| 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in law, a judicial writ requiring a party to show cause why a judicial record should not be enforced, repealed, or annulled.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. |
| scissortail |
a large flycatcher of the southwestern United States, and Central and South America, that has a gray body, salmon-pink sides and wing linings, and a long, deeply forked tail. |
| sclera |
the tough fibrous white or blue-white tissue that covers all of the eyeball except the part covered by the cornea. |
| sclerenchyma |
supportive or protective plant tissue consisting of thick-walled dead cells, as in a nutshell. |
| sclero- |
hard. |
| scleroderma |
autoimmune disease resulting in thickening of the skin and, in some cases, visceral organs. |
| sclerosis |
a diseased condition marked by a hardening or thickening of soft tissue, as of the walls of an artery. |
| sclerotic |
of or afflicted by sclerosis. [2 definitions] |
| scoff |
to speak with mild scorn or derision (often fol. by "at"). [2 definitions] |
| scofflaw |
one who habitually flouts or ignores laws or fails to pay penalties such as traffic fines. |
| scold |
to speak to with angry disapproval; reprimand; chastise. [3 definitions] |
| scollop |
variant of scallop. |
| sconce1 |
an ornamental wall bracket for a candle or light. |
| sconce2 |
a small fortification, as to protect a bridge or the like. [2 definitions] |