5-letter words starting with s
- scil. — scilicet
- scion — a descendant.
- sclim — to climb
- scode — The internal representation used by the Liar compiler for MIT Scheme.
- scody — unkempt; dirty
- scoff — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scoke — pokeweed.
- scold — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
- scone — a village in central Scotland: site of coronation of Scottish kings until 1651.
- scoop — a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- scoot — to go swiftly or hastily; dart.
- scopa — pollen brush.
- scope — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- scops — an Old English bard or poet.
- score — the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- scots — a native or inhabitant of Scotland.
- scott — Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- scoup — to jump or scamper
- scour — to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- scout — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scowl — to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
- scrab — to scratch or scrape
- scrag — a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- scram — to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.
- scran — food; provisions
- scrap — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- scrat — to scratch
- scraw — a sod from the surface of a peat bog or from a field
- scray — the common tern
- scree — a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- screw — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrim — a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- scrip — a prescription, as for a drug.
- scrod — a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- scrog — any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
- scrow — a scroll
- scrub — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- scrum — a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- scuba — a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- scudo — any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- scuff — to scrape (something) with one's foot or feet.
- scuft — the nape or back of the neck
- sculk — to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
- scull — an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- sculp — to sculpture; carve or model.
- scurf — the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- scuta — plural of scutum.
- scute — a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- scuzz — Also called scuzzball [skuhz-bawl] /ˈskʌzˌbɔl/ (Show IPA), scuzzbucket [skuhz-buhk-it] /ˈskʌzˌbʌk ɪt/ (Show IPA). a dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive person or thing.