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tooth

[tooth] / tuθ /


NOUN
a toothlike or tooth-shaped object
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He also said the authenticity of the bite marks on the photo — which form a circular shape with an absence of bruising — could be challenged in court by an expert in tooth reconstruction.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

But hey, if you have a voracious sweet tooth, you can always double down on the sweetness.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

But each new fossil tooth pulled from Australia's ancient deposits adds another clue, making the story of marsupial evolution more complex, and far richer.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

And at O’Hare International Airport, American Airlines has been fighting tooth and nail not to lose access to gates in its terminal because of the Chicago hub’s potential to fuel its credit-card loyalty program.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The mugs were set on the kitchen floor and remained there until the cat chipped a tooth and went on a hunger strike.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Hook always wanted to bite Cosmo with his few remaining yellowed, tiny teeth that Delilah compared to candy corn.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Over time, severe gum disease can destroy the tissue and bone that hold teeth in place.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

With a full beard, glittering earrings in both ears and braces on his teeth, Wallace is the man on campus.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Possible applications could include professional treatments for enamel erosion, products for sensitive teeth, and materials designed to improve the durability of fillings or other restorations.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

There was perhaps an extra knob or two on the misshapen head, teeth were missing—but to that vast, kindly ugliness the beating had made no real difference at all.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Previous finds from the site include early snakes and small saber toothed mammals.

From Science Daily Mar. 10, 2026

The inspectors also reported crews spraying contaminated pool water onto neighboring properties and into storm drains, and excavator operators using toothed buckets that caused clean and contaminated soil to be commingled.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2025

During opening weekend on March 16, the museum was a hive of freckles and gap toothed grins, with visitors ranging in age from newborn to well seasoned.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2024

As the study authors explain, baleen whales and their toothed whale cousins could not survive with the larynxes from their land mammal ancestors.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2024

Solid structures are set to vibrating by toothed bows in crustaceans and insects.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Unwittingly one will reason as if the slight variation were a toothing stone set up by the organism and reserved for a later construction.

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur

The depth of the toothing is 18 mm.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various

Or when they are not corbeling they may be toothing.

From Love Conquers All by Williams, Gluyas

Broad surfaces of close-grained hardwood having a shiny surface are usually carefully roughened with a fine toothing plane blade previous to glueing.

From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by Fairham, William

The second year included rowlock and bonded segmental arches; blocking, toothing, and corbeling; building and bonding of vaulted walls; polygonal and circular walls, piers and chimneys; fire-places and flues.

From One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America by Carleton, William




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