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schol·ar noun 1 : STUDENT, PUPIL

2 : a learned person : SAVANT

3 : a person who has done advanced study in a special field

Synonyms

ace, adept, artist, authority, crackerjack, expert, maestro, master, shark, virtuoso, whiz, wizard—more at EXPERT

schol·ar·ly adjective : of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons

Synonyms

educated, erudite, knowledgeable, learned, literate, well-read—more at EDUCATED

academic, educational, scholastic—more at ACADEMIC

schol·ar·ship noun 1 : the qualities or learning of a scholar

2 : money awarded to a student to help pay for further education

Synonyms

education, erudition, knowledge, learning, science—more at EDUCATION

scho·las·tic adjective : of or relating to schools, scholars, or scholarship

Synonyms

academic, educational, scholarly—more at ACADEMIC

1school noun 1 : an institution for teaching and learning; also : the pupils in attendance

2 : a body of persons of like opinions or beliefs

2school verb : to teach or drill in a specific knowledge or skill : TRAIN

Synonyms

educate, indoctrinate, instruct, teach, train, tutor—more at TEACH

3school noun : a large number of one kind of water animal swimming and feeding together

school·boy noun : a boy attending school

school·fel·low noun : SCHOOLMATE

school·girl noun : a girl attending school

school·house noun : a building used as a school

school·marm or school·ma'am noun 1 : a woman who is a schoolteacher

2 : a person who exhibits characteristics popularly attributed to schoolteachers

school·mas·ter noun : a man who is a schoolteacher

school·mate noun : a school companion

school·mis·tress noun : a woman who is a schoolteacher

school·room noun : CLASSROOM

school·teach·er noun : one who teaches in a school

Synonyms

educator, instructor, pedagogue, teacher—more at TEACHER

schoo·ner noun : a fore-and-aft rigged sailing ship

schtick variant of SHTICK

schuss verb [ORIGIN: G Schuss, n., lit., shot]

: to ski down a slope at high speed

— schuss noun

sci abbreviation science; scientific

sci·at·i·ca noun : pain in the region of the hips or along the course of the nerve at the back of the thigh

sci·ence noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF, fr. L scientia, fr. scient-, sciens having knowledge, fr. prp. of scire to know]

1 : an area of knowledge that is an object of study; especially : NATURAL SCIENCE

2 : knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws esp. as obtained and tested through the scientific method

3 : knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding

— sci·en·tif·ic adjective

— sci·en·tif·i·cal·ly adverb

— sci·en·tist noun

Synonyms

[2] knowledge, lore, wisdom—more at KNOWLEDGE

[3] education, erudition, knowledge, learning, scholarship—more at EDUCATION

science fiction noun : fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals

scientific method noun : the rules and methods for the pursuit of knowledge involving the finding and stating of a problem, the collection of facts through observation and experiment, and the making and testing of ideas that need to be proven right or wrong

scim·i·tar noun : a curved sword used chiefly by Arabs and Turks

scin·til·la noun : SPARK, TRACE

scin·til·late verb -lat·ed; -lat·ing : to throw off as a spark or as sparkling flashes : SPARKLE, GLEAM

— scin·til·la·tion noun

Synonyms

flame, flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle, wink—more at FLASH

sci·on noun 1 : a shoot of a plant joined to a stock in grafting

2 : DESCENDANT

scis·sors noun plural : a cutting instrument like shears but usu. smaller

scissors kick noun : a swimming kick in which the legs move like scissors

sclero·der·ma noun : a chronic disease characterized by the usu. progressive hardening and thickening of the skin

scle·ro·sis noun : abnormal hardening of tissue (as of an artery); also