5 letter words starting with sc

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  • SCABS
  • SCADS
  • SCAFF
  • SCAGS
  • SCAIL
  • SCALA
  • SCALD
  • SCALE
  • SCALL
  • SCALP
  • SCALY
  • SCAMP
  • SCAMS
  • SCAND
  • SCANS
  • SCANT
  • SCAPA
  • SCAPE
  • SCAPI
  • SCARE
  • SCARF
  • SCARP
  • SCARS
  • SCART
  • SCARY
  • SCATH
  • SCATS
  • SCATT
  • SCAUD
  • SCAUP
  • SCAUR
  • SCAWS
  • SCEAT
  • SCENA
  • SCEND
  • SCENE
  • SCENT
  • SCHAV
  • SCHIF
  • SCHMO
  • SCHUL
  • SCHWA
  • SCIFI
  • SCIND
  • SCION
  • SCIRE
  • SCLIM
  • SCOBE
  • SCODY
  • SCOFF
  • SCOGS
  • SCOLD
  • SCONE
  • SCOOG
  • SCOOP
  • SCOOT
  • SCOPA
  • SCOPE
  • SCOPS
  • SCORE
  • SCORN
  • SCORP
  • SCOTE
  • SCOTS
  • SCOUG
  • SCOUP
  • SCOUR
  • SCOUT
  • SCOWL
  • SCOWP
  • SCOWS
  • SCRAB
  • SCRAE
  • SCRAG
  • SCRAM
  • SCRAN
  • SCRAP
  • SCRAT
  • SCRAW
  • SCRAY
  • SCREE
  • SCREW
  • SCRIM
  • SCRIP
  • SCROB
  • SCROD
  • SCROG
  • SCROO
  • SCROW
  • SCRUB
  • SCRUM
  • SCUBA
  • SCUDI
  • SCUDO
  • SCUDS
  • SCUFF
  • SCUFT
  • SCUGS
  • SCULK
  • SCULL
  • SCULP
  • SCULS
  • SCUMS
  • SCUPS
  • SCURF
  • SCURS
  • SCUSE
  • SCUTA
  • SCUTE
  • SCUTS
  • SCUZZ
  • SCYES

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:

Definition of scale

scale (noun)

  1. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
  2. An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.
  3. Size; scope.
  4. The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
  5. A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced.
  6. A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
  7. A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
  8. Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
  9. A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union.

scale (verb)

  1. To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
  2. To climb to the top of.
  3. To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
  4. To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.

scale (noun)

  1. Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
  2. A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
  3. A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
  4. Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.
  5. The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
  6. Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
  7. Limescale.
  8. A scale insect.
  9. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.

scale (verb)

  1. To remove the scales of.
  2. To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
  3. To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
  4. To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
  5. To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
  6. To scatter; to spread.
  7. To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

scale (noun)

  1. A device to measure mass or weight.
  2. Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.

Definition of scour

scour (noun)

  1. The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.
  2. A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.
  3. A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing.

scour (verb)

  1. To clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
  2. To remove debris and dirt by purging; to sweep along or off (by a current of water).
  3. To clear the digestive tract by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.
  4. To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery.
  5. To cleanse (without rubbing).

scour (verb)

  1. To search an area thoroughly.
  2. To run with speed; to scurry.
  3. To move swiftly over; to brush along.

Definition of scows

scows (noun)

  1. A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.

scows (verb)

  1. To transport in a scow.

Definition of scrum

scrum (noun)

  1. A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
  2. Specifically used in the Canadian media to describe a tightly-packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons while in the Parliament Buildings.
  3. In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage.
  4. In Agile software development, a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.

Definition of scull

scull (noun)

  1. A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
  2. One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
  3. A small rowing boat, for one person.
  4. A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.

scull (verb)

  1. To row a boat using a scull or sculls.
  2. To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.

scull (noun)

  1. A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.

scull (verb)

  1. To drink the entire contents of (a drinking vessel) without pausing.

scull (noun)

  1. The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
  2. A symbol for death; death's-head
  3. The mind or brain.
  4. A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal.
  5. The crown of the headpiece in armour.
  6. A shallow bow-handled basket.

scull (noun)

  1. A shoal of fish.

scull (noun)

  1. The skua gull.