Scar

  • 11scar|y — «SKAIR ee», adjective, scar|i|er, scar|i|est. Informal. 1. causing fright or alarm: »a scary ghost story. Maxwell Anderson s scary melodrama dealing with a winsome little girl who is also homicidal... (New Yorker) …

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  • 12Scar — Scar, n. [L. scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. ska ros.] (Zo[ o]l.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 13scar — [n] blemish from previous injury or illness blister, cicatrice, cicatrix, crater, defect, discoloration, disfigurement, flaw, hurt, mark, pockmark, scab, track, wound; concept 580 Ant. perfection scar [v] mark, hurt beat, blemish, brand, cut,… …

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  • 14scar|i|fy — «SKAR uh fy», transitive verb, fied, fy|ing. 1. a) to make scratches or cuts in the surface of (as the skin). b) to cover with scratches: »These…could be stamped out of plastic or Fiberglas with a scarified top (New Yorker). Fixing her nails in… …

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  • 15scar|ry — scar|ry1 «SKAHR ee», adjective, ri|er, ri|est. marked with scars: »scarry skin, a scarry face. ╂[< scar1 + y1] scar|ry2 «SKAHR ee», adjective …

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  • 16scar — index deface, defacement, onus (stigma), stigma Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 17scâr — s. v. buclă, cârlionţ, creţ, inel, ondu laţie, ondulă, val, zuluf. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime …

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  • 18scar|ab — «SKAR uhb», noun. 1. a) a beetle, especially the sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians; a broad, black dung beetle. The scarabs comprise a large family of insects. b) an image of this beetle. Scarabs were much used in ancient Egypt as charms or… …

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  • 19scar|ci|ty — «SKAIR suh tee», noun, plural ties. too small a supply; lack; rarity: »There is a scarcity of nurses. Synonym Study Scarcity, dearth mean a shortage or lack of something. Scarcity implies a supply inadequate to meet the demand or satisfy the need …

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  • 20scar|i|fi|er — «SKAR uh FY uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that scarifies. 2. Agriculture. a cultivator with prongs for loosening the soil without turning it over …

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