SHEY
First name SHEY's origin is Irish. SHEY means "variant of shea courteous". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with SHEY below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of shey.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with SHEY and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming SHEY
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES SHEY AS A WHOLE:
tsheykaNAMES RHYMING WITH SHEY (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (hey) - Names That Ends with hey:
fahey murpheyRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ey) - Names That Ends with ey:
shelley ashley abey bassey koofrey sibley kosey ackerley ainsley ansley ardley arley bartley bromley buckley burley farnley hadley harvey ransey ransley stockley whitney bailey culley dooley key abbey ailey amberley audrey betsey beverley brinley britney brittaney brittney cailey cailsey carey carley casey chelsey chesney cidney cydney daisey daney daveney desirey devaney dorcey dorsey etney gormley hailey haisley haley halley ivey jacey jamey janey kacey kaeley kailey kaley karley kasey kayley keeley kelcey kelley kellsey kieley kiley kimberley kloey kortniey lacey lainey laney ley lindsey lynsey lynzey macey marley mckinley miley presley shailey shirley tawney teirney torey torrey whitleyNAMES RHYMING WITH SHEY (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (she) - Names That Begins with she:
shea shealyn sheary sheedy sheehan sheelah sheena sheffield sheila sheilah sheiling sheiramoth shekinah shelbi shelby shelden sheldon shelly shelny shelomo shelton shem shemariah shemus shepard shephard shepherd shepley sheply sherard sherborne sherbourn sherbourne sherburne shereef sheridan sherif sherise sherlock sherman shermarke shermon sheron sherrer sherri sherry sherwin sherwood sherwyn sheshebens shetRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (sh) - Names That Begins with sh:
sha-mia sha-ul shaaban shaan shabab shabaka shace shad shada shadd shaddoc shaddock shadha shadi shadia shadiyah shadoe shadrach shadwell shae shaela shaeleigh shaelynn shafeeq shafiq shahana shaheen shahrazad shai shaibya shain shaina shaine shaithis shakeh shaker shakini shakir shakira shaku shalene shalom shalott shamay shamika shamra shamus shan shanahanNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SHEY:
First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 'y':
safiy salisbury sallsbury sally sandy scandy sceley scotty scully sealey sedgeley seely selby seleby serenity sevy shandley shandy shanley shawnessey shay shipley siany sidney silny silsby sinley sisay skelley skelly sky slansky slany slevy smedley sonny sorley stacey stacy stanbeny stanbury stanley stanly stanway stoney stormy suhay sully sunny susy suthley suzy sweeney sydneyEnglish Words Rhyming SHEY
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES SHEY AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SHEY (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (hey) - English Words That Ends with hey:
hey | adjective (a.) High. |
(interj.) An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement. | |
(interj.) A cry to set dogs on. |
pichey | noun (n.) A Brazilian armadillo (Dasypus minutus); the little armadillo. |
whey | noun (n.) The serum, or watery part, of milk, separated from the more thick or coagulable part, esp. in the process of making cheese. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SHEY (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (she) - Words That Begins with she:
sheaf | noun (n.) A sheave. |
noun (n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. | |
noun (n.) Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four. | |
verb (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat. | |
verb (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. |
sheafy | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf. |
sheal | noun (n.) Same as Sheeling. |
noun (n.) A shell or pod. | |
verb (v. t.) To put under a sheal or shelter. | |
verb (v. t.) To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod. |
shealing | noun (n.) The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell. |
noun (n.) Same as Sheeling. |
shearing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shear |
noun (n.) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. | |
noun (n.) The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth. | |
noun (n.) Same as Shearling. | |
noun (n.) The act or operation of reaping. | |
noun (n.) The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates. | |
noun (n.) The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. | |
noun (n.) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. |
shearbill | noun (n.) The black skimmer. See Skimmer. |
sheard | noun (n.) See Shard. |
shearer | noun (n.) One who shears. |
noun (n.) A reaper. |
shearling | noun (n.) A sheep but once sheared. |
shearman | noun (n.) One whose occupation is to shear cloth. |
shearn | noun (n.) Dung; excrement. |
shears | noun (n.) A cutting instrument. |
noun (n.) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances. | |
noun (n.) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins. | |
noun (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge. | |
noun (n.) Anything in the form of shears. | |
noun (n.) A pair of wings. | |
noun (n.) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. | |
noun (n.) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe. |
sheartail | noun (n.) The common tern. |
noun (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail. |
shearwater | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon. |
sheatfish | noun (n.) A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid. |
sheath | noun (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard. |
noun (n.) Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. | |
noun (n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses. | |
noun (n.) One of the elytra of an insect. |
sheathbill | noun (n.) Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas. |
sheating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sheathe |
sheathed | adjective (a.) Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath. |
adjective (a.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate. | |
(imp. & p. p.) of Sheathe |
sheather | noun (n.) One who sheathes. |
sheathfish | noun (n.) Same as Sheatfish. |
sheathing | noun (n.) That which sheathes. |
noun (n.) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing. | |
noun (n.) The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general. | |
adjective (p. pr. & a.) Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants. |
sheathless | adjective (a.) Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed. |
sheathy | adjective (a.) Forming or resembling a sheath or case. |
sheaved | adjective (a.) Made of straw. |
shebander | noun (n.) A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies. |
shebang | noun (n.) A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop. |
