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11scapulohumeral — /skap yeuh loh hyooh meuhr euhl/ or, often, / yooh /, adj. Anat. of, pertaining to, or involving the scapula and humerus. [1830 40; SCAPULO + HUMERAL] * * * …
12Scapa Flow — /skapə ˈfloʊ/ (say skahpuh floh), /skæpə/ (say skapuh) noun a sound in the Orkney Islands, north of Scotland; British naval base until 1957; German warships scuttled, 1919 …
13scarp — /skap / (say skahp) noun 1. a steep ridge extending from a mountain range; escarpment. 2. Fortifications the side of a ditch next to a rampart; an escarp. –verb (t) 3. to form or cut into a scarp. {Italian scarpa. See escarp} …
14scarper — /ˈskapə / (say skahpuh) verb (i) Colloquial to run away; depart suddenly, especially leaving behind debts or other commitments. {? from Italian scappare to escape; commonly thought to be cockney rhyming slang Scapa Flow to go} …
15airscape — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌskāp noun ( s) Etymology: air (III) + scape : a view or a picture taken from a position in an aircraft or on a height …
16scapanorhynchus — ˌskapənōˈriŋkəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek skapanē spade + New Latin o + rhynchus; akin to Greek skaptein to dig more at capon : a genus of galeoid sharks comprising the goblin sharks and related extinct forms and… …
17scapanus — ˈskapənəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek skapaneus digger; akin to Greek skaptein to dig : a genus of insectivores (family Talpidae) comprising the common mole of the western United States …
18scapel — ˈskapəl noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin scapellus, diminutive of Latin scapus stalk more at shaft : caulicle * * * ˈscapel Bot. rare. [ad. mod.L. scāpellus (Lindley …
19scap net — ˈskap noun Etymology: probably alteration of scoop net : a scoop net for catching bait (as fish or shrimp) …
20scapolite — ˈskapəˌlīt noun ( s) Etymology: French, from Latin scapus shaft + French o + lite; from the prismatic shape of its crystals 1. : a mineral of the scapolite group that is intermediate in composition between meionite and marialite, contains 46 to… …
