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Schticknoun(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attentionverified
Schtiknoun(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attentionverified
Sciaenidnounwidely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce soundverified
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
Scillanounan Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowersverified
Scincidnounalert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scalesverified
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
Scintillationnounthe twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlightverified
Scintillation CounternounMWEcounter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiationverified
Sciolistnounan amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledgeverified
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
Scissorsnouna 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
Scissortailnoungrey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markingsverified
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
Scleranounthe whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeballverified
Scleral VeinsnounMWEtributaries of the anterior ciliary veins that drain the sclera of the eyeverified
Scleredemanouna skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the faceverified
Sclerometernouna measuring instrument that measures the hardness of materials by penetrating them with a stylus that has a diamond pointverified
Scleroproteinnouna simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens 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
Sclerotiumnouncompact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungiverified
Scoffernounsomeone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derisionverified
Scokenountall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemesverified
Scombroid FishnounMWEimportant marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seasverified
Sconenounsmall biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddleverified
Scooternouna wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheelverified
scopenounThe extent or boundary to which a process, configuration item, application, contract, etc. applies.Requirement
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.RequirementRegulatedCUI
Scopolaminenounan alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic proceduresverified
Scorched-Earth PolicynounMWEthe target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewelsverified
ScorenounA continuous value output from a classifier. Applying a threshold to a score results in a predicted label.Metric
Scoreboardnouna large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information)verified