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scrawl, n. scribble.
scrawny, a. (Colloq.) angular, lank, meager, scraggy, bony, rawboned, gaunt.
screak, n. creaking, screech, squeak.--v. screech, creak, squeak.
scream, n. shriek, screech, yell, outcry.
screech, n. shriek, scream, screak.
screechy, a. discordant, unmelodious, unmusical, strident.
screed, n. tirade, diatribe, harangue.
screen, n. s.h.i.+eld, protection, guard, defense, traverse, fender; mask, disguise; sieve, riddle; jube, parclose, rood screen; pavesade.
screen, v. s.h.i.+eld, defend, protect, cover, conceal, cloak, hide; sift, riddle.
screw, v. twist, wrench, force, squeeze; oppress, rack; distort.
screw, n. extortioner, skinflint.
scribe, n. writer, scrivener, amanuensis, copyist.
scrimmage, n. skirmish, scuffle, scrabble, row, fight.
scrimp, v. limit, straiten, scant, stint.
scrimp, a. scanty.
scrofula, n. king's evil. a.s.sociated Words: scrofulide, scrofulous.
s.c.r.o.t.u.m, n. cod. a.s.sociated Words: scrotal, varicocele, spermatic cord, pneumatocele, gubernaculum, cirsotomy, dartos, urocele, sarcocele, mesorchium, scrotocele, _vas_ _deferens_, suspensory.
scrub, n. jungle, thicket, brushwood.
scrubby, a. stunted, dwarfed, undeveloped, scrub, insignificant.
scrumptious, a. (Slang) fine, elegant, excellent, fastidious, particular.
scruple, n. hesitation, doubt; twenty grains.
scrupulous, a. conscientious, exact, strict, punctilious, particular.
scuffle, n. tussle, struggle, encounter, contest, fight, fray.
scullion, n. menial.
sculpture, n. statuary.
sc.u.m, n. dross, recrement, refuse, waste, froth.--v. despumate.
scurrilous, a. indecent, scurrile, opprobrious, insulting, abusive.
scurry, v. hurry, scamper, scuddle, scuttle.
scurry, a. despicable, abject, low, mean, contemptible.
scurvy, n. s...o...b..tus.
scuttle, n. coal hod; manhole.
scuttle, v. scuddle, hurry, bustle, run.
scythe, n. a.s.sociated Words: swath, snath.
scythestone, n. whetstone.
sea, n. a.s.sociated Words: marine, naval, maritime, nautical, Davy Jones, pelagic, pelagian, loom, looming, submarine, ultramarine, rote, frith, estuary, fiord, kraken, Triton, haliography, haliographer, hydrography, thala.s.sography, marinorama, nereid, mirage, nautilus, thala.s.sotherapy.
seacoast, n. seaboard, seash.o.r.e, seaside, beach, strand, seamarge.
sea cow. manatee; dugong; walrus.
sea fight. naval battle, naumachy.
sea horse. hippocampus; walrus.
sea king. Norse pirate chief, Viking (pirate).
seal, n. a.s.sociated Words: rookery, pup.
seal, n. signet; a.s.surance, ratification, attestation, authentication, confirmation; cachet (seal of a letter); breloque (jewel). a.s.sociated Words: sphragistics, sigillography, sigillate.
seal, v. ratify, authenticate, confirm, attest.
sea letter. pa.s.sport, sea pa.s.s.
sealing, n. confirmation, ratification, authentication, attestation, obsignation.
seam, n. suture, commissure; layer, stratum.
seamaid, n. mermaid, sea-nymph, siren.
seaman, n. sailor, seafarer, mariner, tarpaulin, tar, salt, sea dog, Jacky, beachcomber; merman; mids.h.i.+pman, middy, skipper, c.o.c.kswain, pilot, navigator.
sear, v. cauterize, scorch.
sear, a. dry, withered, dead, sere.
