emphasis If you say that someone is lying through their teeth, you are emphasizing that they are telling lies
In a dry paint film, a fine texture imparted either by a proportion of relatively coarse or abrasive pigment, or by the abrasives used in sanding; this texture improves the burnish properties and also provides a good base for the adhesion of a subsequent coat of paint
If you do something in the teeth of a difficulty or danger, you do it in spite of the difficulty or danger. I was battling my way along the promenade in the teeth of a force ten gale In the teeth of the longest recession since the 1930s, the company continues to perform well
Greek, odont'; Latin, dent'; Sanskrit, dant'; Gothic, tunth'; Anglo-Saxon, tóth, plural, téth Golden tooth (See Golden ) Wolf's tooth (See Teeth ) In spite of his teeth (See Teeth )
{i} hard white piece of bone in the mouth used to chew or grind food, whitish bony structure in the mouth; cleat, prong; indentation, sharp protrusion on the blade of a saw; something destructive; liking of a particular flavor or type of food (E.g.: I have a sweet tooth and I eat too much chocolate")
An angular or prominence on any edge; as, a tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a plant one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss
Small bumps which texture the wrapper on a cigar TORCEDOR Title earned by the master cigar rollers TORPEDO A cigar with a closed head and a closed foot TUBO A cigar that is placed in a tube Most tubes are aluminum while some are glass
Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card
A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through
to get the bit between your teeth: see bit to give one's eye teeth for something: see eye to gnash one's teeth: see gnash to grit your teeth: see grit a kick in the teeth: see kick by the skin of your teeth: see skin. Any of the hard structures in the mouth used for biting and chewing and in speech. Each consists of a crown above the gum and one or more roots below it, embedded in the jaw. Its inner pulp contains the blood and nerve supply for the bonelike dentin, covered in the crown by enamel, the hardest tissue in the body. Twenty primary (baby) teeth come in by age 2 1/2 and fall out between ages 5 and 13 to be replaced by 32 permanent teeth. The incisors, in front, are shaped mostly for biting, the pointed canines for tearing, and the premolars and molars for grinding food. The teeth are subject to caries (decay), caused by acid from bacteria in plaque, a yellowish film that builds up on teeth. Misalignment of teeth between the upper and lower jaws can grind down the teeth and cause problems in chewing. Elsewhere, it is a cosmetic problem. Both can be treated with braces. See also dentistry
A very slight surface texture of paper preferred for dry media such as charcoal and pastel
One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food
If you fight tooth and nail to do something, you do everything you can in order to achieve it. If you fight something tooth and nail, you do everything you can in order to prevent it. He fought tooth and nail to keep his job