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Tooth

One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food.

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Agency 76% connected

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

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Bone 76% connected

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, bl…

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Narrower term 18

Anterior 76% connected

Before in time; antecedent.

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Bicuspid 76% connected

Alt. of Bicuspidate

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Canine 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the family Canidae, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.

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Chopper 76% connected

One who, or that which, chops.

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Cog 76% connected

To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.

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Conodont 76% connected

A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranc…

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Cuspid 76% connected

One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.

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Denticle 76% connected

A small tooth or projecting point.

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Dogtooth 76% connected

See Canine tooth, under Canine.

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Eyetooth 76% connected

A canine tooth of the upper jaw.

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Fang 76% connected

To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.

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Grinder 76% connected

One who, or that which, grinds.

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Incisor 76% connected

One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; an incisive tooth. See Tooth.

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Molar 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.

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Pearly 76% connected

Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells.

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Posterior 76% connected

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

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Premolar 76% connected

Situated in front of the molar teeth.

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Tusk 76% connected

Same as Torsk.

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Toothy 74% connected

Toothed; with teeth.

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Toothy 74% connected

Toothed; with teeth.

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Containing whole 4

Cogwheel 70% connected

A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.

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Comb 70% connected

An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

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Gear 70% connected

Clothing; garments; ornaments.

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Saw 70% connected

imp. of See.

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Component part 6

Crown 70% connected

of Crow

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Cusp 70% connected

A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.

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Dentine 70% connected

The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated bene…

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Pulp 70% connected

A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.

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Root 70% connected

To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.

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Stump 70% connected

The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

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Containing group 2

Dentition 70% connected

The development and cutting of teeth; teething.

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Teeth 70% connected

pl. of Tooth.

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