SCOVILLE
First name SCOVILLE's origin is French. SCOVILLE means "Meaning Unknown". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with SCOVILLE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of scoville.(Brown names are of the same origin (French) with SCOVILLE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming SCOVILLE
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES SCOVİLLE AS A WHOLE:
NAMES RHYMING WITH SCOVİLLE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 7 Letters (coville) - Names That Ends with coville:
Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (oville) - Names That Ends with oville:
Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (ville) - Names That Ends with ville:
neville grenville malleville manneville melville neuveville orville sauville sumarville somerville saville manville granville norville aurivilleRhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (ille) - Names That Ends with ille:
stille afrodille aprille areille camille cecille francille haille jamille kamille maille marveille rille colmcille froille onille petronille lucille mireille sebilleRhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (lle) - Names That Ends with lle:
helle michelle adelle anabelle angelle annabelle ardelle arielle arnelle audrielle belle bernelle bonnibelle brielle chanelle channelle chantalle chantelle chavelle chenelle cherelle cherrelle chevelle danelle danielle dannelle danrelle darelle dawnelle dawnielle denelle donelle elle gabrielle gisselle gwenaelle halle holle idelle isabelle izabelle janelle jeannelle jenelle jiselle jizelle joelle johnelle jonnelle josobelle kristabelle krystabelle laurelle leonelle liselle mabelle marchelle maribelle marielle marvelle mavelle mehitahelle mikelle mychelle nanelleNAMES RHYMING WITH SCOVİLLE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 7 Letters (scovill) - Names That Begins with scovill:
Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (scovil) - Names That Begins with scovil:
Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (scovi) - Names That Begins with scovi:
Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (scov) - Names That Begins with scov:
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (sco) - Names That Begins with sco:
scolaighe scot scota scotia scotlyn scott scottas scottie scottroc scotty scowyrhtaRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (sc) - Names That Begins with sc:
scadwiella scaffeld scand scandleah scandy scanlan scanlon scannalan scarlet scarlett sce scead sceadu sceaplei sceapleigh sceley scelfleah scelflesh scelftun sceotend schaddoc schaeffer schaffer schlomit schmaiah schmuel schuyler schyler sciiti scilti scirloc scirwode sciymgeour scrydan scully scur scyllaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SCOVİLLE:
First Names which starts with 'sco' and ends with 'lle':
First Names which starts with 'sc' and ends with 'le':
First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 'e':
sadie sae saffire sage sahale saidie saige salbatore salhdene sallie salome salvadore salvatore sanbourne sandrine sanersone sanuye sapphire sarajane saveage sawyere seamere searle sebastene sebastiene sebastienne sebe sedge selassie selassiee sele selene selwine semele sente seoirse serafine seraphine serihilde severne seyane shace shadoe shae shaine shalene shanaye shane shantae sharlene shaundre shawe shawnette shayde shaye shaylee shayne sherborne sherbourne sherburne sherise shermarke shiye shizhe'e siddalee sidonie sifiye sigehere sigfriede sighle sigune sike sile silvestre simone sinclaire sine sive skene skete skippere skye slade slaine slainie slanie sloane smythe sofie solaine solange solonie somhairle sonnie sophie sorine sparke spence spere sprouleEnglish Words Rhyming SCOVILLE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES SCOVİLLE AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SCOVİLLE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (coville) - English Words That Ends with coville:
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (oville) - English Words That Ends with oville:
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (ville) - English Words That Ends with ville:
vaudeville | noun (n.) A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song. |
noun (n.) A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs. | |
noun (n.) Loosely, and now commonly, variety (see above), as, to play in vaudeville; a vaudeville actor. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (ille) - English Words That Ends with ille:
aiguille | noun (n.) A needle-shaped peak. |
noun (n.) An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting. |
ancille | noun (n.) A maidservant; a handmaid. |
apostille | noun (n.) A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation. |
bastile bastille | noun (n.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. |
noun (n.) "The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison. |
braille | noun (n.) A system of printing or writing for the blind in which the characters are represented by tangible points or dots. It was invented by Louis Braille, a French teacher of the blind. |
canaille | noun (n.) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. |
noun (n.) Shorts or inferior flour. |
chenille | noun (n.) Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs. |
codille | noun (n.) A term at omber, signifying that the game is won. |
countretaille | noun (n.) A counter tally; correspondence (in sound). |
coquille | noun (n.) Lit., a shell; |
noun (n.) A shell or shell-like dish or mold in which viands are served. | |
noun (n.) The expansion of the guard of a sword, dagger, etc. | |
noun (n.) A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled. |
deshabille | noun (n.) An undress; a careless toilet. |
dishabille | noun (n.) An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille. |
espiaille | noun (n.) Espial. |
faille | noun (n.) A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy. |
gerbille | noun (n.) One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe. |
graille | noun (n.) A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers. |
