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tooth British & World 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 British & World English

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

dog-tooth British & World English

a small pointed ornament or moulding forming one of a series radiating like petals from a raised centre, typical of Norman and Early English styles

egg tooth British & World 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

eye tooth British & World English

a canine tooth, especially one in the upper jaw

tooth mug British & World English

a mug used or designed for use like a toothglass

baby tooth British & World English

another term for milk tooth.

buck tooth British & World English

an upper tooth that projects over the lower lip

milk tooth British & World English

any of a set of early, temporary (deciduous) teeth in children or young mammals which fall out as the permanent teeth emerge (in children between the ages of about six and twelve)

sweet tooth British & World English

a great liking for sweet-tasting foods

tooth fairy British & World English

a fairy said to take children’s milk teeth after they fall out and leave a coin under the child’s pillow

tooth shell British & World English

another term for tusk shell.

snaggle-tooth British & World English

an irregular or projecting tooth

tooth powder British & World English

powder used for cleaning the teeth

wisdom tooth British & World English

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

cut a tooth in cut British & World English

(of a baby) have a tooth appear through the gum

permanent tooth British & World 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 British & World English

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

fine-tooth comb (also fine-toothed comb) British & World English

a comb with narrow teeth that are close together

red in tooth and claw in red British & World English

involving savage or merciless conflict or competition

sawtooth (also sawtoothed) British & World English

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

toothcomb British & World English

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

canine tooth in canine British & World English

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

houndstooth British & World English

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

molar tooth in molar (also molar tooth)1 British & World English

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

sabre-toothed cat in sabretooth British & World English

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

incisor tooth in incisor (also incisor tooth) British & World English

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

snaggle-teeth in snaggle-tooth British & World English

an irregular or projecting tooth

snaggle-tooths in snaggle-tooth British & World English

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

an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth in eye British & World English

used to refer to the belief that retaliation in kind is the appropriate way to deal with an offence 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