scutteringThe act of running with a light pattering noise; a skittering.
scuttleA container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
scuttlebuttOriginally (now chiefly historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a modern ship.
scutulumA yellow perifollicular saucer- or cup-shaped crust with a cheesy odour, composed of dense mats of mycelia and epithelial debris, often occurring on the scalp and characteristic of favus.
scutumAn oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavily armed infantry of the Roman army.
scutworkTasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project.
scuzzA scuzzy person, an unpleasant or disgusting person.
scyliorhinidAny shark in the family Scyliorhinidae.
ScyllaA dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirlpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily. The passage between Scylla and Charybdis was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying between Scylla and Charybdis signifies a great peril on either hand.
scyllaeidAny in the family Scyllaeidae of sea slugs.
scyllarianAny of the family Scyllaridae of crustaceans with depressed body and broad, flat antennae; a slipper lobster
scyllaridAny slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae.
scyllatoxinAn oligopeptide neurotoxin from the venom of a scorpion of the genus Leiurus.
scyphistomaAn individual cell in a stage of the life cycle of a true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), a colony of such cells, when it resembles a polyp and breeds asexually by strobilation.
scyphocrinitidAny crinoid of the family †Scyphocrinitidae.
scytheAn instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
scythebillA bird having its bill in the shape of a scythe, such as those in the genus Campylorhamphus.
ScythiaA geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, inhabited by nomadic Scythians from at least the 11th century BCE to the 2nd century CE.
ScythianOf or relating to Scythia (a region of Central Eurasia in the classical era) or its inhabitants.