Search for crossword answers and clues
Cranial bone
Answer for the clue "Cranial bone ", 8 letters:
sphenoid
Alternative clues for the word sphenoid
Word definitions for sphenoid in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1732, from spheno- + -oid . As a noun from 1828. Related: Sphenoidal .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull [syn: sphenoid bone , os sphenoidale ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sphenoid \Sphe"noid\, n. (Crystallog.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid. (Anat.) The sphenoid bone.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sphenoid may refer to: sphenoid bone , a bone in anatomy sphenoid (geometry) , a tetrahedron with 2-fold mirror or rotation symmetry