Scalp
The scalp is the anatomical area bordered by the human face at the front, and by the neck at the sides and back.
Scalp (noun)
The top of the head; the skull.
“skull”
Scalp (noun)
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
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.”
Scalp (noun)
The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.
Scalp (noun)
A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
Scalp (noun)
A bed or stratum of shellfish.
“scaup”
Scalp (noun)
The top; the summit.
“summit”
Scalp (verb)
To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
Scalp (verb)
To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
“resell”
“Tickets were being scalped for $300.”
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).
Scalp (verb)
To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
“sieve”
“scalped ore”
Scalp (verb)
To remove the skin of.
Scalp (verb)
To remove the grass from.
Scalp (verb)
To destroy the political influence of.
Scalp (verb)
To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.
Screen (noun)
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
“a fire screen”
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.
Screen (noun)
The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
Screen (noun)
The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
Screen (noun)
One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
Screen (noun)
The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
“After you turn on the computer, the login screen appears.”
Screen (noun)
An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
“pick”
Screen (noun)
The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
“Jones caught the foul up against the screen.”
Screen (noun)
An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
Screen (noun)
A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
Screen (noun)
A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter’s protection.
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.
Screen (noun)
A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
Screen (noun)
A large scarf.
Screen (verb)
To filter by passing through a screen.
“Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.”
Screen (verb)
To shelter or conceal.
Screen (verb)
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
“The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.”
Screen (verb)
To present publicly (on the screen).
“The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.”
Screen (verb)
To fit with a screen.
“We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.”
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.
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.
