Clues for the word "TREPAN"
We've had 25 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 41 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Pat Sajack's Code Letter crossword on June 08, 2017.
Definition of trepan
- n. - A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.
- n. - A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
- v. t. & i. - To perforate (the skull) with a trepan, so as to remove a portion of the bone, and thus relieve the brain from pressure or irritation; to perform an operation with the trepan.
- n. - A snare; a trapan.
- n. - a deceiver; a cheat.
- v. t. - To insnare; to trap; to trapan.
Referring Clues
- Boring tool
- Mine shaft borer
- Mine shaft tool
- Coring tool
- Mine shaft drill
- Rock-boring tool
- Circular drill
- Drill that cuts circles
- Drill
- Heavy boring tool
- Hole cutter
- Rock-boring device
- Mineshaft tool
- Surgical instrument
- Entice
- Rock-boring drill
- Bone-boring tool
- Surgeon's tool
- Round drill
- Surgical saw
- Queen single's piercing beat is something that really gets into your head!
- Saw the head for an examination
- Parent can become a bore
- Cranial surgical instrument
- Surgical instrument for the skull
Last Seen In
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 08, 2017
- LA Times - April 20, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - February 27, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - February 05, 2017
- Family Time - January 23, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 15, 2016
- LA Times - October 15, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 03, 2016
- New York Times - April 30, 2016
- USA Today - December 08, 2015
- Guardian Speedy - October 11, 2015
- LA Times - September 23, 2015
- Universal - May 13, 2015
- Universal - March 24, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 15, 2015
- LA Times - March 29, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - March 24, 2014
- USA Today - July 01, 2013
- Universal - August 03, 2012
- Universal - July 22, 2012
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - April 05, 2012
- Guardian Speedy - April 03, 2011
- Universal - December 03, 2010
- Universal - July 26, 2010
- Canadiana - April 19, 2010
- Guardian Cryptic - February 15, 2010
- New York Times - October 02, 2009
- Netword - October 10, 2008
- LA Times - July 27, 2008
- New York Times - January 26, 2008
- And in 11 more crossword puzzles...