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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"
Scandalise
- verb - strike with disgust or revulsion;
Scandalize
- verb - strike with disgust or revulsion;
Scansorial
- - Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot. (b) Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust. under Aves.
Scarcities
- noun - a small and inadequate amount
Scarifying
- verb - break up; "scarify soil"
- puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals; "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces"
- scratch the surface of; "scarify seeds"
Scarlatina
- noun - an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash
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"
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"