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  • English Word Scrubber Definition A gas washer. See under Gas.
  • English Word Scrubbing Definition of Scrub
  • English Word Scrubboard Definition A baseboard; a mopboard.
  • English Word Scrubby Definition Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.
  • English Word Scrubstone Definition A species of calciferous sandstone.
  • English Word Scruff Definition Scurf.
  • English Word Scruff Definition The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck.
  • English Word Scrummage Definition See Scrimmage.
  • English Word Scrumptious Definition Nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine.
  • English Word Scrunch Definition To scranch; to crunch.
  • English Word Scruou-lize Definition To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples.
  • English Word Scruple Definition A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
  • English Word Scruple Definition Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
  • English Word Scruple Definition Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
  • English Word Scruple Definition To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
  • English Word Scruple Definition To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
  • English Word Scruple Definition To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
  • English Word Scrupled Definition of Scruple
  • English Word Scrupler Definition One who scruples.
  • English Word Scrupulist Definition A scrupler.
  • English Word Scrupulosity Definition The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty; precision.
  • English Word Scrupulous Definition Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.
  • English Word Scrupulous Definition Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.
  • English Word Scrupulous Definition Given to making objections; captious.
  • English Word Scrupulous Definition Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.
  • English Word Scrutable Definition Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination.
  • English Word Scrutation Definition Search; scrutiny.
  • English Word Scrutator Definition One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer.
  • English Word Scrutineer Definition A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an election.
  • English Word Scrutinize Definition To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals.