The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dolichocephalic \Dol`i*cho*ce*phal"ic\ (d[o^]l`[i^]*k[-o]*s[-e]*f[a^]l"[i^]k), Dolichocephalous \Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*lous\ (d[o^]l`[i^]*k[-o]*s[e^]f"[.a]*l[u^]s), a. [Gr. dolicho`s long + kefalh` head.] (Anat.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic. -- Dol`i*cho*ceph"al, a. & n.
Wiktionary
a. (context of a person or animal English) Having a head that is long from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). n. A dolichocephalic person.
WordNet
adj. having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75 [syn: dolichocranial, dolichocranic] [ant: brachycephalic]
Usage examples of "dolichocephalic".
All were inclined to be dolichocephalic, except a sprinkling of peasantry along the Bossonian border, whose type had been modified by admixture with the latter race, and here and there in the more primitive parts of the kingdom where remnants of unclassified aboriginal races still existed, absorbed into the surrounding population.
They were dolichocephalic, and dark-skinned, though not so dark as either the Zingarans, Zamorians or Picts.
A second image came up and showed a dolichocephalic, or long-headed, skull.
There are two hatters in London who could have made this hat, and you have doubtless already observed that the crown is markedly dolichocephalic, while the curve of the brim is also characteristic.
The Mediterraneans were as long-headed as the Aryans: would admixture between these dolichocephalic peoples produce a broad-headed intermediate type?