Words That Start With: SCAL

• the skin that covers the top of the head

• sell illegally, as on the black market

• remove the scalp of

• a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery

• someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost

• one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)

• edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces

• thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

• edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions

• decorate an edge with scallops

• bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top

• form scallops in

• fish for scallops

• shape or cut in scallops

• a burn cause by hot liquid or steam

• the act of burning with steam or hot water

• subject to harsh criticism

• treat with boiling water

• heat to the boiling point

• burn with a hot liquid or steam

• The act or result of scaling up.

• rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf

• having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles

• the act of arranging in a graduated series

• act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale

• ascent by or as if by a ladder