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

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"

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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"

wrist collapse: a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

swivel collapse: a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin

turn around collapse: get better; "Her performance in school picked up"; cause to get better; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"

ankle collapse: a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus

suture collapse: thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together; a seam used in surgery; an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull); join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"

toggle collapse: a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable); any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time; release by a toggle switch; "toggle a bomb from an airplane"; fasten with, or as if with, a toggle; provide with a toggle or toggles

joining collapse: the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"

miter collapse: a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions; the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made; "he covered the miter with glue before making the joint"; fit together in a miter joint; bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint; confer a miter on (a bishop)

mortise collapse: a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint; cut a hole for a tenon in

coupling collapse: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"; a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

sprocket collapse: thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain; roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through

ratchet collapse: mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction; move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool"

knuckle collapse: a joint of a finger when the fist is closed; shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground; press or rub with the knuckles

hip collapse: either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh; the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum; the fruit of a rose plant

knee collapse: the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee; hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

ferociously collapse: in a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely"

closure collapse: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric; a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body; terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"

manfully collapse: in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man; "having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home"

putrefaction collapse: a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

peg collapse: a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface; a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing; regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument; a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg; small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.; stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar"; fasten or secure with a wooden pin; "peg a tent"; pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into

navel collapse: scar where the umbilical cord was attached; the center point or middle of something

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