Index of English words, starting with "sc"

(1) - Scrunch (v. t. & v. i.) To scranch; to crunch.

(1) - Scruple (v. t.) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
(2) - Scruple (v. t.) To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
(3) - Scruple (v. i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
(4) - Scruple (n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
(5) - Scruple (n.) Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
(6) - Scruple (n.) A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.

(1) - Scrupulous (a.) Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.
(2) - Scrupulous (a.) Given to making objections; captious.
(3) - Scrupulous (a.) Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.
(4) - Scrupulous (a.) Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.