| scuppernong | <botany> An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated. Origin: Probably of American Indian origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| scurf | 1. Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff. 2. Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent. "The scurf is worn away of each committed crime." (Dryden) 3. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface. "There stood a hill not far, whose grisly top Belched fire and rolling smoke; the rest entire Shone with a glossy scurf." (Milton) 4. <botany> Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. Origin: AS. Scurf, sceorf, or from Scand.; cf. Sw. Skorf, Dan. Skurv, Icel. Skurfur, D. Schurft, G. Schorf; all akin to AS. Scurf, and to AS. Sceorfan to scrape, to gnaw, G. Schurfen to scrape, and probably also to E. Scrape. Cf. Scurvy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scurfiness | 1. Quality or state of being scurfy. 2. <botany> Scurf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scurrit | <zoology> The lesser tern (Sterna minuta). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scurvy | Disease caused by Vitamin C deficiency. The effects are due to a failure of the hydroxylation of proline residues in collagen synthesis and the consequent failure of fibroblasts to produce mature collagen. See: hydroxyproline. (18 Nov 1997) |
| scurvy rickets | infantile scurvy |
| scutate | 1. Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round. 2. <zoology> Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales. Origin: L. Scutatus armed with a shield, from scutum a shield. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scutch | 1. To beat or whip; to drub. 2. To separate the woody fibre from (flax, hemp, etc) by beating; to swingle. 3. To loosen and dress the fibre of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing. Scutching machine, a machine used to scutch cotton, silk, or flax; called also batting machine. Origin: See Scotch to cut slightly. 1. A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp. 2. The woody fibre of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. "The smoke of the burning scutch." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scutch grass | <botany> A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scute | 1. A small shield. 2. An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. Sterling, or about 80 cents. 3. <zoology> A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake. Origin: L. Scutum a shield, a buckler. See Scudo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scutella | Origin: NL, fem. Dim. Of L. Scutum. <zoology> See Scutellum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scutellated | 1. <zoology> Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. 2. [See Scutellum. <ornithology, zoology> Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; said of certain birds. Origin: L. Scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scutellation | <zoology> The entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scutelliform | 1. Scutellate. 2. <botany> Having the form of a scutellum. Origin: L. Scutella a dish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scutelliplantar | <ornithology, zoology> Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; said of certain birds. Origin: L. Scutellus a shield + planta foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scute |
large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake
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| scurvy |
Scurvy is a disease that results from insufficient intake of vitamin C and leads to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums and bleeding from almost all mucous membranes. The spots are most abundant on the thighs and legs, and a person with the ailment looks pale, feels depressed, and is partially immobilized. ...
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A scute or scutum (Latin scutum, plural: scuta "shield") is a horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the underside of a snake. They are similar to scales, but unlike scales, they are derived from the epidermis. The term is also used to describe the scales of some armored mammals, such as the armadillo and the extinct glyptodon. ...
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| scurvy |
a disease characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and a tendency to bleed into the skin and mucous membranes and caused by a dietary deficiency of ascorbic acid-vitamin C
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"Large Scale". In turtles refers to one of the defined regions on the carapace and plastron.
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| SCU | walk without lifting the feet |
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| SCU | a light-weight flexible sandal with a sturdy sole |
| SCU | an unceremonious and disorganized struggle |
| SCU | disorderly fighting |
| SCU | a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling |
| SCU | fight or wrestle in a vigorous way |
| SCU | fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters |
| SCU | walk by dragging one's feet |
| SCU | a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling |
| SCU | a slipper that has no fitting around the heel |
| SCU | a racing shell propelled by one or two oarsmen pulling two oars |
| SCU | one of a pair of short-handled oars |