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51Helminthosporium solani — Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Dothideomycetes …
52sker- — I. sker 1 Also ker . To cut. Derivatives include shears, scabbard, skirmish, carnage, sharp, scrape, and screw. I. Basic form *sker …
53scurfy — /skerr fee/, adj., scurfier, scurfiest. resembling, producing, or covered with or as if with scurf. [1475 85; SCURF + Y1] * * * …
54furfur — An epidermal scale; e.g., dandruff. [L. bran] * * * fur·fur fər fər n 1) an exfoliation of a surface esp. of the epidermis: DANDRUFF, SCURF 2) fur·fu·res f(y)ər .ēz …
55Uncleanness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Uncleanness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 uncleanness uncleanness &c.???adj. Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity Sgm: N 1 immundity immundity immundicity Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity &c.???of mind ???>961 …
56Psoralidium tenuiflorum — ID 68693 Symbol Key PSTE5 Common Name slimflower scurfpea Family Fabaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT,… …
57scurfy — late 15c., from SCURF (Cf. scurf) + Y (Cf. y) (2) …
58scurvy — 1560s, noun use of adj. scurvy (early 15c.), variant of scurfy (see SCURF (Cf. scurf)). It took on the meaning of Du. scheurbuik, Fr. scorbut scurvy, the disease characterized by swollen and bleeding gums, prostration, etc., perhaps from O.N.… …
59scruff — scruff1 noun the back of a person s or animal s neck. Origin C18: alt. of dialect scuff, of obscure origin. scruff2 noun Brit. informal a scruffy person. Origin C16 (in the sense scurf ): var. of scurf …
60scruffy — scruff•y [[t]ˈskrʌf i[/t]] adj. scruff•i•er, scruff•i•est untidy; shabby • Etymology: 1870–75; earlier, covered with scurf; scruff, metathetic var. of scurf …
