Definitions for bicuspid

bicuspid bi·cus·pid

Spelling: [bahy-kuhs-pid]
IPA: /baɪˈkʌs pɪd/

Bicuspid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 158 anagrams from letters in bicuspid (bcdiipsu).

Definitions for bicuspid

adjective

  1. Also, bicuspidate. having or terminating in two cusps or points, as certain teeth.

noun

  1. premolar (def 4).

Origin of bicuspid

First recorded in 1830-40; bi-1 + cuspid

Examples for bicuspid

The lingual tubercle is very constant on the first bicuspid of man and is as well developed as the buccal.

A molar, a bicuspid, a canine, and an incisor were laid in succession on the table.

That of the left ventricle has only two flaps, and is therefore often spoken of as the bicuspid or mitral valve.

bicuspid, bī-kus′pid, adj. having two cusps: a pre-molar tooth.

The valves of the left side are the most subject—the bicuspid or mitral and the aortic or semilunar.

George T. Carpenter, of Chicago, has a right superior, second bicuspid with three well formed roots.

This grading of form is not observed in passing from the cuspid to the bicuspid in man.

The upper and lower are both cone-shaped, and the superior first bicuspid exhibits tendency thereto.

Entry (Mauser), through the mouth, knocking out the left upper canine and bicuspid teeth.

Word Value for bicuspid
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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