grisaille | noun (n.) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass. |
noun (n.) A kind of French fancy dress goods. |
jonquille | noun (n.) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Jonquilla), allied to the daffodil. It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers. The root has emetic properties. It is sometimes called the rush-leaved daffodil. See Illust. of Corona. |
limaille | noun (n.) Filings of metal. |
manille | noun (n.) See 1st Manilla, 1. |
mervaille | noun (n.) Marvel. |
mitraille | noun (n.) Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon. |
mouille | adjective (a.) Applied to certain consonants having a "liquid" or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ö; in Portuguese, lh and nh. |
orseille | noun (n.) See Archil. |
quadrille | noun (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set. |
noun (n.) The appropriate music for a quadrille. | |
noun (n.) A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. | |
noun (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set. | |
noun (n.) The appropriate music for a quadrille. | |
noun (n.) A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. | |
adjective (a.) Marked with squares, generally by thin lines crossing at right angles and at equal intervals; as, quadrille paper, or plotting paper. |
quatrefeuille | noun (n.) Alt. of Quatrefoil |
noun (n.) Alt. of Quatrefoil |
pastille | noun (n.) A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room. |
noun (n.) An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche. | |
noun (n.) See Pastel, a crayon. |
poraille | noun (n.) Poor people; the poor. |
reveille | noun (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging. |
rille | noun (n.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon. |
rocaille | noun (n.) Artificial rockwork made of rough stones and cement, as for gardens. |
noun (n.) The rococo system of scroll ornament, based in part on the forms of shells and water-worn rocks. |
spadille | noun (n.) The ace of spades in omber and quadrille. |
taille | noun (n.) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. |
noun (n.) Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects. | |
noun (n.) The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola. |
tenaille | noun (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin. |
tredille | noun (n.) A game at cards for three. |
vitaille | noun (n.) Food; victuals. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (lle) - English Words That Ends with lle:
aquarelle | noun (n.) A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors. |
bagatelle | noun (n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance. |
noun (n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player. |
barcarolle | noun (n.) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers. |
noun (n.) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song. |
belle | noun (n.) A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady. |
calle | noun (n.) A kind of head covering; a caul. |
capelle | noun (n.) The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church. |
chanterelle | noun (n.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous. |
cordelle | noun (n.) A twisted cord; a tassel. |
crenelle | noun (n.) Alt. of Crenel |
cresselle | noun (n.) A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent. |
crevalle | noun (n.) The cavally or jurel. |
noun (n.) The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus). |
damoiselle | noun (n.) See Damsel. |
demoiselle | noun (n.) A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid. |
noun (n.) The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. | |
noun (n.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion. |
dentelle | noun (n.) An ornamental tooling like lace. |
fontanelle | noun (n.) Same as Fontanel, 2. |
filoselle | noun (n.) A kind of silk thread less glossy than floss, and spun from coarser material. It is much used in embroidery instead of floss. |
gabelle | noun (n.) A tax, especially on salt. |
gazelle | noun (n.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. |
glumelle | noun (n.) One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses. |
immortelle | noun (n.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting. |
jargonelle | noun (n.) A variety of pear which ripens early. |
jumelle | noun (n.) A jumelle opera glass, or the like. |
adjective (a.) Twin; paired; -- said of various objects made or formed in pairs, as a binocular opera glass, a pair of gimmal rings, etc. |
kapelle | noun (n.) A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral. |
kyrielle | noun (n.) A litany beginning with the words. |
lenticelle | noun (n.) Lenticel. |
mademoiselle | noun (n.) A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss. |
noun (n.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch. |
molle | adjective (a.) Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat. |
morelle | noun (n.) Nightshade. See 2d Morel. |
moselle | noun (n.) A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of the river Moselle. |
nacelle | noun (n.) A small boat. |
noun (n.) The basket suspended from a balloon; hence, the framework forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing the machinery, passengers, etc. | |
noun (n.) A boatlike, inclosed body of an aeroplane. |
quenelle | noun (n.) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing. |
noun (n.) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing. |
parelle | noun (n.) A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum). |
noun (n.) A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus. |
pennoncelle | noun (n.) See Pencel. |
pipistrelle | noun (n.) A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called also flittermouse. |
prunelle | noun (n.) A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit. |
pucelle | noun (n.) A maid; a virgin. |
ritornelle | noun (n.) Alt. of Ritornello |
rochelle | noun (n.) A seaport town in France. |
roselle | noun (n.) a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink. |
rubelle | noun (n.) A red color used in enameling. |
