Definition of dean

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Dean (n.) The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.

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Subimago :: Subhyoidean (a.) Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy..
Hyomandibular :: Hyomandibular (a.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes..
Dean :: Dean (n.) The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy..
Archpriest :: Archpriest (n.) A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean..
Jaspidean :: Jaspidean (a.) Alt. of Jaspideou.
Glottidean :: Glottidean (a.) Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.
Glossohyal :: Glossohyal (a.) Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.
Stylohyoid :: Stylohyal (n.) A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal.
Subdecuple :: Subdecanal (a.) Of or pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery.
Splanchnic :: Splanchnapophysis (n.) Any element of the skeleton in relation with the alimentary canal, as the jaws and hyoidean apparatus..
Assidean :: Assidean (n.) One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans..
Exaspidean :: Exaspidean (a.) Having the anterior scute/ extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; -- said of certain birds..
Crinoidean :: Crinoidean (n.) One of the Crinoidea.
Mazdean :: Mazdean (a.) Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian..
Hyoidean :: Hyoidean (a.) Same as Hyoid, a..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean..
Dean :: Dean (n.) The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
Ctenoid :: Ctenoid (n.) A ctenoidean.
Hebridean :: Hebridean (a.) Alt. of Hebridia.
Taxaspidean :: Taxaspidean (a.) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds..
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