Phrase Hound found 41 phrases and 35 compound words that contain skull. The most common are listed below. Open skull in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 41
- skull and bonesSynonym of skull and crossbones (“emblem of pirates or toxicity”).
- skull and crossbonesA depiction of a human skull and two crossed femurs (thighbones), a symbol of death traditionally used on the Jolly Roger pirate flag, but now used on chemical containers and other hazardous items as an indicator of warning of toxicity or …
- Skull ValleyAn unincorporated community and valley in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
- pop-skullAlternative spelling of popskull: cheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally distilled
- skull capAlternative spelling of skullcap: A small domed cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
- skull capsplural of skull cap: A small domed cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
- skull sessionA meeting for the purpose of brainstorming or developing a strategy.
- sugar skullA brightly colored skull face icon, placed on the grave of the deceased to celebrate their life during festivals and feast days.
- cloverleaf skullThe abnormal skull resulting from craniosynostosis.
- skull drumA drum (musical instrument) made from a thin covering stretched over a hemispherical section of a human skull; also, a damaru made from two skulls.
- skull-measurerA phrenologist.
- exploded skullSynonym of Beauchene skull: A specimen of a human skull, used for medical teaching, whose bones are disarticulated along the sutures and mounted at a distance on brass supports.
- Beauchene skullA specimen of a human skull, used for medical teaching, whose bones are disarticulated along the sutures and mounted at a distance on brass supports.
- skull drumsplural of skull drum: A drum (musical instrument) made from a thin covering stretched over a hemispherical section of a human skull; also, a damaru made from two skulls.
- skull sessionsplural of skull session: A meeting for the purpose of brainstorming or developing a strategy.
- skull-likeLike a skull.
- skull-panThe harnpan; the (top of the) skull.
- thin skull ruleSynonym of eggshell rule: The common-law rule according to which the unexpected frailty of an injured person is not a valid defense to the seriousness of any injury caused to them.
- skull-fucksplural of skull-fuck: To actively sexually penetrate someone's mouth; to have vigorous oral sex.
- skull-pansplural of skull-pan: The harnpan; the (top of the) skull.
- crumbling skull ruleA common-law rule according to which a defendant is not liable for the plaintiff's conditions or injuries that predate the tort, except to the degree that the tort worsened or hastened that injury or condition.
- fist and skullA fistfight.
- skull base diseaseAny of a wide variety of craniofacial and skull base disorders affecting the area of the head and/or neck, from the clavicle to the top of the skull.
- skull base diseasesplural of skull base disease: Any of a wide variety of craniofacial and skull base disorders affecting the area of the head and/or neck, from the clavicle to the top of the skull.
- skull-collecting antFormica archboldi, a kind of ant that hunts trap-jaw ants and takes their severed heads back to its nest.
Compound words 35
- skullyA knit cap.
- numskullA dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.
- skullhonA trans woman who is clockable due to having a significantly more masculine skull shape than that of a typical cis woman.
- skulldogA furry having the form of a canid with an exposed skull for a face.
- popskullcheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally distilled
- skulletA more extreme form of the mullet hairstyle, in which the hair at the back is kept long, whilst the hair on the top and the sides is shaven in a buzzcut or skinhead style.
- skullishCharacteristic of or somewhat resembling a skull.
- deathskullA human skull used as a warning of danger or a symbol of death.
- rattleskullSynonym of rattlebrain: A rattlebrained person.
- skullboneThe bone that forms the skull.