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Definition: Calvaria |
CalvariaNoun1. The dome of the skull. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: CalvariaSynonym: skullcap (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Calvaria |
| Specialty definitions using "calvaria": Stations. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
calvaria | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "calvaria"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | calvarium (calvarium), calvaria (skull-cap), neurokraniet (cranium cerebrale, skull cap), kraniekalot (skull-cap), hovedskal (calvarium, cranium, skull), hjerneskaltag (skull-cap), hjerneskal (cranium cerebrale, skull cap). (various references) | |
Dutch | cranium cerebrale (cranium cerebrale, skull cap), calvarium (calvarium), calvaria (calvarium, skull-cap), schedeldak (skull-cap), hersenpan (cranium cerebrale, skull cap). (various references) | |
French | crane (calvarium), voute du crane, voute cranienne (calvarium), boîte crânienne (skull cap). (various references) | |
German | Cranium cerebrale (cranium cerebrale, skull cap), Calvarium (calvarium), Calvaria (skull-cap), Calva (skull-cap), Schaedelkalotte (skull-cap), Hirnschale (skull-cap). (various references) | |
Greek | εγκεφαλικό κρανίο (cranium cerebrale, skull cap), οροφή του κρανίου (skull-cap), θόλος του κρανίου (calvarium). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ־כס" ִ'ול'ולת. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 部 (area at top of head, parietal). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | とうちょうぶ (area at top of head, parietal). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alvariacay.(various references) | |
Spanish | calvarium (calvarium), calvaria (calvarium, skull-cap), caja craneal (cranium cerebrale, skull cap), bóveda del cráneo (skull-cap). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "calvaria": calvarias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "calvaria" (pronounced 'Cal*va"ri*a'): Acetonuria, Acrita, Adularia, Adversaria, Albuminuria, Alcyonaria, Anisocoria, Aporia, Appendicularia, Apteria, Araucaria, Aria, Auricularia, Azoturia, Balistraria, Baria, Bipinnaria, Brachiolaria, Cafeteria, calceolaria, Carinaria, Cercaria, Ceria, Chyluria, Cineraria, Cnidaria, Convallaria, Curia, Dataria, Desmobacteria, Desmomyaria, Dinosauria, Diphtheria, Dysphoria, Enaliosauria, Feria, filaria, Fistularia, Gastrotricha, Gloria, Glucosuria, Glycosuria, Grossularia, Halisauria, Hatteria, hematuria, Heteromyaria, Heterotricha, Holotricha, Homoeomeria, Hypotricha, hysteria, Ichthyosauria, Improperia, Injuria, Krameria, Laminaria, Lemuria, Lepidosauria, Lucernaria, malaria, Memoria, Mercenaria, Mesosauria, Microbacteria, miliaria, Monadaria, moria, Myaria, Noria, Ophiurida, Oscillaria, Parkeria, Pedicellaria, Pelicosauria, Peloria, Peptonuria, Peristeria, Peritricha, Persicaria, Phantasmagoria, Phosphaturia, Physemaria, Phytozoaria, Planaria, Plesiosauria, Plumularia, Poluria, Polycyttaria, Prototheria, Pseudobacteria, Pseudofilaria, Pyuria, Radiolaria, Regularia, Reticularia, Rotatoria, Salisburia, Saltatoria, Sanguinaria, Sauria, Scalaria, scoria, Scrophularia, Serpentaria, Sertularia, Solfanaria, Stegosauria, Streptobacteria, Suctoria, talaria, Thoria, Tornaria, Trachearia, Tubularia, Turbellaria, Umbellularia, urticaria, Vesicularia, Wistaria, Zauschneria, Zoantharia, Zonaria. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-i-l-r-v" | |
-2 letters: caviar, racial. | |
-3 letters: acari, arval, avail, cavil, clavi, craal, laari, larva, rival, varia, vicar, viral. | |
-4 letters: alar, aria, aril, carl, laic, lair, lari, lava, liar, lira, raia, rail, rial, vail, vair, vara, vial, virl. | |
-5 letters: aal, ail, air, ala, arc, ava, car, lac, lar, lav, ria, vac, var, via. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-i-l-r-v" | |
+1 letter: calvarias. | |
+4 letters: avascularity. | |
+5 letters: intravascular. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 6C 76 61 72 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .-.. ...- .- .-. .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01101100 01110110 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a l v a r i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 006C 0076 0061 0072 0069 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767788867847567 |
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