Definitions for incisors

incisors in·ci·sor

Spelling: [in-sahy-zer]
IPA: /ɪnˈsaɪ zər/

Incisors is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in incisors (ciinorss).

Definitions for incisors

noun

  1. any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.

Origin of incisors

1665-75; New Latin: literally, cutter, equivalent to Latin incīd(ere) to incise + -tor -tor, with -dt- > -s-

Examples for incisors

She smiled, too, her incisors creeping out from behind her lips.

The incisors are orthodont; the rostrum is short and the braincase is wide.

We have teeth that allow us to grind plants (molars) or tear flesh (incisors).

His tusks are his incisors, and they have developed as have almost no other teeth in the mammals.

The incisors indicate the age, but they are not usually liable to disease.

After the incisors, the premolars show the greatest number of anomalies.

The incisors are generally 2/2, and the molars, except in the Hapalidae, are 3/3.

The animal had found the ball, seized it between the incisors, and extracted it.

There are twenty teeth; in each jaw there are eight molars and two incisors.

“The only offensive thing I have is a pair of incisors,” said the water-rat.

Word Value for incisors
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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