shebeen | noun (n.) A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold. |
shechinah | noun (n.) See Shekinah. |
shecklaton | noun (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton. |
shed | noun (n.) A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed. |
noun (n.) A parting; a separation; a division. | |
noun (n.) The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed. | |
noun (n.) That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed. | |
noun (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads. | |
noun (n.) A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar. | |
verb (v. t.) To separate; to divide. | |
verb (v. t.) To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain. | |
verb (v. t.) To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water. | |
verb (v. t.) To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. | |
verb (v. t.) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. | |
verb (v. i.) To fall in drops; to pour. | |
verb (v. i.) To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope. | |
(imp. & p. p.) of Shed |
shedding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shed |
noun (n.) The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood. | |
noun (n.) That which is shed, or cast off. |
shedder | noun (n.) One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears. |
noun (n.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state. |
shelfa | noun (n.) Alt. of Shilfa |
sheeling | noun (n.) A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed. |
sheely | noun (n.) Same as Sheelfa. |
sheen | noun (n.) Brightness; splendor; glitter. |
verb (v. t.) Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. | |
verb (v. i.) To shine; to glisten. |
sheeny | adjective (a.) Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. |
sheep | noun (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia. |
noun (n. sing. & pl.) A weak, bashful, silly fellow. | |
noun (n. sing. & pl.) Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd. |
sheepback | noun (n.) A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural. |
sheepberry | noun (n.) The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry. |
sheepbiter | noun (n.) One who practices petty thefts. |
sheepcot | noun (n.) Alt. of Sheepcote |
sheepcote | noun (n.) A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold. |
sheepfold | noun (n.) A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined. |
sheephook | noun (n.) A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook. |
sheepish | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to sheep. |
adjective (a.) Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. |
sheepmaster | noun (n.) A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. |
sheeprack | noun (n.) The starling. |
sheepshank | noun (n.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SHEY:
English Words which starts with 's' and ends with 'y':
sabulosity | noun (n.) The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness. |
saccharimetry | noun (n.) The act, process or method of determining the amount and kind of sugar present in sirup, molasses, and the like, especially by the employment of polarizing apparatus. |
saciety | noun (n.) Satiety. |
sacramentary | noun (n.) An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany. |
noun (n.) Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians. |
sacrificatory | noun (n.) Offering sacrifice. |
sacristy | noun (n.) An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry. |
saddlery | noun (n.) The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop. |
noun (n.) The trade or employment of a saddler. |
safety | noun (n.) The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. |
noun (n.) Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc. | |
noun (n.) Preservation from escape; close custody. | |
noun (n.) Same as Safety touchdown, below. | |
noun (n.) A safety touchdown. | |
noun (n.) Short for Safety bicycle. |
saffrony | adjective (a.) Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish. |
sagacity | noun (n.) The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness. |
sagathy | noun (n.) A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric. |
sagittary | noun (n.) A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver. |
noun (n.) The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door. | |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow. |
sagy | adjective (a.) Full of sage; seasoned with sage. |
saily | adjective (a.) Like a sail. |
salability | noun (n.) The quality or condition of being salable; salableness. |
salacity | noun (n.) Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness. |
salary | noun (n.) The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire. |
adjective (a.) Saline | |
verb (v. t.) To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position. |
salebrosity | noun (n.) Roughness or ruggedness. |
saliency | noun (n.) Quality of being salient; hence, vigor. |
salimetry | noun (n.) The art or process of measuring the amount of salt in a substance. |
salinity | noun (n.) Salineness. |
salivary | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc. |
salomtry | noun (n.) Salimetry. |
salsafy | noun (n.) See Salsify. |
salsify | noun (n.) See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster. |
saltatory | adjective (a.) Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing. |
salty | adjective (a.) Somewhat salt; saltish. |
salubrity | noun (n.) The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate. |
salutary | adjective (a.) Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise. |
adjective (a.) Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design. |
salutatory | noun (n.) A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch. |
noun (n.) The salutatory oration. | |
adjective (a.) Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges. |
salvability | noun (n.) The quality or condition of being salvable; salvableness. |
salvatory | noun (n.) A place where things are preserved; a repository. |
sanability | noun (n.) The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness. |
sanatory | adjective (a.) Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative. |
sanctimony | noun (n.) Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness. |
sanctionary | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or giving, sanction. |
sanctity | noun (n.) The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness. |
noun (n.) Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath. | |
noun (n.) A saint or holy being. |
sanctuary | noun (n.) A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site. |
noun (n.) The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem. | |
noun (n.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed. | |
noun (n.) A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship. | |
noun (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection. |
sanguinary | adjective (a.) Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. |
