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Scalp
The scalp is the anatomical area bordered by the human face at the front, and by the neck at the sides and back.
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Scalp (noun)
The top of the head; the skull.
“skull”
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Scalp (noun)
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
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Scalp (noun)
A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.
“Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.”
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Scalp (noun)
The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.
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Scalp (noun)
A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
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Scalp (noun)
A bed or stratum of shellfish.
“scaup”
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Scalp (noun)
The top; the summit.
“summit”
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Scalp (verb)
To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
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Scalp (verb)
To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
“resell”
“Tickets were being scalped for $300.”
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Scalp (verb)
On an open outcry exchange trading floor, to buy and sell rapidly for one’s own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
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Scalp (verb)
To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
“sieve”
“scalped ore”
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Scalp (verb)
To remove the skin of.
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Scalp (verb)
To remove the grass from.
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Scalp (verb)
To destroy the political influence of.
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Scalp (verb)
To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.
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Screen (noun)
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
“a fire screen”
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Screen (noun)
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
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Screen (noun)
The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
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Screen (noun)
The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
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Screen (noun)
One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
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Screen (noun)
The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
“After you turn on the computer, the login screen appears.”
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Screen (noun)
An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
“pick”
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Screen (noun)
The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
“Jones caught the foul up against the screen.”
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Screen (noun)
An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
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Screen (noun)
A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
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Screen (noun)
A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter’s protection.
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Screen (noun)
A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
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Screen (noun)
A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
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Screen (noun)
A large scarf.
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Screen (verb)
To filter by passing through a screen.
“Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.”
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Screen (verb)
To shelter or conceal.
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Screen (verb)
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
“The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.”
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Screen (verb)
To present publicly (on the screen).
“The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.”
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Screen (verb)
To fit with a screen.
“We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.”
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Screen (verb)
To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
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Screen (verb)
To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
