fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a method of examining in minute detail, he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes |
tooth | a means of enforcement, the treaty had no teeth in it |
crawl front crawl Australian crawl | a swimming stroke, arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick |
front-porch campaigning front-porch campaign | a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel, William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in , her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign |
tooth shell tusk shell | any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing |
bleeding tooth Nerita peloronta | gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening, of the Caribbean area |
tooth | toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell |
chanfron chamfron testiere frontstall front-stall | medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head |
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
fly fly front | an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth |
front | the side that is seen or that goes first |
front bench | any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers |
front door front entrance | exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building |
front porch | a porch for the front door |
front projector | a projector for digital input |
front yard | the yard in front of a house, between the house and the street |
houndstooth check hound's-tooth check dogstooth check dogs-tooth check dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
living room livingoom sitting room front room parlor parlour | a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax |
mouse-tooth forceps | a type of forceps |
tooth | something resembling the tooth of an animal |
tooth | one of a number of uniform projections on a gear |
tooth powder toothpowder | a dentifrice in the form of a powder |
tooth | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates, used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense |
carnassial tooth | the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore, having sharp edges for cutting flesh |
tooth socket alveolus | a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth |
front tooth anterior | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth, his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors |
back tooth posterior | a tooth situated at the back of the mouth |
malposed tooth | a tooth that has grown in a faulty position |
permanent tooth adult tooth | any of the teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age |
primary tooth deciduous tooth baby tooth milk tooth | one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one ofin children) |
canine canine tooth eyetooth eye tooth dogtooth cuspid | one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars |
wisdom tooth | any of the last teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw, the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages and ) |
root tooth root | the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support |
enamel tooth enamel | hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth |
front | the outward appearance of a person, he put up a bold front |
front matter prelims | written matter preceding the main text of a book |
sweet tooth | a strong appetite for sweet food |
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine DFLP Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine PDFLP | a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change, in the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren |
International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders | a terrorist group organized by Osama bin Laden in that provided an umbrella organization for al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Egypt and Algeria and Pakistan and Bangladesh |
Islamic Great Eastern Raiders-Front IBDA-C | a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul, a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO |
Manuel Rodriquez Patriotic Front | a terrorist group formed in as the armed wing of the Chilean Communist Party |
Moranzanist Patriotic Front | a terrorist group of radical leftists formed in the late s, seeks to prevent the United States from intervening in Honduran economic and political affairs |
Moro Islamic Liberation Front | a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros, have clashed with troops at United States bases |
National Liberation Front of Corsica FLNC | a terrorist group formed in to work for Corsican independence, attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism |
Palestine Liberation Front PLF Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah | a terrorist group formed in as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, became a satellite of al-Fatah, made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine PFLP | a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in after the Six-Day War, combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism, used terrorism to gain attention for their cause, hoped to eliminate the state of Israel |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command PFLP-GC | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe |
Popular Struggle Front PSF | a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in but now have close relations with al-Fatah, staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border |
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party Revolutionary People's Liberation Front | an extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States, attacks Turkish security and military officials |
Revolutionary United Front RUF | a terrorist group formed in the s in Sierra Leone, seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions, responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities, sponsored by the president of Liberia |