occiput

Definition of occiputnext

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Noun
  • Many of the city’s buildings, including the historic City Hall, were crafted in the style of Moorish architecture with domes, minarets and outdoor staircases.
    Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
  • Under the seventy-five-foot dome, Archivist Wayne Grover took formal custody of the Declaration.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Despite getting demoted from protagonist to fatality victim, Tan hints that he might not be done with Mortal Kombat — even if Cole and his now-two-dimensional noggin are.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 12 May 2026
  • Justin Brazeau skated over to the Penguins captain and rubbed the back of his noggin for good measure.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Surprisingly the most expensive hairpiece so far has been Attenborough’s, which Fortune reveals was a hybrid of a cheap £20 ($26) wig at the back combined with tens of man-hours knotting individual strands of hair onto a lace front to create the centenarian’s familiar pate.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • Amidst the drunk, half-naked and lascivious troupe, Father Vincent O’Keeffe, in his dark black suit and pasty bald pate, strikes an incongruous figure.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • All of the suspects were dressed head-to-toe in black, with some wearing hoods and masks.
    Louis Casiano , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
  • Collins’s main competitors are Derek Dooley, the former head coach of the football programs at Louisiana Tech and the University of Tennessee, and Buddy Carter, another Georgia congressman.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • But at least some of the Vesuvian victims probably died instantaneously from the intense heat of fast-moving lava flows, with temperatures high enough to boil brains and explode skulls.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
  • In that release, MCSO included photos of bones and skulls, presumably of deceased bison, and presumably taken on the Lay Valley property.
    Logan Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Sometimes that’s because a stray thought so often crashes the party that is the presidential cranium, kicks over the keg and makes for the nearest exit.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
  • These included a molar and humerus shaft from NgLj-3; two molars, a premolar, and a temporal cranium bone from NgLj-2; and a sample taken from a left humerus found in 2018 at NgLj-1.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Prebiotics are types of fiber found in foods like oats, bananas, onions, beans and flaxseed that feed those beneficial bacteria.
    Ryan Brennan May 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2026
  • That’s when the light bulb popped to combine the nutrient-dense lupini beans into a high-quality durum wheat pasta.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • For a growing share of visitors, that combination — affordable clinics, advanced treatments and a wellness culture that runs from scalp to scrub — is reason enough to book the flight.
    Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • The treatments begin with a scalp analysis under a microscope, followed by exfoliating, steaming, cleansing and massage steps designed to improve scalp health and hair shine.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
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“Occiput.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occiput. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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