Scalp vs. Screen

Scalpnoun

The top of the head; the skull.

Scalpnoun

The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

Scalpnoun

(historical) 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.

Scalpnoun

(heraldry) The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.

Scalpnoun

(figuratively) A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.

Scalpnoun

(Scotland) A bed or stratum of shellfish.

Scalpnoun

(figurative) The top; the summit.

Scalpverb

To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.

Scalpverb

To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.

Scalpverb

(finance) 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).

Scalpverb

To screen or sieve ore before further processing.

Scalpverb

(surgery) To remove the skin of.

Scalpverb

(transitive) To remove the grass from.

Scalpverb

(transitive) To destroy the political influence of.

Scalpverb

(milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

Scalpnoun

A bed of oysters or mussels.

Scalpnoun

That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.

Scalpnoun

A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.

Scalpnoun

Fig.: The top; the summit.

Scalpverb

To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.

Scalpverb

To remove the skin of.

Scalpverb

To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.

Scalpverb

To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; - said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.

Scalpnoun

the skin that covers the top of the head;

Scalpverb

sell illegally, as on the black market

Scalpverb

remove the scalp of;

Scalp

The scalp is the anatomical area bordered by the human face at the front, and by the neck at the sides and back.

Screennoun

A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.

Screennoun

A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

Screennoun

A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.

Screennoun

The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.

Screennoun

The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.

Screennoun

One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.

Screennoun

(computer) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.

Screennoun

(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

Screennoun

(baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects

Screennoun

(cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.

Screennoun

(printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.

Screennoun

(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.

Screennoun

(architecture) 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.

Screennoun

(genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.

Screennoun

A large scarf.

Screenverb

To filter by passing through a screen.

Screenverb

To shelter or conceal.

Screenverb

To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.

Screenverb

To present publicly (on the screen).

Screenverb

To fit with a screen.

Screenverb

(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.

Screenverb

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.

Screennoun

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.

Screennoun

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, or the like.

Screennoun

A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.

Screennoun

A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.

Screennoun

An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.

Screennoun

a netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while excluding insects.

Screennoun

The surface of an electronic device, as a television set or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed. The screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen are also used, as in flat-panel displays.

Screennoun

The motion-picture industry; motion pictures.

Screenverb

To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.

Screenverb

To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.

Screenverb

to examine a group of objects methodically, to separate them into groups or to select one or more for some purpose.

Screennoun

a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing

Screennoun

something that keeps things out or hinders sight;

Screennoun

display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created

Screennoun

a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;

Screennoun

protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects)

Screennoun

a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

Screennoun

a door that is a screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open door;

Screennoun

partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space

Screenverb

test or examine for the presence of disease or infection;

Screenverb

examine methodically;

Screenverb

examine in order to test suitability;

Screenverb

project onto a screen for viewing;

Screenverb

prevent from entering;

Screenverb

separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

Screenverb

protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm