Vocabulary : Scomberoid to Sconcing
Scomberoid : Same as Scombroid.
Scombriformes : A division of fishes including the mackerels, tunnies, and allied fishes.
Scombroid : Like or pertaining to the Mackerel family. ;; Any fish of the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
Scomfish : To suffocate or stifle; to smother.
Scomfit : Discomfit.
Scomm : A buffoon. ;; A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt.
Sconce : A fortification, or work for defense; a fort. ;; A hut for protection and shelter; a stall. ;; A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet. ;; Fig.: The head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion. ;; A poll tax; a mulct or fine. ;; A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick. ;; Hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted. ;; A squinch. ;; A fragment of a floe of ice. ;; A fixed seat or shelf. ;; To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. ;; To mulct; to fine.
Sconced : of Sconce
Sconcheon : A squinch.
Sconcing : of Sconce
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