A person who is engaged in and has expert knowledge of a science, especially a biological or physical science, One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others, a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences

Plural form of scientist

A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents, The amount that any of these utensils, implements, or containers can hold, An opening, as on the body of a motor vehicle, by which a fluid is directed inward, transitive verb_ To take up and often reposition with a scoop, To pick up, gather, or collect swiftly and smoothly, To empty by lading

An obsolete or dialectal form of scoop. Halliwell, That which is aimed at; end or aim kept or to be kept in view; that which is to be reached or accomplished; ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention, Room for free outlook or aim; range or field of free observation or action; room; space, verb_ To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out, slang To perform arthroscopic surger, slang To examine under a microscope

A usually numerical record of a competitive event, A result, usually expressed numerically, of a test or examination, The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs, intransitive verb_ To achieve or gain in a game or contest, To evaluate and assign a grade to, To succeed in obtaining (an illicit drug)

Simple past tense and past participle of score

a large number or amount, Plural form of score, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of score

Of something or someone that scores, noun_ The process of keeping score in a sport or contest, evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score, The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold, verb_ Present participle of score

A concave molding, used especially beneath the eye, as in the bases of columns between the fillets of the tori, architecture A concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top, A hollow concave molding at or near the base of a column

A country in northwest Europe to the north of England and forming part of the United Kingdom, noun_ one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts