Definitions for occiput

occiput oc·ci·put

Spelling: [ok-suh-puht, -puh t]
IPA: /ˈɒk səˌpʌt, -pət/

Occiput is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in occiput (ccioptu).

Definitions for occiput

noun

  1. the back part of the head or skull.

Origin of occiput

1350-1400; Middle English Latin, equivalent to oc- oc- + -ciput, combining form of caput head

Examples for occiput

For its antagonism in Ostentation we should look to the occiput.

Sometimes the attack began with pulsation through the occiput.

Certain conditions of the occiput have been described as associated with degeneracy.

Most of the specimens have some form of an irregular, usually broken, dark line from the occiput to the groin.

He then dashed in and uppercut his opponent severely on the occiput.

Then the small occipital, distributed to the ear and to the occiput.

There was a tiny burning spot on the left side of his occiput.

His hand went to the back of his head and patted his occiput—a gesture frequent with him.

There is one of these on the occiput that is in a triangular shape.

See these peculiarities in the frontal sinus—in sinciput or occiput!

Word Value for occiput
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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