skullcap

IPA: skˈʌɫkæp

noun

  • A small domed cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
  • A yarmulke-like hat worn as an element of ghetto fashion.
  • (anatomy) The calvaria, the top part of the skull, covering the cranial cavity containing the brain.
  • (botany) Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Scutellaria, in the Lamiaceae family.
  • (historical) A torture device for compressing the skull.
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Examples of "skullcap" in Sentences

  • A black skullcap was his only stark adornment.
  • It is a direct descendant of the pilus skullcap.
  • A few shots of the skullcap were kept in the film.
  • Can also be known as the skullcap or even calvaria.
  • Ciarrapico asked, referring to the Jewish skullcap.
  • Among them is the endangered large flowered skullcap.
  • A male dog wears a specific yarmulke, a thin skullcap.
  • Skullcap is considered to be a sedative and nerve tonic.
  • Because of this, Connors had to simulate baldness with a skullcap.
  • Skullcap is extremely cold and insidious though not particularly cunning.
  • She wore a black ankle-length coat and a black skullcap, and she had her hair done in two thick braids.
  • From the 14th-19th century it was known as a skullcap and worn indoors by men when they removed their wigs.
  • Burton's designs for McQueen this season offer their own unique take on the veil, as a kind skullcap or sometimes an entire facial mask.
  • Bashir, who held an alms bowl in his left hand, moved toward the other student, who wore a skullcap with a childish design of roaring lions.
  • Either Americans 'reaction to the shootings at Fort Hood are a reversion to the early days after 9/11, when every brown-skinned man in a skullcap was a terrorist suspect.
  • Containing chamomile and skullcap, which is renowned for its soothing properties, this herbal blend provides nutritional support for the nervous system, and is great for horses and ponies that are prone to excitability.
  • Swami-like and pedagogical in skullcap, glasses, corduroy blazer, and striped tie, with the first Beatitude (“Blessed are the poor in spirit …”) tattooed on his wrists, Aaron Weiss steps into the street after his band’s sound check and is promptly cornered by a young man wearing a homemade Aaron Weiss T-shirt.
  • Ken Mowbray, Sam Máeguez, and Gary Sawyer with the Poloyo hominid (Courtesy Ken Mowbray) [LARGERIMAGE] "For me," says Susan Antón of the University of Florida, who examined the fossil in July, "the skullcap is a unifying specimen because it combines characteristics seen in both the older [1.6. million years] and younger [less than 100,000 years] H. erectus groups in Southeast Asia.

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