Index of English words, starting with "sc"

(1) - Sciatheric (a.) Alt. of Sciatherical

(1) - Sciatic (n.) Sciatica.
(2) - Sciatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains.

(1) - Sciatica (n.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.

(1) - Science (v. t.) To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
(2) - Science (n.) Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.
(3) - Science (n.) Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.
(4) - Science (n.) Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called also natural science, and physical science.
(5) - Science (n.) Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.
(6) - Science (n.) Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.

(1) - Scienter (adv.) Knowingly; willfully.