| scatter |
to cause to separate in all directions; disperse. [6 definitions] |
| scavenger |
a person or thing that scavenges, esp. an animal that eats decaying flesh. |
| scene |
the place where any event occurs. [8 definitions] |
| scenery |
surrounding land as it appears to a viewer; landscape. [2 definitions] |
| scenic |
of, pertaining to, or showing natural, beautiful scenery. [3 definitions] |
| scent |
a characteristic odor, esp. a pleasant one. [7 definitions] |
| scepter |
a ceremonial staff that symbolizes a monarch's power. [3 definitions] |
| schedule |
a plan of activity organized by units of time. [5 definitions] |
| scheme |
a devious plan; plot. [5 definitions] |
| scholar |
a learned person, esp. one who is engaged in research or study. [3 definitions] |
| scholarship |
money given to a student by a school or organization to help pay for the cost of schooling. [2 definitions] |
| school1 |
an institution where instruction is given, esp. to young people. [8 definitions] |
| school2 |
a large group of the same kind of fish or sea mammals. [2 definitions] |
| schoolhouse |
a building used for a school. |
| schoolwork |
study or practice assigned and done at school or as homework. |
| schooner |
a sailing ship with at least two masts, all rigged with fore-and-aft sails. |
| schwa |
an indistinct vowel sound that occurs in most unstressed syllables in English, such as the first "a" in "away". [2 definitions] |
| science |
systematic observation and testing of natural phenomena in a search for general laws and conclusive evidence. [3 definitions] |
| science fiction |
fiction in which scientific findings, capabilities, or speculations provide an essential basis for the imagined events. |
| scientific |
requiring or demonstrating systematic knowledge and skills, exactness in observation and testing, and keen but dispassionate interest in the truths of nature. [2 definitions] |
| scientist |
one who uses scientific procedures and is involved in science, esp. the physical or natural sciences. |