Definition of tooth

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Tooth (n.) one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome.

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Echidna :: Echidna (n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater..
Machairodus :: Machairodus (n.) A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers..
Odontolite :: Odontolite (n.) A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise..
Gustable :: Gustable (v.) Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory.
Untooth :: Untooth (v. t.) To take out the teeth of.
Eyetooth :: Eyetooth (n.) A canine tooth of the upper jaw.
Toothback :: Toothback (n.) Any notodontian.
Toothpicker :: Toothpicker (n.) A toothpick.
Escapement :: Escapement (n.) The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration..
Tooth :: 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..
Retaliation :: Retaliation (n.) The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth..
Dent :: Dent (n.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc..
Toothleted :: Toothleted (a.) Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf..
Incisor :: Incisor (a.) Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth..
Dentilated :: Dentilated (a.) Toothed.
Bidentate :: Bidentate (a.) Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two-toothed.
Odonto- :: Odonto- () A combining form from Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth..
Dentoid :: Dentoid (a.) Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped.
Grampus :: Grampus (n.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii..
Toothdrawer :: Toothdrawer (n.) One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist.
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