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- English Word Schorlous Definition Schorlaceous.
- English Word Schorly Definition Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as, schorly granite.
- English Word Schottische Definition A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; -- not to be confounded with the Ecossaise.
- English Word Schottish Definition Alt. of Schottische
- English Word Schreibersite Definition A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron.
- English Word Schrode Definition See Scrod.
- English Word Schwann's sheath Definition The neurilemma.
- English Word Schwann's white substance Definition The substance of the medullary sheath.
- English Word Schwanpan Definition Chinese abacus.
- English Word Schweitzerkase Definition Gruyere cheese.
- English Word Schwenkfelder Definition Alt. of Schwenkfeldian
- English Word Schwenkfeldian Definition A member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a Silesian reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially on the deification of the body of Christ.
- English Word Sciaenoid Definition Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish.
- English Word Sciagraph Definition An old term for a vertical section of a building; -- called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section.
- English Word Sciagraph Definition A radiograph.
- English Word Sciagraphical Definition Pertaining to sciagraphy.
- English Word Sciagraphy Definition The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature.
- English Word Sciagraphy Definition Same as Sciagraph.
- English Word Sciamachy Definition See Sciomachy.
- English Word Sciatheric Definition Alt. of Sciatherical
- English Word Sciatherical Definition Belonging to a sundial.
- English Word Sciatic Definition Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains.
- English Word Sciatic Definition Sciatica.
- English Word Sciatica Definition Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.
- English Word Sciatical Definition Sciatic.
- English Word Sciatically Definition With, or by means of, sciatica.
- English Word Scibboleth Definition Shibboleth.
- English Word Science Definition Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.
- English Word Science Definition Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.
- English Word Science Definition Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called also natural science, and physical science.