scientology
— Noun
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～ a new religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and characterized by a belief in the power of a person's spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment
scilla
— Noun
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～ an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
Scilla nonscripta
— Noun
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～ sometimes placed in genus Scilla
Scilly Islands
— Noun
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～ an archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates
scimitar
— Noun
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～ a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade
Scincella
— Noun
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～ a reptile genus of Scincidae
scincid lizard
— Noun
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～ alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
scincid
— Noun
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～ alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
Scincus
— Noun
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～ type genus of Scincidae
Scindapsus
— Noun
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～ evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil
Scindapsus aureus
— Noun
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～ evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage
scintilla
— Noun
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～ a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
scintilla
— Noun
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～ a sparkling glittering particle
scintillant
— Adjective
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～ having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"
scintillate
— Verb
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～ be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
scintillate
— Verb
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～ reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
scintillate
— Verb
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～ give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
scintillate
— Verb
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～ emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
scintillate
— Verb
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～ physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"