tooth : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an abscess of a common kind in the tissue around a tooth
  

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• noun any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age
  adult tooth.
  

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• noun one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
  baby tooth; deciduous tooth; milk tooth.
  

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• noun a tooth situated at the back of the mouth
  posterior.
  

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• noun gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area
  Nerita peloronta.
  

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• the vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth.

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• either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw.

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• noun one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
  dogtooth; canine; cuspid; canine tooth; eyetooth.
  

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• noun the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore; having sharp edges for cutting flesh
  

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• noun a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant
  hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy.
  

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• a grinder. (Law)

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• (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth.

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• an imperfect or superfluous tooth in young horses.

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• one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.

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• noun one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
  baby tooth; deciduous tooth; milk tooth.
  

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• noun textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks
  houndstooth check; dogs-tooth check; dog's-tooth check; dogstooth check.
  

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• noun perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
  dogtooth; dogtooth violet.
  

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• noun textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks
  houndstooth check; dogs-tooth check; dog's-tooth check; dogstooth check.
  

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• noun one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
  dogtooth; canine; cuspid; canine tooth; eyetooth.
  

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• adjective satellite having fine teeth set close together
  fine-toothed.
  
  • a fine-toothed comb

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• noun a comb with teeth set close together
  fine-toothed comb.
  
• noun a method of examining in minute detail
  fine-toothed comb.
  
  • he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes

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• a tooth of a saw shaped like an isosceles triangle; a peg tooth.

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Fore" tooth`

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plural Fore teeth

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1. (Anat.) One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.

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• noun a tooth situated at the front of the mouth
  anterior.
  
  • his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors

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• a projecting tooth. Obs. Halliwell.

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• (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.

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• noun textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks
  houndstooth check; dogs-tooth check; dog's-tooth check; dogstooth check.
  

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• noun a disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally
  impaction.
  

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• in defiance of opposition; in opposition to every effort.

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• directly; in direct opposition; in front. "Nor strive with all the tempest in my teeth." Pope.

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• a molar or grinder; a back tooth.

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• noun aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America
  bigtoothed aspen; bigtooth aspen; big-toothed aspen; large-toothed aspen; Canadian aspen; Populus grandidentata.
  

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Li"on's tooth`

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plural Lions' teeth

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1. (Bot.) See Leontodon.

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• noun a tooth that has grown in a faulty position
  

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• noun one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
  baby tooth; deciduous tooth; milk tooth.
  

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• (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty.

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• a grinder or molar tooth.

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• noun a type of forceps
  

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• (Anat.), the constriction between the root and the crown.

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• . See Fleam tooth under Fleam.

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• noun any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age
  adult tooth.
  

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• (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.

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• noun one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
  baby tooth; deciduous tooth; milk tooth.
  

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• (Anat.), the part of a tooth contained in the socket and consisting of one or more fangs.

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• . Same as Snag, 2.

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• noun a strong appetite for sweet food
  

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• an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. Colloq.

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• to report reproachfully; to taunt or insult one with.

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• to cease from youthful wantonness. "Your colt's tooth is not cast yet." Shak.

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• to be wanton. Chaucer.

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• to threaten. "When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite." Young.

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• in open opposition; directly to one's face. "That I shall live, and tell him to his teeth ." Shak.

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• adverb with force and ferocity
  
  • she fought tooth and nail

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• as if by biting and scratching; with one's utmost power; by all possible means. L'Estrange. "I shall fight tooth and nail for international copyright." Charles Reade.

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• (Zoöl.), any sertularian hydroid.

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• noun soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
  cavity; caries; dental caries.
  

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• noun a person qualified to practice dentistry
  dental practitioner; dentist.
  

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• the sensation excited in the teeth by grating sounds, and by the touch of certain substances, as keen acids.

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• noun hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth
  enamel.
  

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• noun a fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out
  

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• noun a fungus of the family Hydnaceae
  

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• an instrument used to extract teeth by a motion resembling that of turning a key.

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• a large fishing net anchored. Scot. Jamieson.

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• . (Arch.) Same as Dogtooth, n., 2.

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• a paste for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice.

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• noun a dentifrice in the form of a powder
  toothpowder.
  

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• a powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice.

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• . (Med.) See Red-gum, 1.

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• noun the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
  root.
  

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• noun any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing
  tusk shell.
  

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• noun a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth
  alveolus.
  

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• a cheek tooth; a molar. Obs.

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• noun North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors
  white dogtooth violet; blonde lilian; Erythronium albidum.
  

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• noun any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21)
  

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• the last, or back, tooth of the full set on each half of each jaw in man; familiarly so called, because appearing comparatively late, after the person may be supposed to have arrived at the age of wisdom. See the Note under Tooth, 1.

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