Index of English words, starting with "sc"

(1) - Scarcement (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.

(1) - Scarcity (n.) The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.

(1) - Scare (n.) Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.
(2) - Scare (v. t.) To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

(1) - Scarecrow (n.) The black tern.
(2) - Scarecrow (n.) A person clad in rags and tatters.
(3) - Scarecrow (n.) Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.