skull
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
skull/skʌl/
▶noun a bone framework enclosing the brain of a vertebrate.
■ informal a person's head or brain.
▶verb informal hit on the head.– phrases
out of one's skull informal
out of one's skull informal
- 1 out of one's mind; crazy.
- 2 very drunk.
– derivatives
-skulled adjective.
-skulled adjective.
– origin ME scolle; of unknown origin; cf. ON skoltr.
'skull' also found in these Oxford entries:
alisphenoid
- anencephalic
- atlas
- basilar
- black flag
- brachycephalic
- brain
- brainpan
- bump
- cephalic index
- cephalo-
- cerebellum
- cerebrum
- cholla
- coronal suture
- cranial
- cranial nerves
- craniate
- craniology
- craniosacral therapy
- craniotomy
- cranium
- crossbones
- death's head
- death's head hawkmoth
- discern
- dolichocephalic
- eye socket
- foramen magnum
- frontal
- frontal bone
- intracranial
- Jolly Roger
- kinesis
- lambda
- medulla oblongata
- meninges
- migraine
- Paget's disease
- palatine
- parietal bone
- pericranium
- planigale
- pterygoid process
- quadrate
- sagittal
- sagittal crest
- scalp
- sinciput
- sinus
