Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
ameloblast | an enamel-producing cell of a tooth. |
anodontia | congenital absence of teeth. |
bicuspid | having two cusps; (noun) a tooth having two cusps. |
bicuspidate | having two cusps; (noun) a tooth having two cusps. |
bidentate | having two teeth or toothlike parts. |
bidentated | having two teeth or toothlike parts. |
brachyodont | of mammals, such as humans, having teeth with short crowns. |
bridgework | a dental bridge. |
bucktooth | any tooth that juts out. |
canine | of or like a dog; (noun) a dogtooth. |
caried | affected by caries, tooth decay. |
caries | (Lat.) decay (of a bone or tooth). |
cariose | of or pertaining to dental cavities; decayed. |
cariosity | the state of being cariose. |
carious | of or pertaining to dental cavities; decayed. |
carnassial | adapted for tearing; (noun) a tooth adapted for tearing. |
cementum | (Lat.) hard tissue covering the roots of the teeth. |
cheektooth | a molar tooth. |
cuspid | a tooth with a single point, a canine tooth. |
cuspidal | relating to a cuspid, a tooth with a single point, a canine tooth. |
cuspidate | shaped like a cuspid, a tooth with a single point, a canine tooth. |
cuspidated | shaped like a cuspid, a tooth with a single point, a canine tooth. |
dentary | pertaining to, or bearing, teeth; (noun) a bone of the lower jaw of some vertebrates, usually bearing teeth. |
dentation | the condition of being dentate. |
dentiform | shaped like a tooth. |
dentigerous | having teeth. |
dentin | an ivorylike material making up teeth. |
dentinal | relating to dentine, an ivorylike material making up teeth. |
dentine | an ivorylike material making up teeth. |
dentition | the cutting or growing of teeth. |
dentoid | shaped like a tooth. |
dentulous | having teeth. |
dentural | relating to dentures. |
denture | a set of teeth. |
diastema | (Greek) a space between consecutive teeth. |
dilaceration | a bend in a tooth resulting from an injury during its growth causing it to grow at an angle. |
dogtooth | a canine tooth. |
edentulate | without teeth. |
edentulous | without teeth. |
eyetooth | one of the canine teeth directly under or next to the eye, esp in the upper jaw. |
foretooth | a front tooth. |
gingiva | (Lat.) the fleshy tissue that surrounds the teeth. |
gumline | the line where gums meet teeth. |
heterodont | having the teeth differentiated into incisors, canines, and molars, as in man. |
homodont | having teeth all alike. |
incisal | relating to the cutting edge of a tooth. |
incisiform | shaped like an incisor tooth. |
incisor | a cutting tooth. |
interdental | situated between the teeth. |
interdentally | in a manner between the teeth. |
interproximal | situated or used in the areas between adjoining teeth. |
isodont | having all the teeth similar in size and form; (noun) an isodont creature. |
isodontal | having all the teeth similar in size and form; (noun) an isodontal animal. |
laniary | of teeth or claws designed for tearing; (noun) a canine tooth. |
lophodont | of a molar tooth, having (esp transverse) ridges between the cusps; (of a dentition) characterized by such molar teeth. |
macrodont | having large teeth. |
maloccluded | exhibiting malocclusion. |
malocclusion | faulty contact between the upper and lower teeth when the jaw is closed. |
mensa | (Lat.) the grinding surface of a tooth. |
molar | any of the twelve broad-faced grinding teeth in man. |
molendinar | relating to a mill or a miller; (noun) a molar tooth. |
multicuspid | having more than two cusps; (noun) a multicuspid tooth. |
occlusal | of or pertaining to occlusions of the teeth. |
odontic | dental. |
odontoblast | a tooth cell in the surface of dental pulp that produces dentine. |
odontoblastic | of or like an odontoblast, a tooth cell in the surface of dental pulp that produces dentine. |
odontogenic | relating to odontogeny, the origin and development of teeth. |
odontogeny | the origin and development of teeth. |
onlay | an artificial veneer for a tooth. |
overbite | the overlapping of the lower by the upper teeth; esp vertical overlapping of the incisors. |
periodontal | investing or surrounding a tooth. |
periodontally | (Adv.) PERIODONTAL, investing or surrounding a tooth. |
predentate | having teeth in the forepart of the jaw only. |
premolar | situated in front of the molar teeth; (noun) a premolar tooth. |
snaggletooth | an irregular, broken, or projecting tooth. |
snaggletoothed | having a snaggletooth, an irregular, broken, or projecting tooth. |
teethe | to cut teeth. |
teethridge | the inner surface of the gums of the upper front teeth. |
tooth | one of the hard bonelike enamel-coated structures embedded in the jawbones (verb) to provide with teeth; to cut into teeth |
toothily | (Adv.) TOOTHY, with protruding teeth. |
toothiness | the state of being toothy. |
toothlike | like a tooth. |
toothy | with protruding teeth. |
tricuspid | having three cusps, or points; (noun) a tricuspid tooth. |
tricuspidal | having three cusps, or points; as, a tricuspidal molar. |
tricuspidate | having three cusps, or points; as, a tricuspidate molar. |
tridentate | having three prongs. |