occiput

noun

Definition of occiputnext
as in dome

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  1. dome
  2. noggin
  3. pate
  4. head
  5. skull
  6. cranium
  7. bean
  8. scalp
Noun
  • The metal sheet falling from the dome hours before the game could be a metaphor for how this Cowboys season is crumbling around Jerry Jones & Co. Last week: 25 25.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Book this serene dome for $900+ with a sauna and hot tub for 16 people in Idaho Springs.
    Emma Way, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of dome
Noun
  • Quince Mongolian Cashmere Ribbed Beanie $98 $30 Quince This supersoft cashmere beanie should help keep their noggin warm into next year.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The best practices can be in your noggin and undertaken by hand, or in this case the meta-prompt will get the AI to do so on your behalf.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of noggin
Noun
  • Another Vietnamese staple is banh mi, a crusty baguette typically filled with pork or chicken, pate, and pickled carrot and daikon radish.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024
  • To help with this, Fortune says Boring Tunnel has installed license plate readers that close the gate if an unauthorized vehicle pate is scanned.
    Lawrence Hodge / Jalopnik, Quartz, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of pate
Noun
  • Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.
    David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 July 2017
  • Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.
    J. Harry Jones, Ramona Sentinel, 19 July 2017
Definition of head
Noun
  • Additional skeletal remains in the possession of the University of Wisconsin were found to match the skull, however, leading to more evidence.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Tiny sugar skulls: These little candies are enjoyed during the festivities.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of skull
Noun
  • In 1985 researchers working in northern Kenya discovered a 2.5-million-year-old cranium of the robust australopith Paranthropus aethiopicus.
    Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Woody Harrelson plays the McCain strategist/bouncer Steve Schmidt, all shoulders and gleaming cranium; Ed Harris plays a rambunctious, foulmouthed, wide-eyed McCain; and Julianne Moore, from a place of truly Strasbergian inwardness, plays Palin.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of cranium
Noun
  • Evans speaks to police and sits on a wall, with his hands still raised, before he is shot with a bean bag round and falls to the ground.
    Christian Martinez, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Also high in protein, beans can be used not only in soups and stews but in wraps, veg and grain bowls, enchiladas, and casseroles.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of bean
Noun
  • Anthony Berry, 20, was grazed by a bullet along his upper scalp – an injury that could’ve been more serious if it had been located a centimeter lower, Orlando Health trauma surgeon Joseph Ibrahim said at a Friday news conference.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
  • It’s made with a sugar and coconut oil blend to smooth and moisturize after gently exfoliating your scalp or body.
    Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of scalp
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