calvarium

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
21
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/kælˈvɛəɹi.əm/
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/kælˈvɛəɹi.əm/ · /kælˈvɛɹi.əm/

Definition of calvarium

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw).
    “He turns up the skull between his hands. His fingers explore the calvarium. They emerge through the battered eye sockets.”

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Etymology

From Latin calvāria (“skull”), from calva, from calvus (“bald”).

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

39 words

2-letter words

11 words

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