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escarpia: meathook
escarpín: bootee; slipper; outer sock; ankle sock
escarzano: segmental
escasamente: sparsely, scantily
escasear: to run low, run short, dwindle; to be in short supply, be scarce, be hard to come by
escasez: shortage, scarcity, paucity, dearth, scarceness, scantiness
escaso: scarce, limited, scant, meager, meagre, skimpy, rare, insufficient, slight, slim; low, little, small, poor, weak (in quantity, degree, size, rate or estimate); sparse, scanty, thin
escatimar: to use sparingly, to skimp; to scrimp, to stint, to cut corners
escatol: skatole
escatología: eschatology
escatología: scatology
escatológico: eschatological
escatológico: scatological
escavar: to dig
escay: leatherette
escayola: plaster; stucco
escayolar: to put a plaster cast on
escayolista: plasterer
escazuceño: of, from or relating to Escazú
escazuceño: native or inhabitant of Escazú (usually male)
escaña: spelt
escaña menor: einkorn wheat
escaño: seat (membership in an organization, particularly a representative body); bench with a backrest for multiple people
escena: scene; stage; cutscene
escenario: scenario; scene, setting; stage
escenarista: stagehand
escenificación: dramatization
escenificar: to stage, to produce on a stage
escenografiar: to use scenography
escenografía: set (scenery for a film or play); set design, scenography
escenográficamente: scenographically
escenográfico: scenographic
escenógrafo: stage designer, set designer
escepticismo: skepticism
escepticista: scepticist, skepticist
escheriano: Escherian
esciente: knowledgeable
escifozoo: scyphozoan
escila: squill; sea onion
escila de otoño: autumn squill (Prospero autumnale)
escila española: Spanish bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica)
escilóidea: any plant of the Scilloideae subfamily of hyacinths and their close relatives
escinco: skink
escindente: cutting; dividing
escindir: to split, cut, divide
escisión: split
escita: Scythian
escita: Scythian
escitalopram: escitalopram
esclarajo: lighter
esclarecedor: enlightening
esclarecer: to clarify, to come to light; to get straight, to set straight; to bring out; to unravel
esclarecimiento: unveiling, clarification
esclava: female equivalent of esclavo: female slave; bangle
esclava blanca: white slave
esclavina: pellegrina; small bangle
esclavismo: slavery
esclavista: proslavery
esclavista: one who is proslavery
esclavitud: slavery