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Scrimmage LinenounMWEline parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American footballverified
Scrimshawnouna carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalersverified
ScriptnounA file containing active content; for example, commands or instructions to be executed by the computer.Artifact
Scroungernounsomeone who tries to get things at no cost, for example as hand-me-downs or by finding things that are unused or discardedverified
Scrub BeefwoodnounMWEtree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowersverified
Scrub OaknounMWEany of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thicketsverified
Scrub PinenounMWEcommon small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2verified
Scrubbirdnounsmall fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrubverified
Scrumnoun(rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked armsverified
Scrummagenoun(rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked armsverified
Scrutin Uninomial SystemnounMWEbased on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral districtverified
Scrutin Uninominal Voting SystemnounMWEbased on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral districtverified
Scullernounsomeone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward)verified
Sculpinnounany of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouthsverified
Sculptural ReliefnounMWEsculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding backgroundverified
Scupnounlean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United Statesverified
Scurvy GrassnounMWEa widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvyverified
Scutcheonnouna flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingersverified
Scyphozoannounany of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycleverified
Sea AnimalnounMWEany of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammalsverified
Sea AshnounMWEsmall deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowersverified
Sea BassnounMWEany of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal finverified
Sea BreamnounMWEany of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidaeverified
Sea ColenounMWEperennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbsverified