Teeth (root: tooth)

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

Teeth, n. 

 pl. of Tooth.  [1913 Webster]

Teeth, v. i. 

 To breed, or grow, teeth.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Teeth, pl. of TOOTH.

THESAURUS

Teeth

acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, alveolar ridge, alveolus, apex, arytenoid cartilages, astringency, back, bird cage, bite, bitterness, blade, bones, bridgework, causticity, claws, clutches, crap game, crap shooting, craps, crooked dice, cubes, dental bridge, dentition, denture, dice, die, digits, dorsum, edge, false teeth, fangs, fierceness, fingernails, fingers, grip, gums, hands, hard palate, harshness, hooks, ivories, jaws, keenness, larynx, lips, loaded dice, mandibles, maxillae, meathooks, mitts, mordacity, mordancy, nails, nasal cavity, nippers, oral cavity, palate, palm, periodontal tissue, pharyngeal cavity, pharynx, pincers, plate, poignancy, point, poker dice, pounces, rigor, roughness, set of teeth, severity, sharpness, soft palate, speech organ, sting, stridency, stringency, syrinx, talons, tartness, teeth ridge, tip, tongue, trenchancy, unguals, ungulae, uppers and lowers, vehemence, velum, violence, virulence, vocal chink, vocal cords, vocal folds, vocal processes, voice box

ROGET THESAURUS

Teeth

Instrument

N instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.

Retention

N retention, retaining, keep, detention, custody, tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip, fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum, bond, clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice, paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf, neif, bird in hand, captive, retaining, retentive, tenacious, unforfeited, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated, incommunicable, inalienable, in mortmain, in strict settlement, uti possidetis.

Pulverulence

N powderiness, pulverulence, sandiness, efflorescence, friability, powder, dust, sand, shingle, sawdust, grit, meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule, crumb, seed, grain, particle, limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder, flocculi, smoke, cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke, puff of smoke, volume of smoke, sand storm, dust storm, pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure, limitation, tripsis, filing, mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology, powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous, arenose, arenarious, arenaceous, gritty, efflorescent, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline, sporaceous, sporous, pulverizable, friable, crumbly, shivery, pulverized, attrite, in pieces.