adjective (a.) Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. | |
adjective (a.) The yarrow. | |
adjective (a.) The Sanguinaria. |
sanguinity | noun (n.) The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness. |
sanguinolency | noun (n.) The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody. |
sanitary | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory. |
sanity | noun (n.) The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness. |
sanny | noun (n.) The sandpiper. |
sapidity | noun (n.) The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness. |
saponacity | noun (n.) The quality or state of being saponaceous. |
saponary | adjective (a.) Saponaceous. |
saporosity | noun (n.) The quality of a body by which it excites the sensation of taste. |
sappy | adjective (a.) Musty; tainted. |
superlative (superl.) Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent. | |
superlative (superl.) Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble. | |
superlative (superl.) Weak in intellect. | |
superlative (superl.) Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting largely of, sapwood. |
sarcology | noun (n.) That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts. It includes myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology. |
sarcophagy | noun (n.) The practice of eating flesh. |
sashery | noun (n.) A collection of sashes; ornamentation by means of sashes. |
sassaby | noun (n.) Alt. of Sassabye |
satanophany | noun (n.) An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon. |
satiety | noun (n.) The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation. |
satiny | adjective (a.) Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture. |
satisfactory | adjective (a.) Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation. |
adjective (a.) Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology. |
satisfy | adjective (a.) In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for. |
adjective (a.) To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor. | |
adjective (a.) To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution. | |
adjective (a.) To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry. | |
verb (v. i.) To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired. | |
verb (v. i.) To make payment or atonement; to atone. |
satrapy | noun (n.) The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality. |
saturday | noun (n.) The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday. |
saturity | noun (n.) The state of being saturated; fullness of supply. |
saury | noun (n.) A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring. |
savagery | noun (n.) The state of being savage; savageness; savagism. |
noun (n.) An act of cruelty; barbarity. | |
noun (n.) Wild growth, as of plants. |
saveloy | noun (n.) A kind of dried sausage. |
savorly | adjective (a.) Savory. |
adverb (adv.) In a savory manner. |
savory | noun (n.) An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory. |
adjective (a.) Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. |
savoy | noun (n.) A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use. |
sawbelly | noun (n.) The alewife. |
sawfly | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera. |
sawtry | noun (n.) A psaltery. |
say | noun (n.) Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. |
noun (n.) Tried quality; temper; proof. | |
noun (n.) Essay; trial; attempt. | |
noun (n.) A kind of silk or satin. | |
noun (n.) A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. | |
verb (v. t.) To try; to assay. | |
verb (v. t.) To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things. | |
verb (v. t.) To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. | |
verb (v. t.) To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to. | |
verb (v. t.) To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles. | |
verb (v. i.) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. | |
verb (v. t.) A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. | |
(imp.) Saw. |
scabredity | noun (n.) Roughness; ruggedness. |
scalary | adjective (a.) Resembling a ladder; formed with steps. |
scaly | adjective (a.) Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. |
adjective (a.) Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. | |
adjective (a.) Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. | |
adjective (a.) Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. |
scammony | noun (n.) A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia). |
noun (n.) An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic. |
scanty | adjective (a.) Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant. |
adjective (a.) Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread. | |
adjective (a.) Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious. |
scaphocephaly | noun (n.) A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped. |
scapulary | noun (n.) A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons. |
noun (n.) The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion. | |
noun (n.) A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place. | |
noun (n.) Same as 2d and 3d Scapular. | |
adjective (a.) Same as Scapular, a. |
scarcity | noun (n.) The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties. |
scarry | adjective (a.) Bearing scars or marks of wounds. |
adjective (a.) Like a scar, or rocky eminence; containing scars. |
scary | noun (n.) Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. |
adjective (a.) Subject to sudden alarm. | |
adjective (a.) Causing fright; alarming. |
scathly | adjective (a.) Injurious; scathful. |
scenary | noun (n.) Scenery. |
scenery | noun (n.) Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence. |
noun (n.) Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc. |
scenography | noun (n.) The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane; also, a representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye. |
schelly | noun (n.) The powan. |
schistosity | noun (n.) The quality or state of being schistose. |
scholarity | noun (n.) Scholarship. |
scholarly | adjective (a.) Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique. |
adverb (adv.) In a scholarly manner. |
scholy | noun (n.) A scholium. |
verb (v. i. & t.) To write scholia; to annotate. |
schoolboy | noun (n.) A boy belonging to, or attending, a school. |
schoolery | noun (n.) Something taught; precepts; schooling. |
schorly | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as, schorly granite. |
sciagraphy | noun (n.) The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature. |
noun (n.) Same as Sciagraph. | |
noun (n.) Same as Radiography. |
sciamachy | noun (n.) See Sciomachy. |
sciography | noun (n.) See Sciagraphy. |
sciomachy | noun (n.) A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat. |
sciomancy | noun (n.) Divination by means of shadows. |
scirrhosity | noun (n.) A morbid induration, as of a gland; state of being scirrhous. |
scissiparity | noun (n.) Reproduction by fission. |