Definitions for dentitions

dentitions den·ti·tion

Spelling: [den-tish-uh n]
IPA: /dɛnˈtɪʃ ən/

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

You can make 383 anagrams from letters in dentitions (deiinnostt).

Definitions for dentitions

noun

  1. the makeup of a set of teeth including their kind, number, and arrangement.
  2. the eruption or cutting of the teeth; teething; odontiasis.

Origin of dentitions

1605-15; Latin dentītiōn- (stem of dentītiō), equivalent to dentīt(us) (past participle of dentīre to cut teeth, teethe) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for dentitions

The skull (plates 22-24) and dentition are complete and unbroken.

The Civets and Hyaenas have a dentition allying them closely to the cats.

The dentition was complete and the canines not highly developed.

Thus far, we have considered only the process of the first dentition.

Here is a form of chart for keeping a record of the dentition.

The dentition is generally the full one of forty-four teeth.

It seems to lie between the ape and the human type of dentition.

The Ruminantia or Pecora are very uniform as regards their dentition.

The dentition is heterodont in a few reptiles and the majority of mammals.

The dentition of the Cebid is very characteristic of the family.

Word Value for dentitions
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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