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dent: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow); an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account"

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dimple collapse: a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled"; any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball"; produce dimples while smiling; "The child dimpled up to the adults"; mark with, or as if with, dimples; "drops dimpled the smooth stream"

incisor collapse: a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws

cuspid collapse

denticle collapse: small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod

tusk collapse: a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog; remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant"

fingerprint collapse: biometric identification from a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used as evidence in criminal investigations; a generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"; take an impression of a person's fingerprints

thumbprint collapse: fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)

paw print collapse

footprint collapse: the area taken up by some object; "the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"; a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"; a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important; "the footprints of an earlier civilization"

tush collapse

molar collapse: grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars; containing one mole of a substance; "molar weight"; designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution; of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth; "molar teeth"

bicuspid collapse: having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth); "bicuspid teeth"; "bicuspid leaves"

punch in collapse

cutter collapse: a cutting implement; a tool for cutting; a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop; someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments); someone who carves the meat

footstep collapse: the act of taking a step in walking; the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"

fang collapse: hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison; canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey; a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon

convexity collapse: the property possessed by a convex shape

embossment collapse

alveolus collapse: a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways

pockmark collapse: a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease; mark with or as if with pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease"

indentation collapse: the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions; the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line; a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

canine collapse: any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles; one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars; of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae; of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

tamp collapse: a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

grinder collapse: a machine tool that polishes metal

depress collapse: lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"; lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"; lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"

set in collapse: become established; "winter has set in"; enter a particular state; "Laziness set in"; "After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in"; blow toward the shore; "That gale could set in on us with the next high tide"

set back collapse: slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"; cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

pug collapse: small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle

tooth collapse: a means of enforcement; "the treaty had no teeth in it"; toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell; something resembling the tooth of an animal; one of a number of uniform projections on a gear; hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

concavity collapse: the property possessed by a concave shape

honeycomb collapse: a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees; a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae; make full of cavities, like a honeycomb; penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"; carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed"

signet collapse: a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially)

scar collapse: a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue; mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

snag collapse: a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"; a sharp protuberance; hew jaggedly; catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"; get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"

colophon collapse: a publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page)

indenture collapse: a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term; formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt; bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant"

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