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 |
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 |
fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
fine-toothed(a)
fine-tooth(a) | having fine teeth set close together, a fine-toothed comb |
| tooth and nail | with force and ferocity, she fought tooth and nail |