Definition of tooth

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Tooth (v. t.) To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw..

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Bi- :: Bi- () In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc..
Odontoid :: Odontoid (a.) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.
Falcon :: Falcon (n.) Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game..
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card..
Fore Tooth :: Fore tooth () One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.
Erose :: Erose (a.) Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed..
Ichthyornis :: Ichthyornis (n.) An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormae..
Angulo-dentate :: Angulo-dentate (a.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves..
Tenon :: Tenon (n.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk..
Sperm Whale :: Sperm whale () A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale..
Toothdrawer :: Toothdrawer (n.) One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist.
Toothpicker :: Toothpicker (n.) A toothpick.
Gap-toothed :: Gap-toothed (a.) Having interstices between the teeth.
Premolar :: Premolar (n.) An anterior molar tooth which has replaced a deciduous molar. See Tooth.
Dentirostral :: Dentirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger..
Combbroach :: Combbroach (n.) A tooth of a wool comb.
Bucktooth :: Bucktooth (n.) Any tooth that juts out.
Eroded :: Eroded (p. p. & a.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.
Penguin :: Penguin (n.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges..
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