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- English Word Scomberoid Definition Same as Scombroid.
- English Word Scombriformes Definition A division of fishes including the mackerels, tunnies, and allied fishes.
- English Word Scombroid Definition Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family.
- English Word Scombroid Definition Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
- English Word Scomfish Definition To suffocate or stifle; to smother.
- English Word Scomfit Definition Discomfit.
- English Word Scomm Definition A buffoon.
- English Word Scomm Definition A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt.
- English Word Sconce Definition A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
- English Word Sconce Definition A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
- English Word Sconce Definition A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
- English Word Sconce Definition Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
- English Word Sconce Definition A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
- English Word Sconce Definition A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
- English Word Sconce Definition Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
- English Word Sconce Definition A squinch.
- English Word Sconce Definition A fragment of a floe of ice.
- English Word Sconce Definition A fixed seat or shelf.
- English Word Sconce Definition To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
- English Word Sconce Definition To mulct; to fine.