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Scopa
- unknown - The term scopa (Latin: a broom) is used to refer to any of a number of different modifications on the body of a non-parasitic bee that form a pollen-carrying apparatus.
Scope
- noun - a magnifier of images of distant objects
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
- Extent
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
Score
- noun - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
- a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"
- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"
- a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"
- a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned"
- a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
- a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied the score of the sonata"
- an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later"
- assign a grade or rank to, according
Scorn
- noun - lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
- look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
- open disrespect for a person or thing
- reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
Scots
- adjective - of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"
- the dialect of English used in Scotland
Scott
- noun - award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
- British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)
- English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912)
- United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)
- United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)
Scour
- noun - a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
- Cattle disease. Diarrhoea in pigs.
- clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
- examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
- rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
Scout
- noun - a Boy Scout or Girl Scout
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
Scowl
- noun - a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
- frown with displeasure
- grimace