| scarlet runner |
a climbing tropical American vine that bears scarlet flowers and long pods with edible red-and-black seeds. |
| scarlet tanager |
a U.S. songbird, the male of which has a bright scarlet body with black wings and tail. |
| scarp |
a steep cliff formed by erosion or an abrupt movement of the earth's crust. [3 definitions] |
| scar tissue |
a dense fibrous layer of contracted connective tissue formed in the healing of a wound. |
| scarves |
a plural form of scarf. |
| scary |
causing fear; frightening. |
| scat1 |
(informal) to leave immediately (often used in the imperative). |
| scat2 |
improvisational jazz singing in which nonsense syllables are used instead of words, often with the effect of an instrument rather than a voice. [2 definitions] |
| scat3 |
animal excrement. |
| scathe |
to injure with criticism. [2 definitions] |
| scatheless |
combined form of scathe. |
| scathing |
harshly condemning; brutal. [2 definitions] |
| scatology |
extreme interest in excretion, excrement, or obscenity. [3 definitions] |
| scatter |
to cause to separate in all directions; disperse. [6 definitions] |
| scatterbrain |
someone unable to organize, concentrate on, or remember things; flighty person. |
| scattering |
going in many different directions; separating. [4 definitions] |
| scatter rug |
a small rug, usu. placed as needed on a bare floor, as in front of a chair or outer door. |
| scattershot |
broadly indiscriminate; random. |
| scaup |
either of two wild diving ducks of North America, the males of which have a blackish head and tail and a whitish back. |
| scavenge |
to look through in the hope of finding something usable. [4 definitions] |
| scavenger |
a person or thing that scavenges, esp. an animal that eats decaying flesh. |