rubicelle | noun (n.) A variety of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil. |
ruelle | noun (n.) A private circle or assembly at a private house; a circle. |
sarcelle | noun (n.) The old squaw, or long-tailed duck. |
sauterelle | noun (n.) An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles. |
spinelle | noun (n.) A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium. |
spiritielle | adjective (a.) Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal. |
tigelle | noun (n.) Same as Tigella. |
tulle | noun (n.) In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses. |
noun (n.) A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc. |
turnhalle | noun (n.) A building used as a school of gymnastics. |
vielle | noun (n.) An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SCOVİLLE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (scovill) - Words That Begins with scovill:
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (scovil) - Words That Begins with scovil:
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (scovi) - Words That Begins with scovi:
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (scov) - Words That Begins with scov:
scovel | noun (n.) A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (sco) - Words That Begins with sco:
scobby | noun (n.) The chaffinch. |
scobiform | adjective (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings. |
scobs | noun (n. sing. & pl.) Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance. |
noun (n. sing. & pl.) The dross of metals. |
scoff | noun (n.) Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. |
noun (n.) An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. | |
noun (n.) To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at. | |
verb (v. t.) To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at. |
scoffing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scoff |
scoffer | noun (n.) One who scoffs. |
scoffery | noun (n.) The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery. |
scoke | noun (n.) Poke (Phytolacca decandra). |
scolding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scold |
() a. & n. from Scold, v. |
scold | noun (n.) One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew. |
noun (n.) A scolding; a brawl. | |
verb (v. i.) To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant. | |
verb (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity. |
scolder | noun (n.) One who scolds. |
noun (n.) The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. | |
noun (n.) The old squaw. |
scole | noun (n.) School. |
scolecida | noun (n. pl.) Same as Helminthes. |
scolecite | noun (n.) A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also lime mesotype. |
scolecomorpha | noun (n. pl.) Same as Scolecida. |
scolex | noun (n.) The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of Echinococcus. |
noun (n.) One of the Scolecida. |
scoliosis | noun (n.) A lateral curvature of the spine. |
scolithus | noun (n.) A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm. |
scollop | noun (n. & v.) See Scallop. |
scolopacine | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Scolopacidae, or Snipe family. |
scolopendra | noun (n.) A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped. |
noun (n.) A sea fish. |
scolopendrine | adjective (a.) Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra. |
scolytid | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively. |
scomber | noun (n.) A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel. |
scomberoid | noun (a. & n.) Same as Scombroid. |
scombriformes | noun (n. pl.) A division of fishes including the mackerels, tunnies, and allied fishes. |
scombroid | noun (n.) Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type. |
adjective (a.) Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family. |
scomfit | noun (n. & v.) Discomfit. |
scomm | noun (n.) A buffoon. |
noun (n.) A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt. |
sconcing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sconce |
sconcheon | noun (n.) A squinch. |
scone | noun (n.) A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal. |
scoop | noun (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats. |
noun (n.) A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine. | |
noun (n.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies. | |
noun (n.) A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. | |
noun (n.) A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. | |
noun (n.) The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. | |
noun (n.) To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. | |
noun (n.) To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry. | |
noun (n.) To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation. | |
noun (n.) A beat. | |
verb (v. t.) To get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival). |
scooping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scoop |
scooper | noun (n.) One who, or that which, scoops. |
noun (n.) The avocet; -- so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food. |
scoparin | noun (n.) A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine. |
scopate | adjective (a.) Having the surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush. |
scope | noun (n.) That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object. |
noun (n.) Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action. | |
noun (n.) Extended area. | |
noun (n.) Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable. | |
verb (v. t.) To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site. |
scopeline | adjective (a.) Scopeloid. |
scopeloid | noun (n.) Any fish of the family Scopelidae. |
adjective (a.) Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodae, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. |
scopiferous | adjective (a.) Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs. |
scopiform | adjective (a.) Having the form of a broom or besom. |
scopiped | noun (n.) Same as Scopuliped. |
scoptic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Scoptical |
scoptical | adjective (a.) Jesting; jeering; scoffing. |
