‖n. [ NL., from Gr.
a. Wanting a skull. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, goat + &unr_;, n. pl., heads. ] (Arch.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cranium. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epicranium;
a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of pants (
‖n. [ L.: cf. F. hémicrânie. See Cranium, and Megrim. ] (Med.) A pain that affects only one side of the head. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Within the cranium or skull. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Iran. --
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the otocrane. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pericranium. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Pomerania, a province of Prussia on the Baltic Sea. --
Pomeranian dog (Zool.),
a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium. [ 1913 Webster ]
pr. a. [ From Tur, the name, in Persian legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom sprang the races of mankind. ] Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also
pr. n. One of the Turanians. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. (Ethnol.)
pr. a. (Ethnol.) Designating, or pert. to, a mixed racial type including the Afghans, and characterized chiefly by stature above mean, fair complexion, dark, or sometimes gray, eyes, brachycephaly, and very long, prominent, and moderately narrow nose. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
pr. n. A member of any race of the Turko-Iranian type. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_;, i. e., the Heavenly, fr. &unr_; heavenly, fr. &unr_; heaven. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus;