Colt's tooth () See under Colt. |
Fore tooth () One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth |
Lion's tooth () See Leontodon. |
Tooth (n.) 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. |
Tooth (n.) Fig.: Taste |
Tooth (n.) Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office |
Tooth (n.) A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through. |
Tooth (n.) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk. |
Tooth (n.) An angular or prominence on any edge |
Tooth (n.) one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome. |
Tooth (n.) Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food |
Tooth (v. t.) To furnish with teeth. |
Tooth (v. t.) To indent |
Tooth (v. t.) To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4. |
Wear (n.) Same as Weir. |
Wear (v. t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side |
Wear (v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person |
Wear (v. t.) To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner |
Wear (v. t.) To use up by carrying or having upon one's self |
Wear (v. t.) To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like |
Wear (v. t.) To cause or make by friction or wasting |
Wear (v. t.) To form or shape by, or as by, attrition. |
Wear (v. i.) To endure or suffer use |
Wear (v. i.) To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used |
Wear (n.) The act of wearing, or the state of being worn |
Wear (n.) The thing worn |
Wear (n.) A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like. |
Wear (n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish. |
Wear (n.) A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water. |
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 |
wear wearing | the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment, she bought it for everyday wear |
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 |
clothing article of clothing vesture wear wearable habiliment | a covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
handwear hand wear | clothing for the hands |
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 |
leisure wear | informal clothing designed to be worn when you are relaxing |
mouse-tooth forceps | a type of forceps |
ready-to-wear | ready-made clothing, she couldn't find anything in ready-to-wear that she liked |
sportswear athletic wear activewear | attire worn for sport or for casual wear |
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 |
wash-and-wear | a fabric treated to be easily washable and to require no ironing |
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 |
sweet tooth | a strong appetite for sweet food |
tooth fairy | a fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out |
dentist tooth doctor dental practitioner | a person qualified to practice dentistry |
dogtooth violet dogtooth dog's-tooth violet | perennial woodland spring-flowering plant, widely cultivated |
white dogtooth violet white dog's-tooth violet blonde lilian Erythronium albidum | North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors |
Canadian aspen bigtooth aspen bigtoothed aspen big-toothed aspen large-toothed aspen large tooth aspen Populus grandidentata | aspen with a narrow crown, eastern North America |
tooth fungus | a fungus of the family Hydnaceae |
depreciation wear and tear | decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use |
cavity caries dental caries tooth decay | soft decayed area in a tooth, progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth |
impaction impacted tooth | a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally |
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy | a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood, characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs, progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span, inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant |
abscessed tooth | an abscess of a common kind in the tissue around a tooth |
wear | impairment resulting from long use, the tires showed uneven wear |
wear | have or show an appearance of, wear one's hair in a certain way |
wear bear | have on one's person, He wore a red ribbon, bear a scar |
wear put on get into don assume | put clothing on one's body, What should I wear today?, He put on his best suit for the wedding, The princess donned a long blue dress, The queen assumed the stately robes, He got into his jeans |
wear have on | be dressed in, She was wearing yellow that day |
c tire wear upon tire out wear weary jade wear out outwear wear down fag out fag fatigue c | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress, We wore ourselves out on this hike |
erode gnaw gnaw at eat at wear away | become ground down or deteriorate, Her confidence eroded |
wear on | pass slowly (of time), The day wore on |