Entry: parietal (n. / adj.)
In context: "The engineer always has to tighten his own headset's cranial band down from the 'Those Were' engineer's mammoth parietal breadth."
Definition: A large quadrangular bone, located between the frontal and occipital bones, that forms part of the top and lateral wall of each half of the skull.
Other: I sometimes feel a little like these physiological terms don't have a whole lot of everyday or even every-other-day utility.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 183
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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