| parietal | (adj) of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium, Example: parietal lobe |
| parietal bone | (n) either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium |
| parietales | (n) a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae, Syn. order Parietales, order Hypericales, Hypericales |
| parietal gyrus | (n) any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum |
| parietal lobe | (n) that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head, Syn. parietal cortex |
| parietal pericardium | (n) the tough outermost layer of the pericardium that is attached to the diaphragm and the sternum |
| parietal placentation | (n) where ovules develop on the wall or slight outgrowths of the wall forming broken partitions within a compound ovary |
| parietal pleura | (n) pleura that lines the inner chest walls and covers the diaphragm |
| parietaria | (n) small genus of stingless herbs, Syn. genus Parietaria |
| parietomastoid suture | (n) the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones |
| Paries | ‖n.; |
| Parietal | n. |
| Parietal | a. [ L. parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a wall: cf. F. pariétal. Cf. Parietary, Pellitory. ] [ 1913 Webster ] At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee. B. H. Hall (1856). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Parietary | a. See Parietal, 2. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Parietary | n. [ L. parietaria, fr. parietarius parietal. Cf. Pellitory, Parietal. ] (Bot.) Any one of several species of |
| Parietes | ‖n. pl. [ L. paries a wall. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Parietic | a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also |
| Parietine | n. [ L. parietinus parietal: cf. parietinae ruined walls. ] A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Parieto- | (Anat.) A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; |
| parieren | parierend | pariert | parierte | to parry | parrying | parries | parried [Add to Longdo] |
| parietal { adj }; eine Wand betreffend [ med. ] | parietal [Add to Longdo] |