schooling, n. [education], [training], [nurture], [discipline]; tuition.
scientist, n. savant.
scintilla, n. [iota], [trace], [whit], [particle], [mite], [bit], tittle, [jot], [scrap], [atom].
scion, n. descendant, [heir]; [shoot], [sprout].
scoff, v. [deride], [ridicule], [mock], [sneer], [gibe], [jeer], contemn.
scoffer, n. derider, ridiculer, [mocker], sneerer, scorner, contemner, jeerer.
scoffery, n. [mockery], [derision], [ridicule], [jeering].
scold, v. [chide], [berate], [censure], reprimand, [blame], [reprove], [brawl], [lecture], reprehend, vituperate, [rate], [rebuke], declaim against.
scold, n. [shrew], [vixen], virago, termagant, rixatrix, Xantippe.
scolding, n. chiding, [censure], rating, reprimand, reprehension, [rebuke], berating.