Definitions for sinciput

sinciput sin·ci·put

Spelling: [sin-suh-puht]
IPA: /ˈsɪn səˌpʌt/

Sinciput is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in sinciput (ciinpstu).

Definitions for sinciput

noun

  1. the forepart of the skull.
  2. the upper part of the skull.

Origin of sinciput

1570-80; Latin: literally, half-head *sēm(i)-caput, equivalent to sēmi- semi- + caput head

Examples for sinciput

sinciput: in Coleoptera; that part of the vertex between the eyes.

Wani is the largest, above brown, below slaty-grey; the head grey, with a black zone across the sinciput.

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

sinciput, sin′si-put, n. the forepart of the head from the forehead to the vertex.

Word Value for sinciput
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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