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Sauba Ant
- - A South American ant (Oecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.
Saymaster
- - A master of assay; one who tries or proves.
Scalawags
- noun - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
- one who is playfully mischievous
Scarabaei
- noun - scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians
Scaraboid
- - Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.
Scenarios
- noun - a postulated sequence of possible events; "planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack"
- a setting for a work of art or literature; "the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror"
- an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)
Scenarist
- noun - a writer of screenplays
Schmaltzs
- noun - (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
Schmaltzy
- adjective - effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
Schnauzer
- noun - old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs