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Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales..

Si :: Si () A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century..

Thuringite :: Thuringite (n.) A mineral occurring as an aggregation of minute scales having an olive-green color and pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and iron.

Elytrum :: Elytrum (n.) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chaetopoda.

Fa :: Fa (n.) A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.

Bonder :: Bonder (n.) A freeholder on a small scale.

Rugine :: Rugine (v. t.) To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale..

Scale :: Scale (v. t.) To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler..

Tone :: Tone (n.) General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners..

Balance :: Balance (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.

Xenopterygii :: Xenopterygii (n. pl.) A suborder of fishes including Gobiesox and allied genera. These fishes have soft-rayed fins, and a ventral sucker supported in front by the pectoral fins. They are destitute of scales..

Fifth :: Fifth (n.) The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key..

Rhombohedral :: Rhombohedral (a.) Related to the rhombohedron; presenting the form of a rhombohedron, or a form derivable from a rhombohedron; relating to a system of forms including the rhombohedron and scalenohedron..

Kent Bugle :: Kent bugle () A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle..

Little :: Little (n.) A small degree or scale; miniature.

Ctenoidei :: Ctenoidei (n. pl.) A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial..

Supereminence :: Superdominant (n.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant.

Sol :: Sol (n.) A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale..

Squamoid :: Squamipen (n.) Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.

Scutellated :: Scutellated (a.) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds..

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