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Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters. Dental formula , a brief notation used by zoölogists to denote the number and kind of teeth of a mammal. -- Dental

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Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters. Dental formula , a brief notation used by zoölogists to denote the number and kind of teeth of a mammal. -- Dental surgeon, a dentist. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.

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  • FORMALITY
    The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover. Fuller. 6. That which is formal; the formal part. It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while
  • DENTALISM
    The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.
  • NUMBERFUL
    Numerous.
  • FORMICARY
    The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill.
  • FORMULIZE
    To reduce to a formula; to formulate. Emerson.
  • MAMMALOGICAL
    Of or pertaining to mammalogy.
  • DENOTEMENT
    Sign; indication. Note: A word found in some editions of Shakespeare.
  • REPRESENTABLE
    Capable of being represented.
  • FORMERLY
    In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
  • NOTATION
    1. The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters. 2. Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system
  • REPRESENTANT
    Appearing or acting for another; representing.
  • FORMICAROID
    Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridæ or ant thrushes.
  • FORMIDABLY
    In a formidable manner.
  • BRIEFLY
    Concisely; in few words.
  • FORMICATE
    Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants.
  • FORME
    See PATTé
  • FORMEDON
    A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.
  • FORMAT
    The shape and size of a book; hence, its external form. The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work. G. H. Putnam. One might, indeed, protest that the format is a little
  • MAMMALOGIST
    One versed in mammalogy.
  • FORMYL
    A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential residue of formic acid and aldehyde. Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3.
  • FALCIFORM
    Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver.
  • INFORMITY
    Want of regular form; shapelessness.
  • OMNIFORMITY
    The condition or quality of having every form. Dr. H. More.
  • DEFORMER
    One who deforms.
  • DIVERSIFORM
    Of a different form; of varied forms.
  • ACCIDENTALLY
    In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
  • VARIFORM
    Having different shapes or forms.
  • PREFORM
    To form beforehand, or for special ends. "Their natures and preformed faculties. " Shak.
  • RESINIFORM
    Having the form of resin.
  • BIFORM
    Having two forms, bodies, or shapes. Croxall.
  • VILLIFORM
    Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform.
  • REFORMALIZE
    To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
  • FULL-FORMED
    Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh. The full-formed maids of Afric. Thomson.
  • SCORIFORM
    In the form of scoria.
  • REFORMATIVE
    Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory. Good.
  • PENNIFORM
    Having the form of a feather or plume.
  • MALCONFORMATION
    Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.
  • DENDRIFORM
    Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.
  • WELL-INFORMED
    Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.

 

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