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An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight.

Modillions. Spectator.

An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percidæ.

The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.

A small tooth or projecting point.

Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx. -- Den*tic"u*late*ly, adv.

A diminutive tooth; a denticle.

Bearing teeth; dentigerous.

Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.

A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder.

Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.

A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.

A dentilabial sound or letter.

Toothed.

Dentition.

A wash for cleaning the teeth.

A small tooth, like that of a saw.

A dentilingual sound or letter. The letters of this fourth, dentilingual or linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r. Am. Cyc.

One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.

The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed.