Name Report For First Name SEPT:

SEPT

First name SEPT's origin is African. SEPT means "Meaning Unknown". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with SEPT below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of sept.(Brown names are of the same origin (African) with SEPT and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with SEPT - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming SEPT

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Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ept) - Names That Ends with ept:

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Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (sep) - Names That Begins with sep:

sepp seppanen

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (se) - Names That Begins with se:

seabert seabrig seabright seabroc seabrook seaburt seadon seafra seafraid seager seaghda sealey seamere seamus sean seana seanachan seanan seanlaoch seanna searbhreathach searlait searlas searle searlus seaton seaver seaward seb sebak sebasten sebastene sebastian sebastiana sebastiano sebastien sebastiene sebastienne sebastyn sebe seber sebert sebestyen sebille sebo secg secgwic sechet seda sedge sedgeley sedgewic sedgewick sedgewik seely seentahna seeton sefton sefu segar segenam seger segulah segunda segundo seif seignour seiji sein seina seireadan sekai sekani sekhet sekou sela selam selamawit selassie selassiee selby selden seldon sele seleby selena selene seleta selig selik selima selina selk selma selvyn selwin selwine selwyn

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SEPT:

First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 't':

sacripant sadaqat saebeorht sakhmet sargent scarlet scarlett schlomit scot scott senet sennet senusnet set shalott shet shulamit sigebert sigenert sigwalt siolat sirvat skeat skeet sket smedt smit somerset stewart stewert stockhart stuart swift

English Words Rhyming SEPT

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES SEPT AS A WHOLE:

aliseptaladjective (a.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.

antisepticnoun (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Antiseptical

antisepticaladjective (a.) Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive.

asepticnoun (n.) An aseptic substance.
 adjective (a.) Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.

biseptateadjective (a.) With two partitions or septa.

interseptaladjective (a.) Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel.

multiseptateadjective (a.) Divided into many chambers by partitions, as the pith of the pokeweed.

nasoseptaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the internasal septum.

sarcoseptumnoun (n.) One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan.

semitranseptnoun (n.) The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church.

septnoun (n.) A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.

septaemianoun (n.) Septicaemia.

septaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell.

septanenoun (n.) See Heptane.

septanglenoun (n.) A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon.

septangularadjective (a.) Heptagonal.

septariumnoun (n.) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.

septateadjective (a.) Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septate pod or shell.

septembernoun (n.) The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days.

septemberernoun (n.) A Setembrist.

septembristnoun (n.) An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792.

septemfluousadjective (a.) Flowing sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents.

septempartiteadjective (a.) Divided nearly to the base into seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf.

septemtriounnoun (n.) Septentrion.

septemvirnoun (n.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office.

septemviratenoun (n.) The office of septemvir; a government by septimvirs.

septenarynoun (n.) The number seven.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number.
 adjective (a.) Lasting seven years; continuing seven years.

septenateadjective (a.) Having parts in sevens; heptamerous.

septennatenoun (n.) A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office.

septennialadjective (a.) Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments.
 adjective (a.) Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England.

septentrialadjective (a.) Septentrional.

septentrionoun (n.) The constellation Ursa Major.

septentrionnoun (n.) The north or northern regions.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Septentrional

septentrionaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; northern.

septentrionalitynoun (n.) Northerliness.

septetnoun (n.) Alt. of Septette

septettenoun (n.) A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.
 noun (n.) A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor.

septfoilnoun (n.) A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil.
 noun (n.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil.
 noun (n.) A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc.

septicnoun (n.) A quantic of the seventh degree.
 noun (n.) A substance that promotes putrefaction.
 adjective (a.) Of the seventh degree or order.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Septical

septicaladjective (a.) Having power to promote putrefaction.

septicaemianoun (n.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.

septicidaladjective (a.) Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.

septicitynoun (n.) Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality.

septifariousadjective (a.) Turned in seven different ways.

septiferousadjective (a.) Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.
 adjective (a.) Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter.

septifluousadjective (a.) Flowing in seven streams; septemfluous.

septifoliousadjective (a.) Having seven leaves.

septiformadjective (a.) Having the form of a septum.

septifragaladjective (a.) Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SEPT (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ept) - English Words That Ends with ept:


acceptadjective (a.) Accepted.
 verb (v. t.) To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
 verb (v. t.) To receive with favor; to approve.
 verb (v. t.) To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
 verb (v. t.) To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
 verb (v. t.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
 verb (v. t.) In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]

adeptnoun (n.) One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
 adjective (a.) Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.

conceptnoun (n.) An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.

ineptadjective (a.) Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
 adjective (a.) Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.

interceptnoun (n.) A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
 verb (v. t.) To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.
 verb (v. t.) To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
 verb (v. t.) To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.
 verb (v. t.) To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.

insweptadjective (a.) Narrowed at the forward end; -- said of an automobile frame when the side members are closer together at the forward end than at the rear.

mammothreptnoun (n.) A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child.

perceptnoun (n.) That which is perceived.

transeptnoun (n.) The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SEPT (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (sep) - Words That Begins with sep:


sepalnoun (n.) A leaf or division of the calyx.

