craniology
noun
the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
craniological
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a word derived from
craniology.
Example Sentences
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Thus all craniological observations are liable to inaccuracy, even as regards development, and much more in regard to functional power.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
His having taken so much pains in collecting facts and drawings on this point, necessarily leads to the inference that he attaches much value to the craniological distinctions.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various
His forehead is quite Byronic in its craniological developments.
From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
To throw more than a cursory glance at them Would lead me into interminable disquisitions of a mythological, anthropological, craniological, and antediluvian nature for which one would not find universal approval among his readers.
From Across China on Foot by Edwin John Dingle
A second excursion, still in Mr. Hill's company, was made 60after craniological specimens to Long Bay, twelve miles distant, among whose thickets a few natives had been residing for some weeks.
