Cut (something) with scissors.

Usage examples:

Pages scissored out of a magazine

adjective

Relating to or like scissors

Usage examples:

A scissor blade, the blades pass each other in a scissor action., i scissored myself out of one pho…

Meanings of Scissorer:

noun

A person, especially a journalist, who takes written material from one source to use in another; a compiler.

Meanings of Scissoring:

verb

Cut (something) with scissors.

Usage examples:

Pages scissored out of a magazine

Meanings of Scissors:

verb

Cut (something) with scissors.

Usage examples:

Pages scissored out of a magazine

plural noun

An instrument used for cutting cloth, paper, and other material, consisting of two blades laid one on top of the other and fastened in the middle so as to allow them to be opened and closed by a thumb and finger inserted through rings on the end of their handles.

Usage examples:

I needed a pair of scissors to cut it open.

Meanings of Scissorsmith:

noun

A person who makes or manufactures scissors (now historical).

Meanings of Scissortail:

noun

A tyrant flycatcher with a very long forked tail, found in the southern us and noted for its spectacular aerial display.

Usage examples:

In those days scissor-tailed flycatchers were still uncommon in our part of the world, and seemed n…

Meanings of Scissure:

noun

Generally. a cleft or opening made by cutting or separation of parts; a rent, a fissure.

Meanings of Scissures:

noun

Generally. a cleft or opening made by cutting or separation of parts; a rent, a fissure.

Meanings of Scitamineae:

adjective

Of or relating to the taxonomic group scitamineae, a former order of monocotyledonous tropical plants that included the present-day families musaceae (banana, plantain, etc.) and zingiberaceae (ginger, turmeric, and other spices), and corresponds to the modern order zingiberales.

Meanings of Sciurid:

noun

Any of numerous rodents constituting the family sciuridae, which comprises the true squirrels (tree squirrels, flying squirrels, ground squirrels, marmots, and related forms); a squirrel.

adjective

Of or relating to squirrels or the family sciuridae; characteristic of sciurids.

Meanings of Sciurine:

adjective

Of or relating to squirrels or to the squirrel family; resembling or characteristic of a squirrel; (zoology) of or relating to the tribe sciurini (which comprises the typical tree squirrels) or the subfamily sciurinae (which includes in addition the flying squirrels).

noun

A sciurine rodent; a squirrel.

Meanings of Sciurines:

adjective

Of or relating to squirrels or to the squirrel family; resembling or characteristic of a squirrel; (zoology) of or relating to the tribe sciurini (which comprises the typical tree squirrels) or the subfamily sciurinae (which includes in addition the flying squirrels).

noun

A sciurine rodent; a squirrel.

Meanings of Sciuroid:

adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling (that of) squirrels. compare sciurid , sciurine .

noun

Chiefly . a sciuroid rodent.

Meanings of Sciuroids:

adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling (that of) squirrels. compare sciurid , sciurine .

noun

Chiefly . a sciuroid rodent.

Meanings of Sciuromorph:

noun

A rodent of the group sciuromorpha, which comprises the squirrels, mountain beaver, and their relatives.

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the group sciuromorpha.