sepaledadjective (a.) Having one or more sepals.

sepalineadjective (a.) Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals.

sepalodynoun (n.) The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.

sepaloidadjective (a.) Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx.

sepalousadjective (a.) Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal.

separabilitynoun (n.) Quality of being separable or divisible; divisibility; separableness.

separableadjective (a.) Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist.

separatingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Separate
 adjective (a.) Designed or employed to separate.

separateadjective (p. a.) Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.
 adjective (p. a.) Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.
 adjective (p. a.) Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
 verb (v. t.) To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
 verb (v. t.) To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
 verb (v. t.) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
 verb (v. i.) To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.

separaticaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to separatism in religion; schismatical.

separationnoun (n.) The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.
 noun (n.) Chemical analysis.
 noun (n.) Divorce.
 noun (n.) The operation of removing water from steam.

separatismnoun (n.) The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.

separatistnoun (n.) One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary.

separatisticadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to separatists; characterizing separatists; schismatical.

separativeadjective (a.) Causing, or being to cause, separation.

separatornoun (n.) One who, or that which, separates.
 noun (n.) A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it.
 noun (n.) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue.
 noun (n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc.

separatorynoun (n.) An apparatus used in separating, as a separating funnel.
 noun (n.) A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.
 adjective (a.) Separative.

separatrixnoun (n.) The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimal fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it follows. The term is sometimes also applied to other marks of separation.

sepawnnoun (n.) See Supawn.

sepelibleadjective (a.) Admitting of burial.

sepelitionnoun (n.) Burial.

sephennoun (n.) A large sting ray of the genus Trygon, especially T. sephen of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. The skin is an article of commerce.

sepianoun (n.) The common European cuttlefish.
 noun (n.) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.
 noun (n.) A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India.
 adjective (a.) Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.

sepicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to sepia; done in sepia; as, a sepic drawing.

sepidaceousadjective (a.) Like or pertaining to the cuttlefishes of the genus Sepia.

sepimentnoun (n.) Something that separates; a hedge; a fence.

sepiolitenoun (n.) Meerschaum. See Meerschaum.

sepiostarenoun (n.) The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish.

seponnoun (n.) See Supawn.

sepositionnoun (n.) The act of setting aside, or of giving up.

sepoynoun (n.) A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner.

seppukunoun (n.) Same as Hara-kiri.

sepsinnoun (n.) A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.

sepsisnoun (n.) The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.

septilateraladjective (a.) Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.

septillionnoun (n.) According to the French method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-two ciphers annexed. See Numeration.

septimolenoun (n.) A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six.

septinsularadjective (a.) Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.

septisyllablenoun (n.) A word of seven syllables.

septoicadjective (a.) See Heptoic.

septomaxillarynoun (n.) A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts.

septuagenariannoun (n.) A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.

septuagenarynoun (n.) A septuagenarian.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old.

septuagesimanoun (n.) The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.

septuagesimaladjective (a.) Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies.

septuagintnoun (n.) A Greek version of the Old Testament; -- so called because it was believed to be the work of seventy (or rather of seventy-two) translators.

septuarynoun (n.) Something composed of seven; a week.

septulateadjective (a.) Having imperfect or spurious septa.

septulumnoun (n.) A little septum; a division between small cavities or parts.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SEPT:

English Words which starts with 's' and ends with 't':

sabbatnoun (n.) In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.

sabotnoun (n.) A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.
 noun (n.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.

sacalaitnoun (n.) A kind of fresh-water bass; the crappie.

sachetnoun (n.) A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them.

sackbutnoun (n.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone.

sacramentnoun (n.) The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
 noun (n.) The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.
 noun (n.) One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper.
 verb (v. t.) To bind by an oath.

sacramentalistnoun (n.) One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ's body and blood in the holy eucharist.

sacrificantnoun (n.) One who offers a sacrifice.

sacrilegistnoun (n.) One guilty of sacrilege.

sacristnoun (n.) A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.

sacrosanctadjective (a.) Sacred; inviolable.

saengerfestnoun (n.) A festival of singers; a German singing festival.

sagittocystnoun (n.) A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.

sailboatnoun (n.) A boat propelled by a sail or sails.

saintnoun (n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.
 noun (n.) One of the blessed in heaven.
 noun (n.) One canonized by the church.
 verb (v. t.) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one).
 verb (v. i.) To act or live as a saint.

saintologistnoun (n.) One who writes the lives of saints.

sakeretnoun (n.) The male of the saker (a).

saliantadjective (a.) Same as Salient.

salientadjective (a.) A salient angle or part; a projection.
 verb (v. i.) Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
 verb (v. i.) Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
 verb (v. i.) Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
 verb (v. i.) Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.
 verb (v. i.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.

saligotnoun (n.) The water chestnut (Trapa natans).

salivantnoun (n.) That which produces salivation.
 adjective (a.) Producing salivation.

salletnoun (n.) A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Salleting

salmonetnoun (n.) A salmon of small size; a samlet.

