scallop
Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.
One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell, especially in knitting and crochet.
A fillet of meat, escalope.
A battered and deep-fried round potato slice.
A sautéed potato (a shallow-fried round potato slice).
A dish shaped like a scallop shell.

scallops
plural of scallop

scaly clam
Synonym of fluted giant clam.

scaly-foot gastropod
A marine snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) that lives near deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean. It has a foot armored at the sides with iron-mineralised sclerites.

scapha
The scaphoid fossa of the helix of the ear.

scaphae
plural of scapha

scaphander
A kind of diving suit.

scaphanders
plural of scaphander

scaphites
plural of scaphite

scaphopods
plural of scaphopod

scaphotrapezium
The scaphoid trapezium

scaphotrapeziums
plural of scaphotrapezium

schizolysis
Simple division

scintilla
A small spark or flash.
A small or trace amount.

scintillae
plural of scintilla

scintillas
plural of scintilla

scollop
Alternative spelling of scallop.

scrobs
third-person singular simple present indicative of scrob

scuta
A scutum (shield).

scutae
plural of scuta

scuttle
A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
A broad, shallow basket.
A dish, platter or a trencher.

scuttlefish
Synonym of cuttlefish.

scuttles
plural of scuttle

scutum
An 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.
A scute.
A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum).
One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
The kneecap.

scutums
plural of scutum

sea arrow
A squid of the genus Ommastrephes.

sea butterfly
Any of the suborder Thecosomata of small pelagic sea snails.

sea elephant
The elephant seal.

sea hare
Any member of the order Aplysiamorpha or Anaspidea, large marine gastropod molluscs with a soft internal shell made of protein.

sea hares
plural of sea hare

sea pangolin
Scaly-foot gastropod (Chrysomallon squamiferum).

sea scallop
a scallop
the meat of a sea scallop

sea slug
Any marine invertebrate with a visual resemblance to terrestrial slugs (land slugs).
Any soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusks of the order Nudibranchia.

sea slugs
plural of sea slug

sea swallow
The common tern (Sterna hirundo).
The storm petrel.
A mollusc of genus Glaucus.

secretolysis
The breaking up of secretions.

sedilia
A series of seats, typically three, often recessed into the wall, on the south side of the chancel or choir, reserved for the use of officiating clergy.

sedilias
plural of sedilia

selenites
plural of selenite

selva
Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.

selvas
plural of selva

semiellipse
A half ellipse.

semiellipses
plural of semiellipse

sepia
A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
A cuttlefish.

sepias
plural of sepia

sepiostaire
cuttlebone

sepium
cuttlebone

septa
plural of septum

septaria
plural of septarium

serinolysis
The hydrolysis or other breakdown of serine

seven-arm octopus
Haliphron atlanticus, a species of octopus, notable for its large size.

shield beetle
Any of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea.
Any of several shield-shaped leaf beetles that typically inhabit a specific species of tree; especially members of the genus Cassida.
Cossyphidae spp., now in the family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.

shipworm
Any of several wormlike marine molluscs (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water; specifically, the naval shipworm or turu (Teredo navalis), the type species of the genus Teredo.

shipworms
plural of shipworm

shittlecock
Obsolete spelling of shuttlecock (“the game or the object”).

shittlecocks
plural of shittlecock

shore crab
A type of crab (Carcinus maenas) native to the coasts of Europe and North Africa.

shuttlecock
A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games.
The game of badminton.

shuttlecocks
plural of shuttlecock

shuttlecork
Obsolete form of shuttlecock.

siberites
plural of siberite

silicula
Alternative spelling of silicle.

siliculae
plural of silicula

siliculas
plural of silicula

siliqua
Alternative form of silique.
A weight of four grains; a carat.

siliquae
plural of siliqua

siliquas
plural of siliqua

siphonia
plural of siphonium

siphonium
A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanum with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible

sistra
plural of sistrum

sistrum
An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads.

sistrums
plural of sistrum

skuttle
Archaic form of scuttle.

slava
The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians and Gorani.

slavas
plural of slava

slug
Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.
A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.
A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.
A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.
A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.
A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.
The imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.
A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.
A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.
An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors, but lacks a prime mover, being powered by electricity from the mother locomotive, and may or may not have a control cab.
A black screen used to separate broadcast items.
A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.
A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.
A hitchhiking commuter.
The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.
A hindrance, an obstruction.
A ship that sails slowly.
A block of text at the beginning of a scene that sets up the scene's location, characters, etc.
An infertile egg of a reptile.

slug snail
An air-breathing land slug of the United States, of species Binneya notabilis.

slugged
simple past and past participle of slug

slugging
present participle and gerund of slug

sluggings
plural of slugging

slugs
plural of slug

snail
Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
A slow person; a sluggard.
A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
The pod of the snail clover.
A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive.

snailed
simple past and past participle of snail

snailing
present participle and gerund of snail

snailmail
Alternative form of snail mail.

snails
plural of snail

snuffbox
A small box or container to hold snuff or loose tobacco.

snuffboxes
plural of snuffbox