Definition of skull

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Skull (n.) A covering for the head; a skullcap.

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Squamozygomatic :: Squamozygomatic (a.) Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls..
Epipteric :: Epipteric (a.) Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.
Paramastoid :: Paramastoid (a.) Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals..
Basion :: Basion (n.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.
Coronal :: Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.
Numskulled :: Numskulled (a.) Stupid; doltish.
Plagiocephaly :: Plagiocephaly (n.) Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.
Inion :: Inion (n.) The external occipital protuberance of the skull.
Lambda :: Lambda (n.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.
Skullcap :: Skullcap (n.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised..
Sagittal :: Sagittal (a.) Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull..
Leptorhine :: Leptorhine (a.) Having the nose narrow; -- said esp. of the skull. Opposed to platyrhine.
Thick-headed :: Thick-headed (a.) Having a thick skull; stupid.
Paxwax :: Paxwax (n.) The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax..
Zuchetto :: Zuchetto (n.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black..
Tentorium :: Tentorium (n.) A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.
Corona :: Corona (n.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown..
Orbit :: Orbit (n.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
Exoccipital :: Exoccipital (a.) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull.
Scull :: Scull (n.) The skull.
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