5 Letter Words That Start With SC

scowl

Verb : (intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.

Noun : The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.

Verb : (transitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.

scorn

Verb : (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.

Noun : (uncountable) Contempt or disdain.

Noun : (countable) A display of disdain; a slight.

scoff

Verb : (intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.

Verb : (transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.

Noun : A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

scope

Noun : The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.

Noun : Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.

Noun : (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

scold

Verb : (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.

Noun : A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

Verb : (ornithology) Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.

scant

Adjective : Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

Adjective : Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Adjective : (cooking, of a measurement) Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.

score

Noun : The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.

Noun : The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

Noun : The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.

scion

Noun : A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.

Noun : The heir to a throne.

Noun : (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

scree

Noun : (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.

Noun : (countable) A slope made up of scree at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.

Noun : (uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.

scour

Verb : (transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.

Verb : (transitive) To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water.

Verb : (transitive) To search an area thoroughly.

scrap

Noun : (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

Verb : (transitive) To discard; to get rid of.

Verb : (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.

scamp

Noun : A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.

Noun : A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.

Verb : (dated) To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.

scene

Noun : The location of an event that attracts attention.

Noun : (theater, film, television, radio) A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.

Noun : The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up.

scoot

Verb : (intransitive) To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.

Verb : (intransitive) To run away hastily; scram.

Verb : (intransitive, often with over) To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.).

scent

Noun : A distinctive smell.

Noun : The sense of smell.

Noun : (chiefly uncountable) A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.

scout

Noun : A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.

Noun : A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.

Noun : A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.

scape

Noun : (botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.

Noun : The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).

Noun : The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.

scrag

Noun : (UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.

Noun : (Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.

Verb : To harass; to manhandle.

screw

Noun : A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.

Noun : A device that has a helical function.

Noun : A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.

scary

Adjective : (now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety

Adjective : (US, colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.

Adjective : (informal) Uncannily striking or surprising.

scrub

Verb : (transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening

Verb : (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour

Noun : (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

scrim

Noun : (online gaming) A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament.

Noun : (theater) A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.

Noun : A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, used for curtains, etc,.

scarf

Noun : A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.

Noun : A headscarf.

Noun : (dated) A neckcloth or cravat.

scald

Verb : To burn with hot liquid.

Verb : (cooking) To heat almost to boiling.

Noun : A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.

scale

Noun : An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.

Noun : Size; scope.

Noun : The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.

scrip

Noun : A scrap of paper.

Noun : A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.

Noun : A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender. Issued by a local government or a private organization.

scend

Verb : (intransitive) To heave upward.

Noun : The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.

scoop

Noun : Any cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.

Noun : The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.

Noun : The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

scrum

Noun : (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.

Noun : (software engineering) In Agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.

Noun : A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.

scalp

Noun : The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

Noun : (now dialectal) The top of the head; the skull.

Noun : (historical) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.

scram

Verb : (intransitive, originally US, often imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away.

Verb : (transitive) To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.

Verb : (intransitive) Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency.

scuff

Verb : To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)

Verb : To scrape the feet while walking.

Verb : To hit lightly, to brush against.

scraw

Noun : (Ireland, archaic) A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.

Noun : A turf covering the roof of a cottage beneath the thatch.

scard

scull

Noun : A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.

Noun : A small rowing boat, for one person.

Noun : One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.

scear

Noun : Obsolete spelling of sear. [A scar produced by searing]

scads

Noun : a large number or amoun

scrog

Noun : Brushwood.

Noun : A stunted or shrivelled bush.

Noun : (dialect) A blackthorn.

scomm

Noun : (obsolete) A buffoon.

Noun : (obsolete) A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt.

scyle

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To hide; to secrete; to conceal.

scarp

Noun : (geology) A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.

Verb : (earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment

Noun : The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.

scare

Verb : (transitive) To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

Noun : A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread.

Noun : A minor fright.

scaly

Adjective : Covered or abounding with scales.

Adjective : Composed of scales lying over each other.

Adjective : Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.

scute

Noun : (zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles.

Noun : (genetics) A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs

Noun : (obsolete) A small shield.

schmo

Noun : (US, informal, derogatory or humorous) Any average Joe; any Joe Schmoe.

Noun : (US, slang, chiefly Jewish) A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.

scall

Adjective : Mean; wretched.

Noun : A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.

Noun : (mining) Loose ground.

sculp

Verb : (obsolete, sometimes humorous) To sculpture; to carve or engrave.

Verb : (transitive) To flay.

scran

Noun : (UK, Ireland, slang) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.

Verb : (slang, Liverpool, Manchester, Scotland) To eat.

Noun : Refuse; rubbish.

scism

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Obsolete spelling of schism. [A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.]

scyon

Noun : Archaic spelling of scion. [A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.]

schwa

Noun : (phonetics) An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.

Noun : The name of the Latin-script letter Ə/ə.

