dental
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Middle French dentalbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Definitions
Of or concerning the teeth.
- dental care
Of or concerning dentistry.
Articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade…
Articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth or with the blade of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, so that the tip of the tongue rests near the teeth.
- dental fricative
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Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue
Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.
Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.
A dental sound.
- 'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded.
The neighborhood
- neighbordentist
- neighbordentulous
- neighboredentulous
Derived
addental, alveolodental, antidental, apicodental, atlantodental, bidental, craniodental, dental alveolus, dental ape, dental arch, dental calculus, dental cap, dental care, dentalcare, dental caries, dental clinic, dental crown, dental dam, dental drill, dental engine, dental floss, dental formula, dental fricative, dental hygienist, dental identification, dentalism, dentality, dentalize, dentally, dental notation, dental pelican, dental pick, dental plate, dental spa, dental surgeon, dental surgery, gingivodental, inferior dental artery, infradental, interdental · +18 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at dental. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at dental. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at dental
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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