Part 2943

<h1>Dentist</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den"tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth: cf. F. <ets>dentiste</ets>. See <er>Tooth</er>.]</ety> <def>One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.</def>

<h1>Dentistic, Dentistical</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw><hw>Den*tis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Den*tis"ti*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Dentistry</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den"tist*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.</def>

<h1>Dentition</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den*ti"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dentitio</ets>, fr. <ets>dentire</ets> to cut teeth, fr. <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth. See <er>Dentist</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The development and cutting of teeth; teething.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.</def>

<h1>Dentize</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den"tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dentized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dentizing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth.]</ety> <def>To breed or cut new teeth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The old countess . . . did <b>dentize</b> twice or thrice. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dentoid</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den"toid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped.</def>

<h1>Dentolingual</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den`to*lin"gual</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dentilingual.</def>

<h1>Denture</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dens</ets>, <ets>dentis</ets>, tooth: cf. F. <ets>denture</ets>, OF. <ets>denteure</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Dentistry)</fld> <def>An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.</def>

<h1>Denudate</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*nud"ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>denudatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>denudare</ets>. See <er>Denude</er>.]</ety> <def>To denude.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<h1>Denudation</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>Den`u*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>denudatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82nudation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.</def>

<h1>Denude</h1> <Xpage=391>

<hw>De*nude"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>denudare</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>nudare</ets> to make naked or bare, <ets>nudus</ets> naked. See <er>Nude</er>.]</ety> <def>To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; <as>as, to <ex>denude</ex> one of clothing, or lands</as>.</def>

<h1>Denunciate</h1> <Xpage=391>