scopula | noun (n.) A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web. |
noun (n.) A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee. |
scopuliped | noun (n.) Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees. |
scopulous | adjective (a.) Full of rocks; rocky. |
scorbute | noun (n.) Scurvy. |
scorbutic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Scorbutical |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SCOVİLLE:
English Words which starts with 'sco' and ends with 'lle':
English Words which starts with 'sc' and ends with 'le':
scalable | adjective (a.) Capable of being scaled. |
scale | noun (n.) The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively. |
noun (n.) The sign or constellation Libra. | |
noun (n.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid. | |
noun (n.) Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc. | |
noun (n.) One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids. See Lepidoptera. | |
noun (n.) A scale insect. (See below.) | |
noun (n.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns. | |
noun (n.) The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife. | |
noun (n.) An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler. | |
noun (n.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals. | |
noun (n.) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. | |
noun (n.) Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals. | |
noun (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale. | |
noun (n.) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan. | |
noun (n.) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc. | |
noun (n.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor. | |
noun (n.) Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being. | |
noun (n.) Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile. | |
verb (v. t.) To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system. | |
verb (v. t.) To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler. | |
verb (v. t.) To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface. | |
verb (v. t.) To scatter; to spread. | |
verb (v. t.) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder. | |
verb (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure. | |
verb (v. i.) To separate; to scatter. | |
verb (v. t.) To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort. | |
verb (v. i.) To lead up by steps; to ascend. |
schedule | noun (n.) A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc. |
verb (v. t.) To form into, or place in, a schedule. |
schizocoele | noun (n.) See Enterocoele. |
scissible | adjective (a.) Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument. |
scissile | adjective (a.) Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible. |
scotale | noun (n.) The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure. |
scrabble | noun (n.) The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble. |
verb (v. t.) To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. | |
verb (v. t.) To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. | |
verb (v. t.) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper. |
scramble | noun (n.) The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering. |
noun (n.) The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office. | |
verb (v. i.) To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks. | |
verb (v. i.) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired. | |
verb (v. t.) To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth. | |
verb (v. t.) To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking. |
screable | adjective (a.) Capable of being spit out. |
scribable | adjective (a.) Capable of being written, or of being written upon. |
scribble | noun (n.) Hasty or careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble. |
verb (v. t.) To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine. | |
verb (v. t.) To write hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to scribble a letter. | |
verb (v. t.) To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing. | |
verb (v. i.) To write without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl. |
scrotocele | noun (n.) A rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia. |
scroyle | noun (n.) A mean fellow; a wretch. |
scruple | noun (n.) A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram. |
noun (n.) Hence, a very small quantity; a particle. | |
noun (n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience. | |
verb (v. i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience. | |
verb (v. t.) To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question. | |
verb (v. t.) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. |
scrutable | adjective (a.) Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination. |
scuffle | noun (n.) A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters. |
noun (n.) Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight. | |
noun (n.) A child's pinafore or bib. | |
noun (n.) A garden hoe. | |
verb (v. i.) To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion. | |
verb (v. i.) Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard. |
sculptile | adjective (a.) Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. |
scurrile | adjective (a.) Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts. |
scuttle | noun (n.) A broad, shallow basket. |
noun (n.) A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod. | |
noun (n.) A quick pace; a short run. | |
noun (n.) A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. | |
noun (n.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship. | |
noun (n.) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid. | |
noun (n.) The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like. | |
verb (v. i.) To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle. | |
verb (v. t.) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. | |
verb (v. t.) To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship. |
scrapple | noun (n.) An article of food made by boiling together bits or scraps of meat, usually pork, and flour or Indian meal. |