parietal

parietal is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
2. adjective. Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
3. adjective. Of pertaining to the parietes.
4. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.
5. adjective. Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.
6. noun. One of the parietal bones.
7. noun. One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.
8. adjective. of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium

   "parietal lobe"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in parietal:

apterial

Common word forms

parietals, parietales

Words from these letters

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