15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

279 scire facias
schip [Du; pl. schepen], ship.
schipperke [Du], lit., little boatman (because used as watchdog on boats);
a small, tailless, short-haired lapdog, originating in Holland.
schizzo [It; pi. schizzi], a sketch.
schlafen Sie wohl! [Ger], good night! sleep well!
Schläger [Ger], German student's dueling sword.
Schlagobers [Ger], whipped cream.
Schlagwort [Ger], lit., striking word; catchword; slogan.
schlemiel [Yiddish], bungler; fool; born loser; person for whom nothing
turns out right.
schlep [Yiddish]. Same as SHLEP.
schleppend [Ger], dragging; drawling: music.
Schlimmbesserung [Ger], lit., bad improvement; correction for the
worse; spoiling of a text.
schlock [Yiddish]. Same as SHLOCK.
Schloss [Ger; pl. Schlösser], castle; seat; manor.
Schluss [Ger], conclusion. —Schluss folgt, concluded in our next.
schmaltz or shmaltz [Yiddish], lit., cooking fat; excessive sentimentality.
Schmalz [Ger], melted fat; sentimental mush.
Schmerz [Ger; pl. Schmerzen], pain; grief.
Schnapps [Ger], lit., a dram of liquor; any of various distilled liquors.
schnell [Ger], quick; rapid: music.
Schnellzug [Ger; pl. Schnellzüge], forced march; also, express train.
Schönheit vergeht, Tugend besteht [Ger], beauty fades, virtue (or
chastity) stays.
Schrecklichkeit [Ger], frightfulness; terrorism.
schuit or schuyt [Du], a Dutch vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used on the
canals and along the coast.
Schutzstaffel [Ger], blackshirts; elite police and later military units of
Nazi Germany; abbr. S.S.
Schwärm [Ger; pl. Schwärme], a swarm; cluster; colloq.: object of
admiration or adoration; hero; idol; pet.
Schwärmerei [Ger], enthusiasm; ecstasy; wild devotion; fanaticism.
schwärmerisch [Ger], enthusiastic; visionary; fanatical.
schweigen Sie [Ger], be quiet; hold your tongue.
Schweinehund [Ger], an insulting epithet: swine.
scienter [L], knowingly; willfully: law.
scientia [L], knowledge; science. —scientia popinae, the art of cookery.
—scientia scientiarum, the science of sciences.
scintillante [It], sparkling: music.
scio cui credidi [L], I know in whom I have believed.
sciolto [It], in a free and independent manner: music.
scire facias [L], lit., cause it to be known (i.e., show cause); a writ to
enforce, annul, or vacate a judgment, patent, or other matter of
record (abbr. sci. fa.): law.