Definition of tooth

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Tooth (n.) Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish..

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Dentiform :: Dentiform (a.) Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.
Sound :: Sound (superl.) Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship..
Indenting :: Indenting (n.) Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.
Talon :: Talon (n.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
Sawfish :: Sawfish (n.) Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey..
Frame :: Frame (v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice..
Lead :: Lead (n.) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet..
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth..
Lion''s Tooth :: Lion's tooth () See Leontodon.
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider..
Cuspid :: Cuspid (n.) One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.
Crown :: Crown (n.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth..
Clearance :: Clearance (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages..
Coadapted :: Coadapted (a.) Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth..
Corona :: Corona (n.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown..
Spurt :: Spur-shell (n.) Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur..
Incisor :: Incisor (a.) Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth..
Root :: Root (n.) That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like..
Pectination :: Pectination (n.) Comblike toothing.
File :: File (v. t.) To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth..
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