parietal

Meaning of parietal

noun
  1. Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
  2. Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
  3. A flat Roman wall tile with roughened surface, used as a base for plasterwork.
  4. Dormitory rules governing visits from members of the opposite sex.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
    Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.
  2. Of or relating to the parietal bones
  3. Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
  4. Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.

Information about parietal

Hyphenation of parietal

pari-etal

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • parietal is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of parietal

apterial

Words that rhyme with parietal

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