Word Meanings - OCCIPUT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.

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• SKULLFISH
  A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.
• POSTERIORLY
  Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.
• OCCIPITAL
  Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone. Occipital bone , the bone which forms the posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher
• SKULLCAP
  Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised. (more info) 1. A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a
• POSTERIORITY
  The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.
• REGIONAL
  Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.
• POSTERIORS
  The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. Swift.
• REGION
  1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.
• SKULL
  A school, company, or shoal. A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him. Warner. These fishes enter in great flotes and skulls. Holland.
• POSTERIOR
  At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal. (more info) 1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior. Hesiod was posterior to Homer. Broome. 2.
• SUPRAOCCIPITAL
  Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. -- n.
• PHOTIC REGION
  The uppermost zone of the sea, which receives the most light.
• EXOCCIPITAL
  Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull. -- n.
• THICK-SKULLED
  Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.
• NUMSKULL
  A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. They have talked like numskulls. Arbuthnot.
• PAROCCIPITAL
  Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
• SUPEROCCIPITAL
  Supraoccipital.
• BASIOCCIPITAL
  Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young. -- n.
• SAPSKULL
  A saphead.
• SUBOCCIPITAL
  Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve.
• A POSTERIORI
  Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
• CALAVERAS SKULL
  A human skull reported, by Prof. J. D. Whitney, as found in 1886 in a Tertiary auriferous gravel deposit, lying below a bed of black lava, in Calaveras County, California. It is regarded as very doubtful whether the skull really belonged to the
• APHOTIC REGION
  A depth of water so great that only those organisms can exist that do not assimilate.