| sk&f-38393 | <chemical> A selective d1 dopamine receptor agonist used primarily as a research tool. Pharmacological action: dopamine agonists. Chemical name: 1H-3-Benzazepine-7,8-diol, 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1-phenyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
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| skaddon | <zoology> The larva of a bee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skart | <zoology> The shag. Origin: Cf. Scarf a cormorant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skate | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose. Some of the species are used for food, as the European blue or gray skate (Raia batis), which sometimes weighs nearly 200 pounds. The American smooth, or barn-door, skate (R. Laevis) is also a large species, often becoming three or four feet across. The common spiny skate (R. Erinacea) is much smaller. Skate's egg. See Sea purse. Skate sucker, any marine leech of the genus Pontobdella, parasitic on skates. Origin: Icel. Skata; cf. Prov. G. Schatten, meer-schatten, L. Squatus, squatina, and E. Shad. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skater | 1. One who skates. 2. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skates (fish) | The common name for all members of the rajidae family. Skates and rays are members of the same order. Skates have weak electric organs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skating | Using ice skates, roller skates, or skateboards in racing or other competition or for recreation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| skatol | <physiology> A constituent of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N. Origin: Gr, dung + -ol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skatole | <chemical> Chemical name: 1H-Indole, 3-methyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
| skatoxyl | 3-Hydroxymethylindole, formed in the intestine by the oxidation of skatole; some undergoes conjugation in the body with sulfuric or gluronic acids and is excreted in the urine in conjugated form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skedaddle | To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away. Origin: Of uncertain etymology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skee | A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding. Origin: Dan. Ski; Icel. Ski a billet of wood. See Skid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skeel | A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream. Origin: Icel. Skjla a pail, bucket. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skeelgoose | <zoology> The common European sheldrake. See: Sheldrake. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skeg | 1. A sort of wild plum. 2. A kind of oats. 3. The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached. Origin: Prov. E, also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel. Skgr a wood, Sw. Skog. Cf. Shaw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |