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Answer for the clue "The dome of the skull ", 8 letters:
calvaria

Word definitions for calvaria in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Calvaria can refer to any of the following: the Latin name of Calvary , the site of Jesus's crucifixion Kalwaria (disambiguation) or Kalvarija (disambiguation) , two towns named after Calvary calvaria (skull) , a portion of the skull forming the roof of ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The dome or roof of the skull

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calvaria \Cal*va"ri*a\ (k[a^]l*v[=a]"r[i^]*[.a]), n. [L. See Calvary .] (Anat.) The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the dome of the skull [syn: skullcap ]

Usage examples of calvaria.

We have a creature loose in the Mu­seum, killing people, opening the calvaria, removing the brain, and eating the thalamoid region where the hor­mones are most concentrated.

It formed a fine dripping mist through which the occasional shaft of sunlight would break, be softened and pass through on its way towards the wet bark of a calvaria tree on which it would settle and glisten.

It formed a fine dripping mist through which the occasional shaft of sunlight would break, be softened and pass through on its way towards the wet bark of a calvaria tree on which it would settle and glisten.