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Sawbillnounlarge crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edgesverified
Sawflynouninsect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plantverified
Sawpitnouna pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed sawverified
Sawyernounany of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifersverified
Sawyer BeetlenounMWEany of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifersverified
SayeretnounIsrael's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missionsverified
Scablandsnoun(geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington)verified
ScalabilitynounA term that refers to how well a hardware and software system can adapt to increased demands. For example, a scalable network system would be one that can start with just a few nodes but can easily expand to thousands of nodes. Scalability can be a very important feature because it means the entity can invest in a system with confidence they will not quickly outgrow it.Capability
Scalawagnouna white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)verified
Scale InsectnounMWEsmall homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy coveringverified
Scalene MusclenounMWEany of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second ribverified
Scalenusnounany of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second ribverified
Scalenus SyndromenounMWEdiscomfort and vascular symptoms and loss of sensation in a shoulder and armverified
Scalernounan electronic pulse counter used to count pulses that occur too rapidly to be recorded individuallyverified
Scallopinenounsauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flourverified
Scallopininounsauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flourverified
Scallywagnouna white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)verified
Scaly AnteaternounMWEtoothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termitesverified
Scaly LentinusnounMWEa fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring)verified
Scaly PholiotanounMWEa gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scalesverified
Scaly PolyporenounMWEa fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturityverified
Scammonynountwining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resinverified
Scammonyrootnountropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy rootverified
Scannernouna radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or conditionverified
ScanningnounSending packets or requests to another system to gain information to be used in a subsequent attack.Threat