Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z scacchite A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chlorine and manganese. Scaccia A surname from Italian. Scackleton A village and civil parish (served by Hovingham with Scackleton Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6472). scad Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic. scaddle Wild, mischievous, thievish. Scadian A member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Scaean western scaevity unluckiness Scafell A mountain in Cumbria, England. Scaff A surname. Scaffidi A surname. scaffie A dustman or street sweeper. scaffling scaffolding scaffold A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building. scaffoldage The amount of scaffolding needed, or supplied for a specific installation. scaffolded supplied with erected scaffolding scaffolder A person who erects and dismantles scaffolding. scaffoldin A large glycoprotein, one of the subunits of a cellulosome. scaffolding A temporary modular system of tubes, bamboo or wood forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures. scaffoldish that resembles a scaffold scaffoldless That lacks a scaffold scaffoldlike Resembling or characteristic of a scaffold. scaffoldwide Throughout a scaffold scaffoldy Of a building or a wall: covered in or looking like a scaffold. scaffy A street sweeper; a dustman, a refuse collector. Scafidi A surname from Italian. scag Heroin. Scaggs A surname. scaggy vile; skanky; physically unattractive and/or sexually promiscuous scaghead A heroin user. scaglia A reddish variety of limestone. scagliola Plasterwork imitating marble, granite, etc. scagliolist An artist who works with gypsum. Scaglione A surname. scagnostic A heuristic used to automatically analyse variables in a large dataset in order to determine which scatterplots are to be visualised in a scatterplot matrix. Scaife A surname from Old Norse. scainiite A monoclinic-prismatic bluish black mineral containing antimony, lead, oxygen, and sulfur. scaith Injury; wound. scaithless scatheless; unharmed scala Ladder; sequence. scalability The property of being scalable. scalable Capable of being climbed. scalably In a scalable manner scalade An escalade. scalado An escalade. scalar Having magnitude but not direction. scalariform Having the form of a ladder scalariformly In a scalariform manner. scalarity The condition of being scalar. scalarization The act or process of scalarizing. scalarize To make scalar; to form a scalar value from, for example, a vector scalarly In a scalar fashion. scalaron a scalar-field soliton scalarvac A scalar vacuum (of a spacetime) scalarwise In scalar terms. scalary Like a ladder; formed with steps. scalation An arrangement of scales. scalawag A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard. scalawaggery The behaviour of a rascal. Scalby A hamlet in Gilberdyke parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8429). scald To burn with hot liquid. scaldberry blackberry scalder A heated tub for softening the skin of slaughtered pigs, poultry, etc. scaldfish Any of several edible flatfish of the genus Arnoglossus. scaldhead Any of several scalp diseases characterised by pustules (the dried discharge of which forms scales) and by falling out of the hair. scalding Hot enough to burn. scaldingly In a scalding manner; enough to scald. scaldino An Italian earthenware brazier. Scaldisian An age from ~4 to ~2.5 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pliocene. scaldweed Any of various plants of the genus Cuscuta. scale A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. scaleback Any member of numerous species of marine annelids of the Polynoidae family, with two rows of scale-like elytra along the back scalebeam The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied. scaleboard A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. scalebound Of an object: for which characteristic elements of scale, such as length and width, are few in number and each with a clearly distinct size. scaled Covered with scales or scale-like structures. scaledown The act or result of scaling down. scaledrake sheldrake scalefish Any fish bearing scales. scalefree Describing any property that is independent of scale. scaleful Enough to fill a scale (weighing device). scalelength The length of a scale scaleless Lacking anything to give a sense of scale; not having a reference for size. scalelessness Absence of scale. scalelet A small scale (in various senses). scalelike Resembling scales in shape or form scaleman A person employed to weigh goods on a scale. scalemic of a substance that is neither racemic nor a pure enantiomer. scalene Having sides all unequal in length. scalenectomy Surgical removal or excision of the scalene muscles. scalenohedral Of or pertaining to a scalenohedron. scalenohedron A polyhedron having twelve sides, each in the form of a scalene triangle, that is topologically equivalent to a hexagonal bipyramid and whose middle section can be said to inscribe a rhombohedron. scalenon A scalene triangle. scalenotomy The severing of a scalene muscle. scalenum Scalene. scaleout The process of scaling out. scalepan The pan of a scale, in or on which items to be weighed are placed. scaleproof Resistant to the buildup of scale (the mineral deposit). scaler An electronic circuit that aggregates many signals into one. Scalera A surname from Italian. scales A device for measuring weight. scaleseed Any of a genus, Spermolepis, of American herbs of the carrot family. scalesia A type of tree found in the Galápagos, in the genus Scalesia. scaletail Any of the scaly-tailed species of flying squirrel, especially of Zenkerella insignis; a Cameroon scaly-tail. Scaletta A surname from Italian. scaleup The act or result of scaling up. scaleweed Synonym of pennycress. scalewise In terms of scale (size, musical measure, etc.). scalework Artistic ornamentation resembling the scales of a fish. scaleworm Any polychaete worm of the family Polynoidae scalewort Any liverwort of the genera Frullania, Porella, or Radula. Scalf A surname. Scalford A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7624). Scali A surname. Scalia A surname from Italian. Scalian Relating to Antonin Scalia (1936-2016), US-American jurist scalic Relating to a musical scale. Scalici A surname from Italian. scalicide A substance that kills scale insects. scalid A curved spine arranged in circles on Loricifera, Kinorhyncha or Priapulida. scalidophoran Any organism of the clade Scalidophora. scalie A strikebreaker. scalily In a scaly manner. scalimetry The estimation of the age of fish by examination of concentric peaks on their scales scaliness The state of being scaly, the state of having scales. scaling The act of one who scales or climbs. Scalise A surname from Italian. scall Mean; wretched. Scallan A surname from Irish. scallion A young plant of Allium sp. (typically Welsh onion, onion, or shallot) with tender edible leaves and an undeveloped bulb. Scallison The ship of characters Scott McCall and Allison Argent from the television series Teen Wolf. scallom In willow basketmaking, a long tail piece allowing the willow rod to be attached to a base or lid. Scallon A surname from Irish. scallop Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea. scalloped Having an edge or border marked with semicircles. scalloper A scallop fisher. scalloping A scalloped pattern. scallopini Pattypan squash. scallopwing A butterfly of the genus Staphylus. scallopwise In a scalloped arrangement. scally A rascal or miscreant, a scallywag. scallywag A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard scallywaggery The behaviour of a scallywag. scalma A contagious febrile disease of horses, with local lesions of the bronchi, trachea, and larynx, having coughing as a symptom. scalogram A visual representation of a wavelet transform, having axes for time, scale, and coefficient value, analogous to a spectrogram scalographic Relating to, or represented by scalograms scaloposaurian Any member of the group of Theriodontia reptiles, no longer recognised as valid scaloposaurid Any therocephalian therapsid in the obsolete family Scaloposauridae. scaloppine A thin scallop of veal (sometimes other meat) dredged in flour and then sautéed. scalp The top of the head; the skull.