PALATINE
Scrabble letter values: P3A1L1A1T1I1N1E1 = 10
Definition
- adjective relating to or lying near the palate. — synonyms: palatal
- adjective of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives.
- adjective of or relating to a palace.
- noun any of various important officials in ancient Rome.
- noun (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands. — synonyms: palsgrave
- noun the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome.
- noun either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits. — synonyms: palatine_bone, os_palatinum
Examples
- “palatal index”
- “the palatine tonsils”
- “supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces”