Part 2942

<h1>Dentilation</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den`ti*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dentition.</def>

<h1>Dentilave</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den"ti*lave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth + <ets>lavare</ets> to wash.]</ety> <def>A wash for cleaning the teeth.</def>

<h1>Dentile</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den"tile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>dentillus</ets>, for L. <ets>denticulus</ets>. See <er>Dentil</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small tooth, like that of a saw.</def>

<h1>Dentilingual</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den`ti*lin"gual</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dens</ets> tooth + E. <ets>lingual</ets>.]</ety> <def>Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A dentilingual sound or letter.</def></def2>

<blockquote>The letters of this fourth, <b>dentilingual</b> or linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r. <i>Am. Cyc.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dentiloquist</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den*til"o*quist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.</def>

<h1>Dentiloquy</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den*til"o*quy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth + <ets>loqui</ets> to speak.]</ety> <def>The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed.</def>

<h1>Dential</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den"ti*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to dentine.</def>

<h1>Dentine</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den"tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dentine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel.</def>

<h1>Dentiphone</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den"ti*phone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth + Gr. <?/ sound.]</ety> <def>An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Dentiroster</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den`ti*ros"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dentirostres</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth + <ets>rostrum</ets> bill, beak: cf. F. <ets>dentirostre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A dentirostral bird.</def>

<h1>Dentirostral</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den`ti*ros"tral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See <i>Illust</i>. (<i>N</i>) under <er>Beak</er>.</def>

<h1>Dentirostrate</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den`ti*ros"trate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dentirostral.</def>

<h1>Dentiscalp</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den"ti*scalp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dens</ets> tooth + <ets>scalpere</ets> to scrape.]</ety> <def>An instrument for scraping the teeth.</def>