All English words - page 5190

Meanings of Scotchy:

noun

(a nickname for) a scottish person.

Meanings of Scote:

noun

Drag-staff.

Meanings of Scoter:

noun

A northern diving duck that winters off the coast, the male of which has mainly black plumage.

Usage examples:

Sea ducks like scoters and eiders are also divers.

Meanings of Scoters:

noun

A northern diving duck that winters off the coast, the male of which has mainly black plumage.

Usage examples:

Sea ducks like scoters and eiders are also divers.

Meanings of Scotia:

noun

(chiefly in classical architecture) a concave moulding, especially at the base of a column.

Meanings of Scotias:

noun

(chiefly in classical architecture) a concave moulding, especially at the base of a column.

Meanings of Scotic:

adjective

Of or relating to the form of gaelic used by the scots.

Meanings of Scotism:

noun

The teachings or beliefs of john duns scotus or of the scotists.

Meanings of Scotist:

noun

A follower or disciple of john duns scotus; an adherent of his doctrines or philosophy.

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of scotism or the scotists.

Meanings of Scotistical:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of scotism or the scotists.

Meanings of Scotland:

proper noun

A country forming the northernmost part of great britain and of the united kingdom; population 5,169,000 (est. 2008); capital, edinburgh.

noun

A country that is part of the united kingdom

Meanings of Scotoma:

noun

A partial loss of vision or blind spot in an otherwise normal visual field.

Usage examples:

At each monthly visit patients should be questioned regarding possible visual disturbances includin…

Meanings of Scotomas:

noun

A partial loss of vision or blind spot in an otherwise normal visual field.

Usage examples:

At each monthly visit patients should be questioned regarding possible visual disturbances includin…

Meanings of Scotomata:

noun

A partial loss of vision or blind spot in an otherwise normal visual field.

Usage examples:

At each monthly visit patients should be questioned regarding possible visual disturbances includin…

Meanings of Scotophobia:

noun

Intense aversion or hostility towards scotland, its people, or its culture.

Meanings of Scotopia:

noun

Vision in conditions of low light, specifically when the eye is adapted to such conditions; dark-adapted vision; night vision.

Meanings of Scotopias:

noun

Vision in conditions of low light, specifically when the eye is adapted to such conditions; dark-adapted vision; night vision.

Meanings of Scotopic:

adjective

Relating to or denoting vision in dim light, believed to involve chiefly the rods of the retina.

Usage examples:

Visual pigments have also evolved to perform specialized functions, such as color vision and scotop…

Meanings of Scotoscope:

noun

An instrument which illuminates an object so that it can be more easily viewed with a microscope, comprising a glass globe filled with brine for concentrating light from a lamp, a convex lens being used to focus this light on the object.

Meanings of Scots:

noun

Another term for scottish.

Usage examples:

Scots law

adjective

Belonging to or relating to scotland or its people

Usage examples:

His wife is scots., a scots accent, scots law, scots gaelic, my grandparents still speak broad scot…

Meanings of Scotsman:

noun

A male native or inhabitant of scotland, or a man of scottish descent.

Usage examples:

I knew why we irishmen were here, but why an american, a french, a scotsmen, and an englishman woul…

Meanings of Scotsmen:

noun

A male native or inhabitant of scotland, or a man of scottish descent.

Usage examples:

I knew why we irishmen were here, but why an american, a french, a scotsmen, and an englishman woul…

Meanings of Scotswoman:

noun

A female native or inhabitant of scotland, or a woman of scottish descent.

Usage examples:

The audience had already listened to a scotswoman extol the virtues of her business.

Meanings of Scott:

proper noun

Two english architects. sir george gilbert (1811–78) designed the albert memorial in london (1863–72), which exemplifies the gothic style that he favoured. his grandson sir giles gilbert (1880–1960) is best known for the gothic anglican cathedral in liverpool (begun in 1904, completed in 1978).

Meanings of Scottice:

adverb

Especially introducing the scots translation of a previously stated term: in scots.