| skutterudite | <chemical> A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray colour. It consist of arsenic and cobalt. Origin: From Skuttertid, in Norway, whence it is ibtained. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sky | Origin: OE. Skie a cloud, Icel. Sk; akin to Sw. & Dan. Sky; cf. AS. Sca, scwa, shadow, Icel. Skuggi; probably from the same root as E. Scum. See Scum, and cf. Hide skin, Obscure. 1. A cloud. "[A wind] that blew so hideously and high, That it ne lefte not a sky In all the welkin long and broad." (Chaucer) 2. Hence, a shadow. "She passeth as it were a sky." (Gower) 3. The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue colour; the heavens; the firmament; sometimes in the plural. "The Norweyan banners flout the sky." (Shak) 4. The wheather; the climate. "Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies." (Shak) Sky is often used adjectively or in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sky colour, skylight, sky-aspiring, sky-born, sky-pointing, sky-roofed, etc. Sky blue, an azure colour. Sky scraper, a skysail of a triangular form. Under open sky, out of doors. "Under open sky adored." . Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sky blue | A pigment mixture of cobaltous stannate and calcium sulfate; used biologically as an injection mass. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skye terrier | <zoology> See Terrier. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skylark | <zoology> A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; called also sky laverock. See Lark. The Australian skylark (Cincloramphus cantillans) is a pipit which has the habit of ascending perpendicularly like a skylark, but it lacks the song of a true lark. The Missouri skylark is a pipit (Anthus Spraguei) of the Western United States, resembling the skylark in habit and song. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| skyllocytosis | <biology> Phagocytic process in Allogromia. (18 Nov 1997) |