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Scampering
- verb - to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
Scandentia
- noun - a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)
Scarcement
- - An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.
Scarceness
- noun - a small and inadequate amount
Scarpering
- verb - flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Scattergun
- noun - firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
Scattering
- verb - a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
- a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his temples"
- cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
- distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
- move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
- sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"
- spreading widely or driving off
- strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table"
- the act of scattering
- the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
- to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
Schlieffen
- unknown - German WW1 strategy, Schlieffen Plan.
Schliemann
- noun - German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890)
Scleredema
- noun - a skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face