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Scaphism
- - An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.
Scaphite
- - Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.
Scaphoid
- adjective - shaped like a boat
Scathful
- - Harmful; doing damage; pernicious.
Scathing
- adjective - marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"
Scythian
- adjective - a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia
- of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or language
- the Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians
Scything
- verb - cut with a scythe; "scythe grass or grain"
Sea Hare
- noun - naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles