scolding, a. berating, chiding, [censorious], [shrewish], reprehensory, termagant.
scoop, n. ladle; cavity, [hollow]; stroke, sweep, swoop.
scope, n. [design], [purpose]; opportunity, [space], [room], [liberty]; [extent], [compass], purview.
scorch, v. [singe], char, torrefy, [burn], [parch].
score, n. [tally], [account]; [notch], incision; [motive], [account], [reason], sake, [consideration], behalf; [line], [groove]; [twenty].
score, v. [notch], [scratch], [cut]; [record], [enter].
scorn, n. [contempt], [disdain], [derision], contumely, [mockery], [slight].
scorn, v. [despise], [reject], contemn, [disregard], [scout], [spurn].
scornful, a. [disdainful], [contemptuous], contumelious, [defiant].
Scotch, n. Gaelic.