Word Meanings - DENTISTRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.

Related words: (words related to DENTISTRY)

• DENTALISM
  The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.
• PROFESSIONALISM
  The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; - - opposed to Ant: amateurism.
• DENTALIUM
  A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.
• SURGERY
  1. The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries
• DENTIST
  One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.
• PROFESSION
  The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order. (more info) 1. The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith. A solemn vow, promise, and
• DENTISTRY
  The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.
• PROFESSIONAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. "Pride, not personal, but professional." Macaulay. "A professional
• DENTAL
  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
• PROFESSIONALIST
  professional person.
• DENTISTIC; DENTISTICAL
  Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists.
• PROFESSIONALLY
  In a professional manner or capacity; by profession or calling; in the exercise of one's profession; one employed professionally.
• ACCIDENTALLY
  In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
• EDENTALOUS
  See A
• BIDENTAL
  Having two teeth. Swift.
• NONPROFESSIONAL
  Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.
• TRANSCENDENTALIST
  One who believes in transcendentalism.
• EDENTAL
  See N
• TRANSCENDENTALITY
  The quality or state of being transcendental.
• LINGUADENTAL
  Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t.
• ACCIDENTALNESS
  The quality of being accidental; casualness.
• TRANSCENDENTAL
  In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of all human knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcends empiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge,
• LABIODENTAL
  Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v. -- n.
• INCIDENTAL
  Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. By some, religious
• TRANSCENDENTALISM
  The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge. Note: As Schelling and Hegel claim to have discovered the absolute identity of the objective and subjective in human knowledge,
• ACCIDENTALITY
  The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. Coleridge.
• OCCIDENTAL
  1. Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet. 2. Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones