jaw+tooth

  • 61corner tooth — n one of the third or outer pair of incisor teeth of each jaw of a horse compare DIVIDER, NIPPER (2) * * * the third incisor on either side of each jaw in the horse. Called also corner …

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  • 62Wisdom tooth — Wisdom Wis dom ( d[u^]m), n. [AS. w[imac]sd[=o]m. See {Wise}, a., and { dom}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 63milk tooth — noun Date: 1738 a temporary tooth of a young mammal; especially one of the human dentition including four incisors, two canines, and four molars in each jaw called also baby tooth, deciduous tooth …

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  • 64Spooky Tooth — Originaire de Carlisle, au nord de l Angleterre, Spooky Tooth est un groupe britannique de rock progressif formé en 1968 par d anciens membres des V.I.P.’s, rejoints par l Américain Gary Wright. Après plusieurs changements, le groupe a disparu au …

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  • 65egg tooth — a calcareous prominence at the tip of the beak or upper jaw of an embryonic bird or reptile, used to break through the eggshell at hatching. [1890 95] * * * ▪ anatomy       tooth or toothlike structure used by the young of many egg laying species …

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  • 66wisdom tooth — /ˈwɪzdəm tuθ/ (say wizduhm toohth) noun the third molar tooth; the last tooth in each quadrant of the jaw; the last tooth to erupt (usually between the ages of 17 and 25) …

  • 67stomach tooth — noun Etymology: so called from the gastric disturbance that often attends its appearance : a lower canine especially of the first dentition * * * a lower canine milk tooth of infants. [1870 75, Amer.; so called because its appearance is often… …

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  • 68Cheek tooth — Cheek Cheek (ch[=e]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[ a]ce, ce[ o]ce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw.] 1. The side of the face below the eye. [1913 Webster] 2. The cheek bone. [Obs.] Caucer. [1913 Webster] 3.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 69eye tooth — ► NOUN ▪ a canine tooth, especially one in the upper jaw. ● give one s eye teeth for (or to be or to do) Cf. ↑give one s eye teeth to do …

    English terms dictionary

  • 70wisdom tooth — n. [calque of ModL dentes sapientiae, based on Gr sōphronistēres < sōphronein, to be of sound mind: from their late appearance] the back tooth on each side of each jaw in human beings; any of the four third molars appearing usually between the …

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