Verb : (phonetics, of a vowel sound, rare) To be reduced to schwa.

scaup

Noun : Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.

Noun : (Scotland) Alternative form of scalp (“a bed or stratum of shellfish”). [(now dialectal) The top of the head; the skull.]

scabs

Noun : An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.

Verb : (intransitive) To become covered by a scab or scabs.

Verb : (intransitive) To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin.

scart

Noun : A French-originated standard and associated 21-pin connector for connecting audiovisual equipment.

Verb : (Scotland, transitive) To scratch or scrape.

Noun : (Scotland) A slight wound.

scrow

Noun : scroll

Noun : (in the plural) writings

Noun : list, inventory

scrat

Verb : (obsolete) To scratch; to use one's nails or claws.

Verb : (obsolete, UK) To rake; to search.

Noun : (obsolete) A hermaphrodite.

scray

Noun : (UK, archaic) A tern; the sea swallow.

scath

Noun : (UK dialectal, archaic) Alternative form of scathe (“harm; damage”). [(countable, uncountable) Damage, harm, hurt, injury.]

Verb : Archaic form of scathe. [(archaic or Scotland) To harm or injure (someone or something) physically.]

scoby

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Acronym of symbiotic culture (or community, or colony) of bacteria and yeast.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of SCOBY (“symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast”).

schau

Noun : A surname.

scien

Noun : Obsolete spelling of scion. [A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.]

sculd

Verb : (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To accuse (someone) of wrongdoing, especially under the procedure known as sculding.

Noun : (rare, UK dialectal) A parting.

scots

Adjective : Scottish.

Noun : A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.

scrod

Noun : (New England) Any cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish.

Verb : (transitive) To shred.

scurf

Noun : The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.

Noun : Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.

Noun : A skin disease.

scala

Noun : Ladder; sequence.

Noun : (anatomy) Ladder-like structure in the cochlea of a mammal's ear.

Noun : A machine formerly used for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

scena

Noun : A scene in an opera.

Noun : An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.

Noun : (historical) The stage of an ancient theatre.

scatt

Noun : Obsolete spelling of scat (“tax, tribute”). [A tax; tribute.]

scuds

Verb : (intransitive) To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).

Verb : (ambitransitive, nautical) To run, or be driven, before a high wind with few or no sails set.

Noun : Clouds or rain(s) (or snow, etc) driven by the wind.

scopy

Adjective : Alternative form of scopey. [Of a horse: capable of performing jumps in a stylish and skilful manner.]

scrid

Noun : (originally Maine) a shred; a fragment.

scise

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To cut; to penetrate.

Noun : (India) Alternative form of sais (servant responsible for horses) [(chiefly India) A groom, or servant with responsibility for the horses.]

scrab

Noun : A crabapple.

Verb : (transitive) To scrape or scratch.

scove

Noun : (UK, dialect, Cornwall, mining) Rich, pure tin ore.

Verb : (transitive) To cover with clay so as to prevent the escape of heat in burning.

scuse

scusa

scano

Noun : Alternative spelling of scanno. [(informal) A typographical error caused by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape.]

schak

Noun : Alternative spelling of shalk. [(obsolete) A servant.]

schoo

scody

sc.d.

Noun : (education) Initialism of Doctor of Science. [An academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. (Latin: Scientiæ Doctor)]

sceme

schou

scovy

scscc

scyen

Noun : Obsolete spelling of scion. [A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.]

scone

Noun : A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.

Noun : (Utah, Idaho) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.

Verb : (transitive, slang, Australia, New Zealand) To hit on the head.

scuba

Noun : (underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.

Verb : (rare) To perform scuba diving.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of scuba. [(underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.]

scott

Noun : (countable) An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Scottish ancestry.

Noun : (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun : A placename:

sci fi

Noun : Alternative form of sci-fi. [A genre of movies featuring mostly fictional scientific scenes.]

scuta

Noun : A scutum (shield).

scoke

Noun : Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).

scopa

Noun : (card games) A Neapolitan card game.

Noun : Any of various clusters of hair of non-parasitic bees that serve to carry pollen. In parasitic Hymenoptera it refers to a local patch of hairs, regardless of function.

Noun : (UK) Acronym of Seed Crushers and Oil Processors Association.

scars

Noun : A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

Noun : (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.

Noun : Any permanent mark resulting from damage.

scans

Verb : (transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.

Verb : (computing, transitive) To inspect, analyse or go over, often to find something.

Verb : (transitive) To look about for; to look over quickly.

scada

Noun : (electricity, software) Acronym of supervisory control and data acquisition, an electrical network typically containing at least IED's, RTU's, and a master station equipped with an HMI; used to monitor and control process automation systems, such as those used by electrical and water utilities.

scudo

Noun : A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

Noun : (historical) A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Noun : (historical) A unit of currency in 19th-century Bolivia, equal to 16 soles.

scams

Noun : a 2019 Japanese-language TV series starring Yosuke Sugino and Tomoya Maeno.

scler

scarn

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