Toothless
111polygriptic — 1. A toothless state in which a person must wear dentures. 2. A person who wears dentures. Though toothless, Grandfather Jones was polygriptic and never tired of taking his dentures out to amaze and startle his grandchildren …
112polygriptic — 1. A toothless state in which a person must wear dentures. 2. A person who wears dentures. Though toothless, Grandfather Jones was polygriptic and never tired of taking his dentures out to amaze and startle his grandchildren …
113ant bear — noun 1. large shaggy haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America • Syn: ↑giant anteater, ↑great anteater, ↑tamanoir, ↑Myrmecophaga jubata • Hypernyms: ↑anteater, ↑New World anteater …
114gummy — 1. adj. (gummier, gummiest) 1 viscous, sticky. 2 abounding in or exuding gum. Derivatives: gumminess n. Etymology: ME f. GUM(1) + Y(1) 2. adj. & n. adj. (gummier, gummiest) toothless. n. (pl. ies) 1 Austral. a small shark, Mustelus antarcticus,… …
115pteranodon — ˈranəˌdän noun Etymology: New Latin, from pter + Greek anodont , anodōn toothless, from an + odōn tooth more at tooth 1. capitalized : a genus of Cretaceous pterosaurs having a long toothless beak, a backwardly directed bony crest on the skull,… …
116e|den|tal — «ee DEHN tuhl», adjective. = toothless. (Cf. ↑toothless) …
117agomphious — aˈgomphious, a. (əˈgɒmfɪəs) [f. Gr. ἀγόµϕι ος toothless + ous.] Toothless. in Syd. Soc. Lex …
118beat one's gums — {v. phr.}, {slang} To engage in idle talk, or meaningless chatter; generally to talk too much. * / Stop beating your gums, Jack, Joe cried. I am falling asleep. / Compare: CHEW THE FAT or CHEW THE RAG, SHOOT THE BREEZE or BAT THE BREEZE or FAN… …
119beat one's gums — {v. phr.}, {slang} To engage in idle talk, or meaningless chatter; generally to talk too much. * / Stop beating your gums, Jack, Joe cried. I am falling asleep. / Compare: CHEW THE FAT or CHEW THE RAG, SHOOT THE BREEZE or BAT THE BREEZE or FAN… …
120Acipenser rubicundus — Sturgeon Stur geon, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio, OHG. sturjo, G. st[ o]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to {Acipenser} and allied genera of the family …
