pates
Crowns of heads
Pates is the plural of pate, an old-fashioned or humorous word for the top of the head: Their bald pates gleamed under the fluorescent lights.
The word appears most often in phrases like bald pate or in literary contexts.
It's unrelated to pâté, the French meat paste.
heads
Head bones
- craniumsBones encasing brains
- crownsRegal head ornaments
- domesVaulted rounded ceilings
- nogginsInformal word for heads
scalps · brows · tops · baldness · tonsures · foreheads · temples · brainpans
culinary
Lidded baking crocks
- foieFrench for liver
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
- duckWaterbird that quacks
- gooseLarge honking waterfowl
mousse · charcuterie · forcemeat · galantine · spreadable · toast · cornichons · French