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  • English Word Scirrhuses Definition of Scirrhus
  • English Word Sciscitation Definition The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand.
  • English Word Scise Definition To cut; to penetrate.
  • English Word Scissel Definition The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations.
  • English Word Scissel Definition The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.
  • English Word Scissible Definition Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument.
  • English Word Scissil Definition See Scissel.
  • English Word Scissile Definition Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible.
  • English Word Scission Definition The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.
  • English Word Scissiparity Definition Reproduction by fission.
  • English Word Scissor Definition To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors.
  • English Word Scissors Definition A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors.
  • English Word Scissors-tailed Definition Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.
  • English Word Scissorsbill Definition See Skimmer.
  • English Word Scissorstail Definition A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.
  • English Word Scissure Definition A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
  • English Word Scitamineous Definition Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.
  • English Word Sciurine Definition Of or pertaining to the Squirrel family.
  • English Word Sciurine Definition A rodent of the Squirrel family.
  • English Word Sciuroid Definition Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley.
  • English Word Sciuromorpha Definition A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.
  • English Word Sciurus Definition A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.
  • English Word Scizorhinal Definition Having the nasal bones separate.
  • English Word Scizorhinal Definition Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.
  • English Word Sclaundre Definition Slander.
  • English Word Sclav Definition Alt. of Sclave
  • English Word Sclave Definition Same as Slav.
  • English Word Sclavic Definition Same as Slavic.
  • English Word Sclavism Definition Same as Slavism.
  • English Word Sclavonian Definition Same as Slavonian.