scammonyroot
— Noun
– English
～ tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato
scamp
— Noun
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～ one who is playfully mischievous
scamp
— Verb
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～ perform hastily and carelessly
scamper
— Noun
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～ rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper
— Verb
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～ to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
scampi
— Noun
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～ large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic
scampo
— Noun
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～ caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster
scan
— Noun
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～ the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"
scan
— Noun
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～ an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"
scan
— Verb
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～ make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"
scan
— Verb
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～ obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
scan
— Verb
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～ read metrically; "scan verses"
scan
— Verb
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～ examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
scan
— Verb
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～ move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
scan
— Verb
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～ conform to a metrical pattern
scan
— Verb
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～ examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"