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a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation; "he has a bad case of the itch"
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| scald |
blister: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled" a burn cause by hot liquid or steam heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk" the act of burning with steam or hot water burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"
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| scale |
an ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10" relative magnitude; "they entertained on a grand scale" the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it; "the scale of the map"; "the scale of the model" measure by or as if by a scale; "This bike scales only 25 pounds" an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin take by attacking with scaling ladders; "The troops scaled the walls of the fort" a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" climb up by means of a ladder (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass remove the scales from; "scale fish" plate: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) measure with or as if with scales; "scale the gold" size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be scaled down" a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
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| scanner |
someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area a radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition; "they used scanners to monitor police radio channels"
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| scarify |
puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals; "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces" scratch the surface of; "scarify seeds" break up; "scarify soil"
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