molar+tooth

  • 21Molar — In dentistry, a molar is one of the posterior teeth well adapted to grinding, in keeping with its origin from the Latin mola meaning millstone. * * * 1. Denoting a grinding, abrading, or wearing away. [L. molaris, relating to a mill, millstone] 2 …

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  • 22tooth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fang, tusk, canine, incisor, molar, cuspid, bicuspid, eyetooth, grinder (inf.), chopper (inf.); tine, cog; taste, relish; fondness. See sharpness, convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A dental process]… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 23tooth — toothlike, adj. /toohth/, n., pl. teeth, v., toothed /toohtht, toohdhd/, toothing /tooh thing, dhing/. n. 1. (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and… …

    Universalium

  • 24Tooth impaction — Impacted and embedded teeth are the two main types of unerupted teeth found in the mouth, and can sometimes be confused with each other. In both cases, the teeth remain below the surface of the gum and ,often, bone, rather than erupting into an… …

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  • 25molar — I. noun Etymology: Middle English molares, plural, from Latin molaris, from molaris of a mill, from mola millstone more at mill Date: 14th century a tooth with a rounded or flattened surface adapted for grinding; specifically one of the cheek… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26Tooth — The structures within the mouth that allow for biting and chewing. Teeth have different shapes, depending on their purpose. The sharp canine and frontal teeth allow for biting, while the flattened, thick molars in the back of the mouth provide… …

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  • 27molar — {{11}}molar (adj.) in chemistry, pertaining to one mole, 1902, from MOLE (Cf. mole) (4) + AR (Cf. ar). {{12}}molar (n.) grinding tooth, mid 14c., from L. molaris dens grinding tooth, from mola millstone, from PIE root *mel to rub, grind (see …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 28molar — mo·lar || məʊlÉ™(r) n. grinder tooth, back tooth; wisdom tooth adj. of a molar; pertaining to molality (Chemistry); of or pertaining to a mass of matter (Physics) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 29molar — Synonyms and related words: baby tooth, bicuspid, bucktooth, canine, crown, cuspid, cutter, deciduous tooth, dent, dental, denticle, denticulation, dentiform, dentil, dentition, dentoid, dogtooth, eyetooth, fang, fanged, fore tooth, gagtooth,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30tooth — Synonyms and related words: Vandyke, aftertaste, asperity, baby tooth, bicuspid, bitter, blaze, bucktooth, bumpiness, canine, chop, choppiness, coarsen, cog, comb, crag, cragginess, crenellate, crenulate, crimp, crown, cuspid, cut, cutter,… …

    Moby Thesaurus