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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>SCLERITI</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="scleritic"> scleritic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or like a sclerite; hardened or chitinized. <DD> 2. of or having to do with scleritis. </DL> <A NAME="scleritis"> scleritis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the sclerotic coat of the eyeball. </DL> <A NAME="sclero"> sclero-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) <DD> 1. hard. Ex. Sclerodermatous = having a hard body covering. <DD> 2. having to do with the sclerotic coat of the eyeball. Ex. Scleroiritis = inflammation of the sclerotic coat and iris of the eye. <DD> Also, scler- before vowels. </DL> <A NAME="sclerocauly"> sclerocauly, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a condition of plant stems in which they become slender, hard, and dry. </DL> <A NAME="sclerodactylia"> sclerodactylia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> atrophy and deformity of the fingers, with thickening and hardening of the skin covering them. </DL> <A NAME="scleroderma"> scleroderma, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a disease in which the skin becomes hard and rigid. </DL> <A NAME="sclerodermatous"> sclerodermatous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) having a hard body covering, as of plates or scales. </DL> <A NAME="scleroid"> scleroid, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) hard; indurated. </DL> <A NAME="scleroiritis"> scleroiritis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the sclerotic coat and iris of the eye. </DL> <A NAME="scleroma"> scleroma, noun, pl. -mata.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hardening of body tissue. </DL> <A NAME="sclerometer"> sclerometer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for measuring the hardness of a substance, especially a mineral. </DL> <A NAME="sclerophyll"> sclerophyll, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plant with small, leathery leaves that reduce evaporation, making the plant adaptable to dry conditions. </DL> <A NAME="sclerophyllous"> sclerophyllous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) <DD> 1. having leathery leaves which resist easy loss of moisture. <DD> 2. made up of sclerophylls. </DL> <A NAME="sclerophylly"> sclerophylly, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thickened and hardened condition of foliage due to sclerenchyma. </DL> <A NAME="scleroprotein"> scleroprotein, noun. =albuminoid.</DL> <A NAME="sclerosal"> sclerosal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with sclerosis. </DL> <A NAME="scleroscope"> scleroscope, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for testing the hardness of metal. </DL> <A NAME="sclerose"> sclerose, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -rosed, -rosing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to harden; affect with sclerosis. </DL> <A NAME="sclerosed"> sclerosed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> affected with sclerosis. Ex. sclerosed tissue. </DL> <A NAME="sclerosis"> sclerosis, noun, pl. -ses.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a hardening of a tissue or part of the body by an increase of connective tissue or the deposition of salts at the expense of more active tissue. <DD> 2. a hardening of a tissue or cell wall of a plant by thickening or the formation of wood. </DL> <A NAME="sclerotial"> sclerotial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a sclerotium or sclerotia. </DL> <A NAME="sclerotic"> sclerotic, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun =sclerotic coat. <DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with the sclerotic coat. <DD> 2. of, with, or having sclerosis. <DD> 3. (Botany.) hardened; stony in texture. </DL> <A NAME="sclerotica"> sclerotica, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the sclerotic coat of the eyeball. </DL> <A NAME="scleroticcoat"> sclerotic coat,<DL COMPACT><DD> the tough, white outer membrane which covers the eyeball, except for the part covered by the cornea; sclera; sclerotic. </DL> <A NAME="sclerotioid"> sclerotioid, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or resembling a sclerotium. </DL> <A NAME="sclerotitic"> sclerotitic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> affected with sclerotitis or scleritis. </DL> <A NAME="sclerotitis"> sclerotitis, noun. =scleritis.</DL> <A NAME="sclerotium"> sclerotium, noun, pl. -tia.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) a tuberlike body of reserve food material that forms the mycelium of certain fungi. </DL> <A NAME="sclerotiumrot"> sclerotium rot,<DL COMPACT><DD> a fungous disease of plants that causes yellowing and wilting. </DL> <A NAME="sclerotization"> sclerotization, noun. =sclerosis.</DL> <A NAME="sclerotize"> sclerotize, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -tized, -tizing. =sclerose.