English dictionary: words starting with den - page 5

Meanings of Dentex:

noun

A sea bream of the genus dentex, especially d. dentex of the mediterranean and the north african atlantic coast.

Usage examples:

Like majorca, the sea around menorca abounds with shoaling barracuda, amberjack, dentex and dolphins.

Meanings of Denticle:

noun

A small tooth or toothlike projection.

Usage examples:

Near the base of the teeth, the denticles are less strongly pointed, and may become rounded.

Meanings of Denticles:

noun

A small tooth or toothlike projection.

Usage examples:

Near the base of the teeth, the denticles are less strongly pointed, and may become rounded.

Meanings of Denticulate:

adjective

Having small teeth or toothlike projections; finely toothed.

Usage examples:

Both mesial and distal edges of the crowns are coarsely denticulate, with the denticles oriented at…

Meanings of Denticulation:

noun

The condition of having small teeth or toothlike projections.

Usage examples:

Lateral, posterior, and anterior processes are provided with fairly distinct denticulation

Meanings of Dentifrice:

noun

A paste or powder for cleaning the teeth.

Usage examples:

Here's a dentifrice with real action

Meanings of Dentifrices:

noun

A paste or powder for cleaning the teeth.

Usage examples:

Here's a dentifrice with real action

Meanings of Dentigerous:

noun

A cyst (= a small growth filled with liquid) that develops around the top of a tooth that has not yet grown through the gum

Meanings of Dentil:

noun

(in classical architecture) one of a number of small rectangular blocks resembling teeth, used as a decoration under the moulding of a cornice.

Usage examples:

A dentil frieze

Meanings of Dentilingual:

adjective

(of a consonant) pronounced with the teeth and the tongue; dental.

Usage examples:

Callum spoke posh english, his accent all mellifluous vowels and dentilingual consonants.

Meanings of Dentils:

noun

(in classical architecture) one of a number of small rectangular blocks resembling teeth, used as a decoration under the moulding of a cornice.

Usage examples:

A dentil frieze

Meanings of Dentin:

noun

Hard dense bony tissue forming the bulk of a tooth, beneath the enamel.

Usage examples:

Human teeth are made up of four different types of tissue: pulp, dentin, enamel, and cementum.

Meanings of Dentine:

noun

Hard dense bony tissue forming the bulk of a tooth, beneath the enamel.

Usage examples:

Human teeth are made up of four different types of tissue: pulp, dentin, enamel, and cementum.

Meanings of Denting:

verb

Mark with a dent.

Usage examples:

He hit a concrete bollard, denting the wing

noun

A slight hollow in a hard even surface made by a blow or pressure.

Usage examples:

There was a hideous dent in the front passenger door

Meanings of Dentist:

noun

A person who is qualified to treat diseases and other conditions that affect the teeth and gums, especially the repair and extraction of teeth and the insertion of artificial ones.

Usage examples:

His mouth is still sore from his visit to the dentist's

Meanings of Dentistry:

noun

The treatment of diseases and other conditions that affect the teeth and gums, especially the repair and extraction of teeth and the insertion of artificial ones.

Usage examples:

Advances in modern dentistry

Meanings of Dentists:

noun

A person who is qualified to treat diseases and other conditions that affect the teeth and gums, especially the repair and extraction of teeth and the insertion of artificial ones.

Usage examples:

His mouth is still sore from his visit to the dentist's

Meanings of Dentition:

noun

The arrangement or condition of the teeth in a particular species or individual.

Usage examples:

Mammals can be reliably identified from a study of their dentition alone

Meanings of Dents:

noun

A slight hollow in a hard even surface made by a blow or pressure.

Usage examples:

There was a hideous dent in the front passenger door

verb

Mark with a dent.

Usage examples:

He hit a concrete bollard, denting the wing

Meanings of Denture:

noun

A removable plate or frame holding one or more artificial teeth.

Usage examples:

Ideally, dentures should be renewed every three or four years

Meanings of Dentures:

noun

A removable plate or frame holding one or more artificial teeth.

Usage examples:

Ideally, dentures should be renewed every three or four years

Meanings of Denuclearization:

noun

The action of removing nuclear weapons from a place

Usage examples:

Negotiations for the denuclearization of the pensinsula, denuclearization talks

Meanings of Denuclearize:

verb

Remove nuclear weapons from.

Usage examples:

The us said it would denuclearize most of its naval vessels

Meanings of Denuclearized:

verb

Remove nuclear weapons from.

Usage examples:

The us said it would denuclearize most of its naval vessels

Meanings of Denuclearizes:

verb

Remove nuclear weapons from.

Usage examples:

The us said it would denuclearize most of its naval vessels