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saw, n. maxim, adage, apothegm. See saying.
sawbones, n. (Nickname) surgeon.
sawer, n. sawyer.
saw tooth. serration, serrature, serrulation.
saw-toothed, a. serrate, serrated, serrulate.
say, v. utter, express, mention, p.r.o.nounce, speak, declare, tell, articulate, recite, rehea.r.s.e; state, a.s.sert, affirm, allege, aver, a.s.severate, predicate, cite; suppose, a.s.sume, presume.
saying, n. utterance, declaration, statement, p.r.o.nunciation, mention, a.s.sertion, affirmation, citation, averment, a.s.severation, alleging, recital, rehearsal.
saying, n. maxim, saw, proverb, apothegm, aphorism, adage, dictum, precept, axiom, motto, quotation.
scab, n. eschar, incrustation; mange.
scabby, a. scabbed, scaly, scabious, mangy.
scaffold, n. staging, scaffolding; gallows.
scalawag, n. (Slang) scamp, rascal, rogue, scapegrace, miscreant, scoundrel, villain, caitiff, varlet.
scale, n. flake, lamina, leprosity, lamella, squama, incrustation.
scale, n. (Mus.) gamut, sol-fa. a.s.sociated Words: diatonic, chromatic, tonic.
scale, n. (Bot.) squamula, lodicule; fulcrum.
scale, v. exfoliate, desquamate; climb, ascend, mount, clamber, escalade.
scales, n. pl. balance; steelyards, Roman balance.
scalloped, a. pinked; crenate, crenated (Bot.).
scaly, a. flaky, squamose, leprose, squamoid, scurvy; (Low) mean, low, contemptible, scurvy, despicable.
scamble, v. sprawl, wabble, shamble; scramble, jostle.
scamp, v. (Colloq.) slight, skimp.
scamp, n. rascal, knave, miscreant, caitiff, scapegrace, scoundrel.
scamper, v. hasten away, scud, hie, run, scuttle, scatter.
scandal, n. reproach, opprobrium, disgrace, odium, shame; slander.
scandalize, v. shock, offend, displease; disgrace; slander, defame, vilify.
scandalous, a. defamatory, libellous, slanderous; infamous, disgraceful, opprobrious, shameful, disreputable.
scant, a. scanty, meager, insufficient, inadequate; sparing, saving, chary.
scant, v. limit, straiten, stint.
scantness, n. smallness, narrowness, inadequacy, insufficiency, meagerness, scantiness.
scanty, a. insufficient, inadequate, meager; sparing, illiberal, n.i.g.g.ardly.
scapegrace, n. rogue, scamp, blacksheep, miscreant.
scar, n. cicatrix, seam, cicatrice; blemish, disfigurement, flaw.
a.s.sociated Words: cicatricial, cicatrisive, cicatrizant, cicatrize, cicatrization, escharotic.
scarce, a. rare, unplentiful, deficient.
scarcity, n. dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, drought, rarity, paucity.
scare, v. frighten, intimidate, terrify, daunt, cow, appall, startle, affright, alarm, browbeat, dismay, terrorize, overawe. Antonym: rea.s.sure.
scare, n. fright, alarm, terror, panic, consternation.
scarecrow, n. guy, effigy; ragam.u.f.fin.
scarf, n. m.u.f.fler, tippet, neckcloth, neckerchief, cravat, necktie, maniple.
scarfskin, n. epidermis, cuticle.
scary, a. (Colloq.) timid, apprehensive, alarming, frightful.
scatter, v. dissipate, disperse, dispel, separate; intersperse.
scatter-brained, a. giddy, thoughtless, flighty, careless.
scattering, a. scattered, sporadic.
scattering, n. dissipation, dispersion; interspersion.
scene, n. spectacle, show, exhibition, display, view, scenery.
scenery, n. view, landscape, prospect.
scent, n. odor, smell, perfume; _flair_. See smell.
scepter, n. royal mace, sovereignty.
schedule, n. list, catalogue, table.
