science |
systematic observation and testing of natural phenomena in a search for general laws and conclusive evidence. [3 definitions] |
science-based |
pertaining to a process or approach that is developed using the scientific method. |
science fiction |
fiction in which scientific findings, capabilities, or speculations provide an essential basis for the imagined events. |
science-fiction |
of or pertaining to fiction in which scientific findings, capabilities, or speculations provide an essential basis for the imagined events. |
scientific |
requiring or demonstrating systematic knowledge and skills, exactness in observation and testing, and keen but dispassionate interest in the truths of nature. [2 definitions] |
scientist |
one who uses scientific procedures and is involved in science, esp. the physical or natural sciences. |
sci-fi |
(informal) science fiction. |
scilicet |
that is to say; to wit; namely. |
scimitar |
a curved, one-edged sword that originated in the Orient. |
scintilla |
a tiny amount; trace. |
scintillate |
to send out sparks. [4 definitions] |
scintillating |
intellectually lively or brilliant. |
scintillation |
the act or process of scintillating. [2 definitions] |
sciolism |
superficial knowledge or familiarity, used as a basis for scholarly pretensions. |
scion |
an offspring or heir. [2 definitions] |
scire facias |
in law, a judicial writ requiring a party to show cause why a judicial record should not be enforced, repealed, or annulled. [2 definitions] |
scission |
the act or result of cutting, dividing, or splitting; fission. |
scissor |
to cut with, or as with, a pair of scissors. [2 definitions] |
scissors |
(sometimes used with a singular verb) a tool for cutting paper, fabric, or the like, made up of two blades joined with a pivot so their edges may be opened and closed. [2 definitions] |
scissors hold |
a wrestling hold that uses the legs as a clamp. |
scissors kick |
a swimming kick, as in the sidestroke, in which the legs are parted, one forward and one back, and then brought together forcefully. |