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Buddhism

baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood

Buddhism

baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)

Buddhism

pouring water onto a gravestone

teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

Anatomy

top of the head; vertex; parietal

Anatomy

parietal lobe

present; gift

red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane

vertical angles; vertically opposite angles

Zoology

apex of a shell; umbo

Buddhism

prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect

Art, aesthetics

portrait or sculpture of a renowned Zen monk

Noun or verb acting prenominally

flat top

vertical angle

tip of a stem (of a plant)

Anatomy

parietal bone

Buddhism

Butchōson (type of Buddha representing omniscience in Mikkyō Buddhism); Butchō

Botany

terminal bud; apical bud

crest of dam; top of dam

zenith telescope

zenith

Humble

to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to accept

Humble

to be able to eat; to be able to drink

to be acceptable; to be satisfactory

claim (esp. in a patent)

alpenglow; alpine glow

Linguistics

coronal; coronal consonant

Astronomy

quasi-zenith

Anatomy

parietal eye; third eye; pineal eye