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tooth US English

each of a set of hard, bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing

tooth in tooth US English

each of a set of hard, bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing

egg tooth US English

a hard white protuberance on the beak or jaw of an embryo bird or reptile that is used for breaking out of the shell and is later lost

tooth mug US English

a mug used or designed for use like a toothglass

baby tooth US English

another term for milk tooth.

buck tooth US English

an upper tooth that projects over the lower lip

milk tooth US English

any of a set of early, temporary (deciduous) teeth in children or young mammals that fall out as the permanent teeth erupt (in children, between the ages of about 6 and 12)

sweet tooth US English

a great liking for sweet-tasting foods

tooth fairy US English

a fairy said to leave a gift, especially a coin, under a child’s pillow in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been put under the pillow

tooth shell US English

a burrowing mollusk with a slender tusk-shaped shell, which is open at both ends and typically white, and a three-lobed foot

tooth powder US English

powder used for cleaning the teeth

wisdom tooth US English

each of the four hindmost molars in humans, which usually appear at about the age of twenty

cut a tooth in cut US English

(usually of a baby or child) have a tooth appear through the gum

permanent tooth US English

a tooth in a mammal that replaces a temporary milk tooth and lasts for most of the mammal’s life

dog's-tooth violet US English

a plant of the lily family which has backward-curving pointed petals

fine-tooth comb (also fine-toothed comb) US English

a comb with narrow teeth that are close together

red in tooth and claw in red US English

involving savage or merciless conflict or competition

dogtooth US English

a small pointed ornament repeated along a molding consisting of four petals radiating from a raised center, used especially in the Early English style

eyetooth US English

a canine tooth, especially one in the upper jaw

sawtooth (also sawtoothed or saw-toothed) US English

shaped like the teeth of a saw with alternate steep and gentle slopes

toothcomb US English

used with reference to a very thorough search or analysis of something

canine tooth in canine US English

a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal, often greatly enlarged in carnivores

houndstooth US English

a large checked pattern with notched corners suggestive of a canine tooth, typically used in cloth for jackets and suits

molar1 US English

a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth

saber-toothed cat in sabertooth US English

a large extinct carnivorous mammal of the cat family, with large, curved upper canine teeth

incisor US English

a narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting. In humans there are four incisors in each jaw

snaggleteeth in snaggletooth US English

an irregular or projecting tooth

snaggletooths in snaggletooth US English

a small deep-sea fish with large fangs at the front of the jaws and a number of light organs on the body

an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth in eye US English

used to refer to the belief that punishment in kind is the appropriate way to deal with an offense or crime

tooth English-French

dent f

tooth English-Italian

dente m

tooth English-Spanish

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tooth mug English-German

Zahnputzbecher

tooth decay English-German

Zahnverfall

baby tooth English-Italian

dente m di latte

tooth ache English-Italian

mal m di denti

wisdom tooth English-German

Weisheitszahn

wisdom tooth English-Italian

dente m del giudizio

wisdom tooth English-Spanish

muela f del juicio

fine-tooth[ed] comb English-Italian

go over something with a fine-tooth[ed] comb

fine-tooth(ed) comb English-Spanish

to go over sth with a fine-tooth(ed) comb-tooth(ed) comb