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Scattershotadjectivecovering a wide range in a haphazard waycandidateMay 18, 2026

Scattyadjectivelacking sense or discretioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Scenicadjectiveof or relating to the stage or stage scenerycandidateMay 18, 2026

Scentedadjective(used in combination) having the odor ofcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scentlessadjectiveemitting or holding no odorcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scepteredadjectiveinvested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a sceptercandidateMay 18, 2026

Scepticaladjectivedenying or questioning the tenets of especially a religioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Sceptredadjectiveinvested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a sceptercandidateMay 18, 2026

Scheduledadjectiveplanned or scheduled for some certain time or timescandidateMay 18, 2026

Schematicadjectiverepresented in simplified or symbolic formcandidateMay 18, 2026

Schemingadjectiveconcealing crafty designs for advancing your own interestcandidateMay 18, 2026

Schismaticadjectiveof or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schismcandidateMay 18, 2026

Schismaticaladjectiveof or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schismcandidateMay 18, 2026

Schizoidadjectivemarked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationshipscandidateMay 18, 2026

Schizophrenicadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of schizophreniacandidateMay 18, 2026

Schmaltzyadjectiveeffusively or insincerely emotionalcandidateMay 18, 2026

Schmalzyadjectiveeffusively or insincerely emotionalcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scholarlyadjectivecharacteristic of scholars or scholarshipcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scholasticadjectiveof or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticismcandidateMay 18, 2026

Schoolboyishadjectivebefitting or characteristic of a young boycandidateMay 18, 2026

Schoolgirlishadjectivebefitting or characteristic of a young girlcandidateMay 18, 2026

Schoolwideadjectiveoccurring or extending throughout a schoolcandidateMay 18, 2026

Sciaticadjectiveof or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it)candidateMay 18, 2026

Scientificadjectiveconforming with the principles or methods used in sciencecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scintillantadjectivehaving brief brilliant points or flashes of lightcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scintillatingadjectivehaving brief brilliant points or flashes of lightcandidateMay 18, 2026

Sciolisticadjectiveshowing frivolous or superficial interestcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scissor-Tailedadjective(of birds) having a deeply forked tailcandidateMay 18, 2026

Sclerosedadjectiverelating to or having sclerosiscandidateMay 18, 2026

Scleroticadjectiveof or relating to the sclera of the eyeballcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scopaladjectiveof or relating to scopecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scorbuticadjectiveof or relating to or having or resembling scurvycandidateMay 18, 2026

Scorchedadjectivehaving everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemycandidateMay 18, 2026

Scorchingadjectivehot and dry enough to burn or parch a surfacecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scorelessadjectivehaving no points scorescandidateMay 18, 2026

Scornedadjectivetreated with contemptcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scornfuladjectiveexpressing extreme contemptcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scotchadjectiveavoiding wastecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scotomatousadjectiverelating to scotomacandidateMay 18, 2026

Scotsadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic languagecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scottishadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic languagecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scoundrellyadjectivelacking principles or scruplescandidateMay 18, 2026

Scouredadjectiveworn away as by water or ice or windcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scouseadjectivefrom or relating to the Liverpool area of the UKcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scowlingadjectivesullen or unfriendly in appearancecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrabblyadjectivesparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrushcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scragglyadjectivelacking neatness or ordercandidateMay 18, 2026

Scraggyadjectivehaving a sharply uneven surface or outlinecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrambledadjectivethrown together in a disorderly fashioncandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrappyadjectivefull of fighting spiritcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scratchyadjectiveunpleasantly harsh or grating in soundcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrawnyadjectiveinferior in size or qualitycandidateMay 18, 2026

Screakyadjectivehaving or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hingecandidateMay 18, 2026

Screamingadjectivemarked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughtercandidateMay 18, 2026

Screechyadjectivehaving or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hingecandidateMay 18, 2026

Screw-Looseadjectivenot behaving normallycandidateMay 18, 2026

Screw-Toppedadjectivehaving a lid with a spiral groovecandidateMay 18, 2026

ScrewballadjectivefoolishcandidateMay 18, 2026

Screwyadjectivenot behaving normallycandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrimpyadjectivedeficient in amount or quality or extentcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrimyadjectivepetty or reluctant in giving or spendingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scriptedadjectivewritten as for a film or play or broadcastcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scripturaladjectiveof or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the BiblecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrivenedadjectivecopied in handwritingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrofulousadjectivehaving a diseased appearance resembling scrofulacandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrotaladjectiverelating to or having or lying within a scrotumcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrubadjective(of domestic animals) not selectively bredcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrubbedadjectivemade clean by scrubbingcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrubbyadjectivesparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrushcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scruffyadjectiveshabby and untidycandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrumptiousadjectiveextremely pleasing to the sense of tastecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scrupulousadjectivecharacterized by extreme care and great effortcandidateMay 18, 2026

Sculptedadjectivecut into a desired shapecandidateMay 18, 2026

Sculpturaladjectiverelating to or consisting of sculpturecandidateMay 18, 2026

Sculpturedadjectivecut into a desired shapecandidateMay 18, 2026

Sculpturesqueadjectiveresembling sculpturecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scummyadjectiveof the most contemptible kindcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scurfyadjectivehaving or producing or covered with scurfcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scurrilousadjectivevulgar, offensive, or slanderous speechcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scurryingadjectivemoving with great hastecandidateMay 18, 2026

Scurvyadjectiveof the most contemptible kindcandidateMay 18, 2026

Scythianadjectiveof or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or languagecandidateMay 18, 2026

Sea-Greenadjectiveof the color of the seacandidateMay 18, 2026

Sea-Leveladjectivelying below the normal levelcandidateMay 18, 2026

Seaborneadjectiveconveyed by seacandidateMay 18, 2026

Seafaringadjectiveused on the high seascandidateMay 18, 2026

Seagirtadjectivesurrounded or enclosed by the seacandidateMay 18, 2026

Seagoingadjectiveused on the high seascandidateMay 18, 2026

Sealedadjectiveclosed or secured with or as if with a sealcandidateMay 18, 2026

Seamanlikeadjectivecharacteristic of or befitting a seamancandidateMay 18, 2026

Seamanlyadjectivecharacteristic of or befitting a seamancandidateMay 18, 2026

Seamedadjective(used especially of skin) marked by lines or seamscandidateMay 18, 2026

SeamlessadjectivecandidateMay 16, 2026

Seamyadjectivemorally degradedcandidateMay 18, 2026

Searadjective(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisturecandidateMay 18, 2026

Searchingadjectivehaving keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellectcandidateMay 18, 2026

Searedadjectivehaving the surface burned quickly with intense heatcandidateMay 18, 2026

Searingadjectiveseverely criticalcandidateMay 18, 2026

Seasickadjectiveexperiencing motion sicknesscandidateMay 18, 2026

Seasonableadjectivedone or happening at the appropriate or proper timecandidateMay 18, 2026