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Scalariform :: Scalariform (a.) Like or pertaining to a scalaria.

Escalade :: Escalade (v. t.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart..

Scalar :: Scalar (n.) In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction..

Scalae :: Scalae (pl. ) of Scal.

Right-handed :: Right-handed (a.) Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria.

Scala :: Scala (n.) A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

Escaladed :: Escaladed (imp. & p. p.) of Escalad.

Escalade :: Escalade (v. t.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall..

Scalary :: Scalary (a.) Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.

Helicotrema :: Helicotrema (n.) The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear.

Scala :: Scala (n.) A term applied to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.

Escalading :: Escalading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escalad.

Scalado :: Scalado (n.) See Escalade.

Scalable :: Scalable (a.) Capable of being scaled.

Scalawag :: Scalawag (n.) A scamp; a scapegrace.

Wentletrap :: Wentletrap (n.) Any one of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the genus Scalaria, especially Scalaria pretiosa, which was formerly highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. See Scalaria..

Vector :: Vector (n.) A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar..

Scalaria :: Scalaria (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap..

Reissner''s Membrane :: Reissner's membrane () The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.

Scalade :: Scalade (n.) Alt. of Scalad.

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