scoop
Any cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
The peak of a cap.
A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.
The raised end of a surfboard.
A kind of floodlight with a reflector.
A haul of money made through speculation.
A note that begins slightly below and slides up to the target pitch.

scooped
simple past and past participle of scoop

scooplet
A minor scoop or exclusive.

scooplets
plural of scooplet

scoops
plural of scoop

scootch
Alternative spelling of scooch.

scourages
plural of scourage

scourged
simple past and past participle of scourge

scourgedst
second-person singular simple past indicative of scourge

scourgest
second-person singular simple present indicative of scourge

scourgeth
third-person singular simple present indicative of scourge

scrabble
To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
To gather hastily.
To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.
To scribble.
To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.

scrabbled
simple past and past participle of scrabble

scrabbles
third-person singular simple present indicative of scrabble

scraped
simple past and past participle of scrape

scrapyards
plural of scrapyard

scraugh
A screech.
Sod.

scree
Loose stony debris on a slope.
Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.
A slope made up of scree at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.

screech
A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
Newfoundland rum.
A form of home-made rye whiskey made from used oak rye barrels from a distillery.

screeched
simple past and past participle of screech

screeches
plural of screech

screened
simple past and past participle of screen

screeplot
Alternative form of scree plot.

screeplots
plural of screeplot

screes
plural of scree

scrolled
simple past and past participle of scroll

scum
A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
Semen.
A reprehensible person or persons.

scummed
simple past and past participle of scum

scumming
The accumulation of sticky ink on a plate.
That which is scummed off; skimmings; scum.

scummings
plural of scumming

scums
plural of scum

scur
A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.

scurred
simple past and past participle of scur

scurs
plural of scur

seafaring
Living one's life at sea.
Fit to travel on the sea; seagoing.

seafarings
plural of seafaring

seafronts
plural of seafront

seam
A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
A suture.
A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
A line of junction; a joint.

seamed
Having or furnished with seams.

seams
plural of seam

seamset
Alternative form of seam set.

seamsets
plural of seamset

seatworms
plural of seatworm

seek
To try to find; to look for; to search for.
To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
To go, move, travel (in a given direction).
To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
To attempt, endeavour, try
To navigate through a data stream.

seesaw
A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
A series of up-and-down movements.
A series of alternating movements or feelings.
An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.

segue
To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.
To play a sequence of records with no talk between them.

segued
simple past and past participle of segue

segues
plural of segue

segwayed
simple past and past participle of segway

selfnames
plural of selfname

semicircle
A half of a circle.
A surveyor's instrument for measuring angles; a graphometer.
An arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area.

semicircled
Semicircular.

semicircles
plural of semicircle

semihypergroup
Any hypergroup for which the reproduction axiom is valid.

semihypergroups
plural of semihypergroup

semiperiod
Alternative form of semi-period.

semiperiods
plural of semiperiod

semishade
Partial shade (with some direct sunlight)

sepose
To set apart.
To go apart.

seposed
simple past and past participle of sepose

seposes
third-person singular simple present indicative of sepose

sequester
To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
To separate in order to store.
To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.
To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
To seize and hold enemy property.
To withdraw; to retire.
To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

sequestered
simple past and past participle of sequester

sequesters
third-person singular simple present indicative of sequester

shab
Scabies.
A scab.

shabs
plural of shab

shade
Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
A subtle variation in a concept.
An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
A ghost or specter; a spirit.
A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
Subtle insults.
A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
A candle-shade.

shadecloth
Alternative form of shade cloth.

shadecloths
plural of shadecloth

shaded
Being in the shade, not in direct light.
Having a slight colour added (of a diagram or picture) or being slightly darkened as if in the shade.

shades
plural of shade

shadowboxed
simple past and past participle of shadowbox

shaved
Having had a shave.

shaven
Having been shaved.

shawl
A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women.
A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting.