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- English Word Skullcap Definition Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised.
- English Word Skullcap Definition The Lophiomys.
- English Word Skullfish Definition A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.
- English Word Skulpin Definition See Sculpin.
- English Word Skun Definition See Scum.
- English Word Skunk Definition Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.
- English Word Skunk Definition In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.
- English Word Skunkball Definition The surf duck.
- English Word Skunkhead Definition The surf duck.
- English Word Skunkhead Definition A duck (Camptolaimus Labradorus) which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now supposed to be extinct. Called also Labrador duck, and pied duck.
- English Word Skunkish Definition Like the skunk, especially in odor.
- English Word Skunktop Definition The surf duck.
- English Word Skunkweed Definition Skunk cabbage.
- English Word Skurry Definition See Scurry.
- English Word Skute Definition A boat; a small vessel.
- English Word Skutterudite Definition A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray color. It consists of arsenic and cobalt.
- English Word Sky Definition A cloud.
- English Word Sky Definition Hence, a shadow.
- English Word Sky Definition The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural.
- English Word Sky Definition The wheather; the climate.