| rake | 1. An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth. 2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake. 3. [Perhaps a different word. <chemical> A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; called also rake-vein. Gill rakes. <anatomy> See 1st Gill. Origin: AS. Race; akin to OD. Rake, D. Reek, OHG, rehho, G. Rechen, Icel, reka a shovel, and to Goth. Rikan to heap up, collect, and perhaps to Gr. To stretch out, and E. Rack to stretch. Cf. Reckon. 1. [Icel. Reika. Cf. Rake a debauchee] To walk about; to gad or ramble idly. 2. [See Rake a debauchee] To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life. <veterinary> To rake out, to fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung; said of the hawk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| anatomic teeth | Artificial teeth that duplicate the anatomic forms of natural teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior teeth | <dentistry> Your centrals, laterals, and cuspids. These are the teeth in the front of your mouth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| auditory teeth | Tooth-shaped formations or ridges occurring on the vestibular lip of the limbus lamina spiralis of the cochlear duct. Synonym: dentes acustici, Corti's auditory teeth, Huschke's auditory teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| back teeth | All teeth posterior to the canines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| geminated teeth | <dentistry> A developmental anomaly arising from the attempted division of one tooth bud, resulting in incomplete formation of two teeth and usually manifest as a bifid crown upon a single root. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ratio of decayed and filled teeth | An index of decayed and filled permanent teeth per person, per full complement of 28 teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metal insert teeth | Prosthetic teeth containing metal cutting surfaces in the occlusal surfaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| migrating teeth | Teeth which are changing position under natural forces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plastic teeth | Artificial teeth constructed of synthetic resins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Corti's auditory teeth | Tooth-shaped formations or ridges occurring on the vestibular lip of the limbus lamina spiralis of the cochlear duct. Synonym: dentes acustici, Corti's auditory teeth, Huschke's auditory teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crossbite teeth | Posterior teeth designed to permit the modified cusps of the upper teeth to be positioned in the fossae of the lower teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior teeth | <dentistry> Your bicuspids and molars. These are the teeth in the back of your mouth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| cutting teeth | The maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary teeth | <dentistry> The first set of teeth that develop in childhood. Synonym: deciduous teeth. (08 Jan 1998) |