</DL> <A NAME="sclerotoid"> sclerotoid, adjective. =sclerotioid.</DL> <A NAME="sclerotomy"> sclerotomy, noun, pl. -mies.<DL COMPACT><DD> a surgical incision into the sclerotic coat of the eyeball, as for the extraction of foreign bodies. </DL> <A NAME="sclerous"> sclerous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> hardened; hard; bony. </DL> <A NAME="scm"> Sc.M.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Master of Science (Latin, Scientiae Magister). </DL> <A NAME="scobiform"> scobiform, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the form of or resembling sawdust. Ex. scobiform seeds. </DL> <A NAME="scodella"> scodella, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a majolica vessel in the form of a shallow bowl on a footed stem. Also, scudella. </DL> <A NAME="scoff"> scoff (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to make fun to show one does not believe something; mock. Ex. We scoffed at the idea of drowning in three inches of water. Fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray (Oliver Goldsmith). <DD>v.t. to jeer at; deride. Ex. He ... scoff'd their easy fears (Robert Southey). <DD>noun 1. mocking words or acts. Ex. With scoffs and scorns and contumelious taunts (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. something ridiculed or mocked. Ex. The principles of liberty were the scoff of every grinning courtier (Macaulay). noun scoffer. adv. scoffingly. </DL> <A NAME="scoff"> scoff (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD>noun food; a meal. <DD>v.t., v.i. to eat heavily. </DL> <A NAME="scofflaw"> scofflaw, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a person with little regard for the law; person who regularly flouts the law. Ex. One of the twins was named the city's champion scofflaw, with eighty-six traffic and parking violations dating from 1947 (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="scoke"> scoke, noun. =pokeweed.</DL> <A NAME="scold"> scold, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to find fault with; blame with angry words. Ex. His brother scolded him for breaking the baseball bat. <DD>v.i. 1. to find fault; talk angrily. Ex. Don't scold so much. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) to quarrel noisily; brawl. <DD>noun a person who scolds, especially a noisy, scolding woman. Ex. In older times, scolds were punished by being ducked in ponds. noun scolder. </DL> <A NAME="scolding"> scolding, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. that scolds. Ex. I have seen tempests, when the scolding winds have riv'd the knotty oaks (Shakespeare). <DD>noun the act of a person who scolds. Ex. Was not mamma often in an ill-humor; and were they not all used to her scoldings? (Thackeray). adv. scoldingly. </DL> <A NAME="scoldsbit"> scold's bit or bridle, =branks.</DL> <A NAME="scolecite"> scolecite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, found in needle-shaped crystals and fibrous or radiated masses. </DL> <A NAME="scolex"> scolex, noun, pl. scoleces, scolices.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the larva of a tapeworm or similar parasitic worm. <DD> 2. the head of the adult form. </DL> <A NAME="scoliid"> scoliid, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with a family of hairy wasps whose larvae are parasitic on the larvae of certain beetles. <DD>noun a scoliid wasp. </DL> <A NAME="scoline"> scoline, noun, or scoline chloride, =succinylcholine.</DL> <A NAME="scolion"> scolion, noun, pl. -lia.<DL COMPACT><DD> a short song sung in turn by the guests at an ancient Greek banquet. </DL> <A NAME="scoliosis"> scoliosis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lateral curvature of the spine. </DL> <A NAME="scoliotic"> scoliotic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with scoliosis. </DL> <A NAME="scollop"> scollop, noun, transitive verb. =scallop.noun scolloper. </DL> <A NAME="scolopendrid"> scolopendrid, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun any one of a group of chilopods including many large and poisonous centipedes. <DD>adj. of or belonging to this group. </DL> <A NAME="scolopendrine"> scolopendrine, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the scolopendrids. </DL> <A NAME="scolytid"> scolytid, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of bark beetles, one variety of which carries the fungus of Dutch elm disease. </DL> <A NAME="scombriform"> scombriform, adjective. =scombroid.</DL> <A NAME="scombrin"> scombrin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a protamine found in the testicles of the mackerel. </DL> <A NAME="scombroid"> scombroid, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or belonging to a group of fishes including the mackerels and tunas. <DD> 2. resembling the mackerel. <DD>noun a mackerel or mackerellike fish. </DL> <A NAME="sconce"> sconce (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bracket projecting from a wall, used to hold a candle or other light, often with a reflector. </DL> <A HREF="scone.dic">NEXT</A>