7-letter words containing sc
- scroyle — a wretch or a mean or unfortunate person
- scrubby — low or stunted, as trees.
- scruffy — untidy; shabby.
- scrummy — scrumptious.
- scrumpy — strong English cider
- scrunch — to crunch, crush, or crumple.
- scrunty — stunted
- scruple — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scrying — to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scsi id — (hardware) The unique address of a SCSI device. SCSI IDs range from 0 to 7 for 8-bit SCSI systems, 0 to 15 for 16-bit and 0 to 31 for 32-bit systems. The SCSI adaptor is usually assigned ID 7. A device's SCSI ID is often set by switches on the device.
- scudded — to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
- scudder — a fast runner
- scuddle — to scuttle
- scudery — Magdeleine de [mag-duh-len duh] /mag dəˈlɛn də/ (Show IPA), 1607–1701, French novelist.
- scuffed — to scrape (something) with one's foot or feet.
- scuffer — a type of lightweight sandal
- scuffle — to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
- sculker — one who skulks
- sculled — an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- scullin — James Henry, 1876–1953, Australian statesman: prime minister 1929–31.
- sculpin — any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side; bullhead.
- scultch — culch (def 3).
- scumbag — a condom.
- scumber — to defecate
- scumble — to soften (the color or tone of a painted area) by overlaying parts with opaque or semiopaque color applied thinly and lightly with an almost dry brush.
- scunner — an irrational dislike; loathing: She took a scunner to him.
- scupper — Nautical. a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges. Compare freeing port.
- scurril — vulgar or indecent
- scutage — (in the feudal system) a payment exacted by a lord in lieu of military service due to him by the holder of a fee.
- scutari — Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- scutate — Botany. formed like a round buckler.
- scutter — scurry.
- scuttle — Nautical. a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel. a cover for this.
- scyphus — a cup-shaped part, as of a flower.
- scytale — a tool used to transmit secret messages by way of wrapping a strip of leather around a cylinder and writing on it. The leather is then unwound and must be wrapped around a cylinder of the same size to read the message. Used by the Ancient Greeks, particularly the Spartans
- scyther — a scythe user
- scythia — the ancient name of a region in SE Europe and Asia, between the Black and Aral seas.
- subfusc — subfuscous; dusky.
- tabasco — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- tarasco — Tarascan.
- toscana — Italian name of Tuscany.
- tumesce — to swell or become tumid
- tuscany — a region in W central Italy: formerly a grand duchy. 8879 sq. mi. (22,995 sq. km).
- unscary — undaunting; not terrifying
- unscrew — to draw or loosen a screw from (a hinge, bracket, etc.).
- upscale — located at, moving toward, or of or for the upper end of a social or economic scale: The boutique caters to upscale young career people.
- vascula — a kind of case or box used by botanists for carrying specimens as they are collected.
- viscera — Viscera are the large organs inside the body, such as the heart, liver, and stomach.
- viscoid — somewhat viscous.
- viscose — a viscous solution prepared by treating cellulose with caustic soda and carbon bisulfide: used in manufacturing regenerated cellulose fibers, sheets, or tubes, as rayon or cellophane.