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 |
artificial respiration | an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially |
artificial insemination AI | the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some means other than sexual intercourse |
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 |
artificial flower | a handmade imitation of a blossom |
artificial heart | a pump that replaces the natural heart |
artificial horizon gyro horizon flight indicator | a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope, it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot |
artificial joint | a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee) |
artificial kidney hemodialyzer | a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body |
artificial skin | a synthetic covering with two layers used experimentally to treat burn victims |
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
food additive artificial additive | an additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life |
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 |
Jarvik heart Jarvik artificial heart | a kind of artificial heart that has been used with some success |
mouse-tooth forceps | a type of forceps |
pacemaker artificial pacemaker | an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker |
reservoir artificial lake man-made lake | lake used to store water for community use |
satellite artificial satellite orbiter | man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon |
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 |
artificial intelligence AI | the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively, workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in computers and robots |
artificial language | a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose |
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 |
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 |
artificial blood | a liquid that can carry large amounts of oxygen and can serve as a temporary substitute for blood |