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tooth

noun as in a hard bony structure in the jaws of vertebrates

noun as in a toothlike or tooth-shaped object

noun as in bony object in mouth

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Our kid lost their first tooth on the 405; my bumper once seemed to kiss a Mercedes; a woman T-boned me so badly that I saw stars.

The CDC says fluoridation to prevent tooth decay is one of the 20th century’s greatest public health achievements, and more than half of Californians live in communities with fortified water.

More than half of Californians and nearly 75% of U.S. residents live in communities where fluoride has been added to drinking water to prevent tooth decay, an intervention hailed by the U.S.

"If you could lock down some of the potential voters who are registered, who are saying, 'I haven't decided yet,' or 'I'm alienated from both candidates,' I think you would see them both, up until the very end, trying to flip those voters and turn them out — tooth and nail to the end."

From Salon

In Aspartame, the descriptions of the physical side effects of bulimia aren’t sugar coated, she is “rail thin in a polka dress” with “tooth enamel dissolved by stomach acid”.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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