Scaly

What do we mean by scaly?

Covered or partially covered with scales. adjective

Shedding scales or flakes; flaking. adjective

Covered with scales; provided with scales; scaled; squamate; scutellate.

Scale-like; of the nature of a scale; squamous.

Furfuraceous; scarious; desquamated; exfoliated; scabby.

In botany, composed of scales lying over one another: as, a scaly bulb; having scales scattered over it: as, a scaly stem.

Shabby; mean; stingy.

Covered with a scale or incrustation, as a boiler or kettle in which water containing mineral salts which become insoluble on heating has been evaporated.

Covered or abounding with scales. adjective

Resembling scales, laminæ, or layers. adjective

Mean; low. adjective

Composed of scales lying over each other; ; covered with scales. adjective

The pangolin. adjective

Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish. adjective

Resembling scales, laminae, or layers. adjective

Mean; low. adjective

Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem. adjective

A species of yellowfish, Labeobarbus natalensis noun

Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles adjective

Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf adjective

The scaly yellowfish, Labeobarbus natalensis.

Words that are spelled similarly to scaly:
scaly, scale, scary, scalp, scald, scala, scall, scaley, scally, shaly, scalf, sealy, scal, scali, saly, caly.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word scaly:
coriaceous, chanterelle, ichthyosis, fascicle, flaking, flaky, anteater, pangolin, furrowed, babbler, thrush, ovoid, pappus, ellipsoid, stomata, acorns, rhizome, leathery, itchy, glabrous, reptilian, darter, mistletoe, bark, conic, psoriasis, itching, woolly, labial, stipe, twigs, lanceolate, mite, dermatitis, reddish, spore, hairy, shaggy, scalp, mites, gills, hairless, sheath, toothed, skin, claws, oblong, spores, lesions, hairs, rash, bulb, whitish, stalk, fleshy, boa, fibrous, paler, lobes, buff, patches, plaques, mushroom, elongated, scales, fern, conical, slender, toes, petals, tails, stems, tail, leaves, fins, sumatra, cones, fruits, stem, fore, hind, flesh, finely, peninsular, foliage, borneo, oval, cap, plumage, blackish, needles, trunk, inflorescence, branched, feathers, flowers, limbs, evergreen, densely, stout.

Words that rhyme with scaly:
daily, bailey, ukulele, bally, israeli, wally, aly, gaily, halley, scaley, hailey, haley, bailee, disraeli, daly, bailie, grayly, paley, cayley, baillie, quaily, frailly, whaley, gayly, dailey, flaily, daley, haily, ailey, palely, baily, galeae, hayley, galey, stalely, paleae, mayle, maley, scali, baylee, galei, caley, waley, kaley, taillie, greyly, faley, staley, bailly, baley, gailey, bayley, aley, qualey, bayly, maly, salii, fraley, railey, reiley, reilley, vallely, brailey, frailey, ail he, ale he, avail he, bail he, bi-daily, calle ee, che li, cocktail he, daily e, dale e, dale he, day lee, dayley, detail he, email he, fail he, female he, frail he, fraleigh, fraley ee, gail lee, gale he, galie, hathaway lee, j lee, j li, jae lee, jail he, jay lee, k lee, k li, kay leigh, kaylie, mae lee, mail e, mail he.

Adjectives that are often used to describe scaly:
densely, dry, little, more, less, anal, tegument, lower, numerous, squamous, soapy, outside.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective scaly:
skin, patches, bark, tail, lesions, appearance, eruption, body, surface, plaques, dermatitis, eruptions, legs, covering, leg, rash, patch, leaves, head, plates, fish, hide, papules, epithelium, condition, wings, buds, crystals, monster, areas, anteater, armour, diseases, ridges, bodies, feet, tails, reptiles, creatures, eczema, armor, dragon, sheath, plaque, skins, disease, bracts, lesion, aggregates, spots, structure, bulb, anteaters, masses, monsters, macules, bulbs, crust, creature, hands, border, rhizomes, texture, face, crusts, neck, coat, desquamation, serpent, horror, variety, rings, backs, brood, particles, hairs, layer, lizard, sides, back, fishes, folds, friend, tribes, stem, substance, spot, tribe, mass, cup, flesh.

Consonant match to scaly:
scholar, scalar, scully, scala, scaley, scaler, schooler, skelly, scally, scholy, skilly, scali, schuyler, skala, schelly, scheller, scola, schoolie, skalla, schooley, skelley, scale a, scale e, scale he, scale lay, scale low, scale o, schillo, school a, school e, school he, school her, school high, school i, school lay, school o, school who, scowl he, sculley, skill a, skill he, skill how, skoler, skull a, skull he, skull i, skull lay, sky lee, sky low.

Words that sound like scaly:
scaly, scaley, scali, scully, skully, scally, skelly, skilly, schoolie, schooley, skelley, scale, scales, scaled, scalene, scalar, skyla, scala, scaler, scola, saily, skala, skalla, school, silly, sally, scholar, schools, scalp, scowl, scold, schooled, scool, scald, schooler, scull, scowled, scaling, scalia, scowls, sealy, saly, scalf, scullery, schoolies, sallie, scal, schuyler, salley, scholes, sculp, seely, celie, sali, skald, seeley, schell, celi, skell, scall, sculls, skel, scole, sculler, ceili, scol, skal, sealey, salih, sili, skall, sallee, seli, seelie, skeel, cilli, skalp, skeels, salli, scul, sculled, skelf, saale, scowler, scelp, scheller, cili, scoles, scalled, seley, scallies, scalzi, skells, sculk, scrawly, scale up, schoolery, sciulli, cicale, scolt.