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Scented FernnounMWEcommon perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinallyverified
Scented PenstemonnounMWEfragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stemsverified
Scentless CamomilenounMWEubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North Americaverified
Scentless False CamomilenounMWEubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North Americaverified
Scentless HayweednounMWEubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North Americaverified
Scentless MayweednounMWEubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North Americaverified
Schedule FeedingnounMWEfeeding a baby or animal according to a fixed schedule (e.g., every 4 hours)verified
Scheduled TerritoriesnounMWEthe group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterlingverified
Schistosome DermatitisnounMWEa sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomesverified
Schizophrenic DisordernounMWEany of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contactverified
Schizophrenic PsychosisnounMWEany of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contactverified
Schizotypal PersonalitynounMWEcharacterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophreniaverified
Schola CantorumnounMWEa school that is part of a cathedral or monastery where boys with singing ability can receive a general educationverified
School CrossingnounMWEa pedestrian crossing where school children cross a street on the way to schoolverified
School DictionarynounMWEa dictionary specially written for those learning a foreign languageverified
School of ThoughtnounMWEa belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or schoolverified
School SystemnounMWEestablishment including the plant and equipment for providing education from kindergarten through high schoolverified
School YearnounMWEthe period of time each year when the school is open and people are studyingverified
Sciaenid FishnounMWEwidely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce soundverified
Sciatic NervenounMWEarises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nervesverified
Scientific AgriculturenounMWEthe application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop productionverified
Scientific FactnounMWEan observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final)verified
Scientific KnowledgenounMWEknowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principlesverified
Scientific MethodnounMWEa method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypothesesverified
Scientific ResearchnounMWEresearch into questions posed by scientific theories and hypothesesverified
Scincid LizardnounMWEalert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scalesverified
Scintillating ScotomanounMWEa localized area of diminished vision edged by shimmering colored lightsverified
Scintillation CounternounMWEcounter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiationverified
Scire FaciasnounMWEa judicial writ based on some record and requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulledverified
Scissor GripnounMWEa wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeezeverified
Scissor HoldnounMWEa wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeezeverified
Scissors GripnounMWEa wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeezeverified
Scissors HoldnounMWEa wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeezeverified
Scissortailed FlycatchernounMWEgrey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markingsverified
Scleral VeinsnounMWEtributaries of the anterior ciliary veins that drain the sclera of the eyeverified
Sclerosing LeukoencephalitisnounMWEa rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adultsverified
Sclerotic CoatnounMWEthe whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeballverified
Scombroid FishnounMWEimportant marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seasverified
Scoping GuidancenounMWEA part of tailoring guidance providing organizations with specific policy/regulatory-related, technology-related, system component allocation-related, operational/environmental-related, physical infrastructure-related, public access-related, scalability-related, common control-related, and security objective-related considerations on the applicability and implementation of individual security controls in the security control baseline.verified
Scorched-Earth PolicynounMWEthe target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewelsverified
Scorpaenid FishnounMWEany of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacificverified
Scorpion FlynounMWEany of various mecopterous insects of the family Panorpidae of the northern hemisphere having a long beak and long antennaeverified
Scorpion ShellnounMWEany of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spinesverified