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Scorpaenidnounany of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacificverified
Scorpaenid FishnounMWEany of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacificverified
Scorpionnounarachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stingerverified
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
Scorpionfishnounmarine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spinesverified
Scorzoneranounperennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrotsverified
Scottish MaplenounMWEEurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore treeverified
Scourgernouna torturer who flogs or scourges, especially an official whose duty is to whip offendersverified
Scramblernounelectronic equipment that makes speech unintelligible during transmission and restores it at receptionverified
Scrapienouna fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous systemverified
Scrapplenounscraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and fryingverified
Scratch SheetnounMWEa racing publication giving information on horses and the outcomes of horse racesverified
Scratch TestnounMWEa test to determine allergic sensitivity to various substances by applying them to scratches in the skinverified
Scratchpadnoun(computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary informationverified
Screech OwlnounMWEsmall North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistleverified
Screednounan accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concreteverified
Screen BackgroundnounMWE(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appearverified
Screen OutnounMWEScreen-out discrimination occurs when “a disability prevents a job applicant or employee from meeting—or lowers their performance on—a selection criterion, and the applicant or employee loses a job opportunity as a result.”FindingRegulatedPII
Screen PassnounMWEa short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockersverified
Screen SavernounMWE(computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of timeverified
Screenernouna guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpointverified
Screeningnountesting objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristicsverified
Screenplaynouna script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and setsverified
Screw AugurnounMWEan orchid of the genus Spiranthes having tall erect densely flowered spiraling clusters of creamy white vanilla-scented flowersverified
Screw BeannounMWEshrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted podsverified
Screw PinenounMWEany of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leavesverified
Screw PropellernounMWEa propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or airverified
Screw WrenchnounMWEadjustable wrench that has one jaw that can be adjusted by turning a screwverified
Screwbean MesquitenounMWEshrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted podsverified