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Supramaxillary :: Supramaxilla (n.) The upper jaw or maxilla.

Chops :: Chops (n. pl.) The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth..

Prognathism :: Prognathism (n.) Projection of the jaws.

Jawed :: Jawed (imp. & p. p.) of Ja.

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death..

Underhung :: Underhung (a.) Having the lower jaw projecting.

V Hook :: V hook () A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V..

Chapfallen :: Chapfallen (a.) Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen..

Alligator :: Alligator (n.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator.

Mouth-footed :: Mouth-footed (a.) Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.

Eyetooth :: Eyetooth (n.) A canine tooth of the upper jaw.

Gena :: Gena () The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..

Odontolcae :: Odontolcae (n. pl.) An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis..

Cheek :: Cheek (n.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc..

Staggard :: Stag-evil (n.) A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse.

Prognathous :: Prognathous (a.) Having the jaws projecting beyond the upper part of the face; -- opposed to orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic..

Auricula :: Auricula (n.) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.

Clamp :: Clamp (n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising..

Hyomental :: Hyomental (a.) Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them; suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front of the neck..

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