saltnoun (n.) The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.
 noun (n.) Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
 noun (n.) Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
 noun (n.) A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
 noun (n.) A sailor; -- usually qualified by old.
 noun (n.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
 noun (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt.
 noun (n.) Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
 noun (n.) Marshes flooded by the tide.
 noun (n.) Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water.
 noun (n.) Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass.
 noun (n.) Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.
 noun (n.) Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful.
 noun (n.) The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.
 verb (v. t.) To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.
 verb (v. t.) To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
 verb (v. i.) To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.
  () Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.

saltcatnoun (n.) A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons.

saltfootnoun (n.) A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.

saltwortnoun (n.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.

salvationistnoun (n.) An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army.

samiotnoun (a. & n.) Samian.

samletnoun (n.) The parr.

sanctiloquentadjective (a.) Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner.

sandpitnoun (n.) A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.

sandwortnoun (n.) Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceae.)

sanguinolentadjective (a.) Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa.

sanhedristnoun (n.) A member of the sanhedrin.

sanitaristnoun (n.) A sanitarian.

sanscritnoun (n.) See Sanskrit.

sanskritnoun (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or inscription.

sanskritistnoun (n.) One versed in Sanskrit.

sapientadjective (a.) Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.

sarcenetnoun (n.) A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc.

sarcoblastnoun (n.) A minute yellowish body present in the interior of certain rhizopods.

sarmentnoun (n.) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner.

sarsenetnoun (n.) See Sarcenet.

sartnoun (n.) An assart, or clearing.

satanistnoun (n.) A very wicked person.

satinetnoun (n.) A thin kind of satin.
 noun (n.) A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers.

satiristnoun (n.) One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.

saturantnoun (n.) A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance.
 noun (n.) An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach.
 adjective (a.) Impregnating to the full; saturating.

saturnistnoun (n.) A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament.

sauerkrautnoun (n.) Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish.

saultnoun (n.) A rapid in some rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie.

sautnoun (n.) Alt. of Saute

savantadjective (a.) A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.

savementnoun (n.) The act of saving.

sawdustnoun (n.) Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.

saxifragantnoun (n.) That which breaks or destroys stones.
 adjective (a.) Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous.

saxonistnoun (n.) One versed in the Saxon language.

scabwortnoun (n.) Elecampane.

scandentadjective (a.) Climbing.

scantnoun (n.) Scantness; scarcity.
 superlative (superl.) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
 superlative (superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
 verb (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
 verb (v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
 verb (v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
 adverb (adv.) In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

scantletnoun (n.) A small pattern; a small quantity.

scapegoatnoun (n.) A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
 noun (n.) Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.

scapuletnoun (n.) A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix.

scarcementnoun (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.

scarletnoun (n.) A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.
 noun (n.) Cloth of a scarlet color.
 adjective (a.) Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
 verb (v. t.) To dye or tinge with scarlet.

scatnoun (n.) Alt. of Scatt
 noun (n.) A shower of rain.
  (interj.) Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat.

scattnoun (n.) Tribute.

scaturientadjective (a.) Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive.

sceleratnoun (n.) A villain; a criminal.

sceletnoun (n.) A mummy; a skeleton.

scentnoun (n.) That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.
 noun (n.) Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.
 noun (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.
 verb (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
 verb (v. t.) To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
 verb (v. i.) To have a smell.
 verb (v. i.) To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

schematistnoun (n.) One given to forming schemes; a projector; a schemer.

schemistnoun (n.) A schemer.

scherbetnoun (n.) See Sherbet.

schistnoun (n.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.

scholiastnoun (n.) A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.

scientadjective (a.) Knowing; skillful.

scientistnoun (n.) One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant.

scintillantadjective (a.) Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling.

sciolistnoun (n.) One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.

sciotnoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scio.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the island Scio (Chio or Chios).

scomfitnoun (n. & v.) Discomfit.

scorpionwortnoun (n.) A leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpioides) of Southern Europe, having slender curved pods.

scotnoun (n.) A name for a horse.
 noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.
 noun (n.) A portion of money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.

scotistnoun (n.) A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.

scoutnoun (n.) A swift sailing boat.
 noun (n.) A projecting rock.
 noun (n.) A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy.
 noun (n.) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
 noun (n.) A fielder in a game for practice.
 noun (n.) The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
 noun (n.) A boy scout (which see, above).
 verb (v. t.) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
 verb (v. t.) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
 verb (v. t.) To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
 verb (v. i.) To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.

scratnoun (n.) An hermaphrodite.
 verb (v. t.) To scratch.
 verb (v. i.) To rake; to search.

scribbetnoun (n.) A painter's pencil.

scribblementnoun (n.) A scribble.

scriptnoun (n.) A writing; a written document.
 noun (n.) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
 noun (n.) An original instrument or document.
 noun (n.) Written characters; style of writing.

scripturalistnoun (n.) One who adheres literally to the Scriptures.

scripturistnoun (n.) One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them.

scritnoun (n.) Writing; document; scroll.

scrupulistnoun (n.) A scrupler.

scurritnoun (n.) the lesser tern (Sterna minuta).

scutnoun (n.) The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself.

scythewhetnoun (n.) Wilson's thrush; -- so called from its note.

seacoastnoun (n.) The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.

seagirtadjective (a.) Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirt isle.