Vocabulary : Scapegoat to Scaphocephaly

Scapegoat : A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. ;; Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
Scapegrace : A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless.
Scapeless : Destitute of a scape.
Scapement : Same as Escapement, 3.
Scape-wheel : The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.

Scaphander : The case, or impermeable apparel, in which a diver can work while under water.
Scaphism : An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.
Scaphite : Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.
Scaphocephalic : Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.
Scaphocephaly : A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped.

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