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  • English Word Schizogenesis Definition Reproduction by fission.
  • English Word Schizognath Definition Any bird with a schizognathous palate.
  • English Word Schizognathae Definition The schizognathous birds.
  • English Word Schizognathism Definition The condition of having a schizognathous palate.
  • English Word Schizognathous Definition Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.
  • English Word Schizomycetes Definition An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement.
  • English Word Schizonemertea Definition A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
  • English Word Schizopelmous Definition Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallucis going to the first toe only.
  • English Word Schizophyte Definition One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.
  • English Word Schizopod Definition one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively.
  • English Word Schizopod Definition Alt. of Schizopodous
  • English Word Schizopoda Definition A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.
  • English Word Schizopodous Definition Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.
  • English Word Schlich Definition The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.
  • English Word Schmelze Definition A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia.
  • English Word Schnapps Definition Holland gin.
  • English Word Schneiderian Definition Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the seventeenth century.
  • English Word Schoharie grit Definition The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; -- so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology.
  • English Word Scholar Definition One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.
  • English Word Scholar Definition One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant.
  • English Word Scholar Definition A man of books.
  • English Word Scholar Definition In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.
  • English Word Scholarity Definition Scholarship.
  • English Word Scholarlike Definition Scholarly.
  • English Word Scholarly Definition Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.
  • English Word Scholarly Definition In a scholarly manner.
  • English Word Scholarship Definition The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.
  • English Word Scholarship Definition Literary education.
  • English Word Scholarship Definition Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student.
  • English Word Scholastic Definition Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.