Chapter Denotation to Deny of D by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

1. Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.

2. (Phon.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; — said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d and t are dental letters.

Dental formula (Zoöl.), a brief notation used by zoölogists to denote the number and kind of teeth of a mammal. — Dental surgeon, a dentist.

Dental
(Den"tal), n. [Cf. F. dentale. See Dental, a.]

1. An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.

2. (Zoöl.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.

Dentalism
(Den"tal*ism) n. The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.

Dentalium
(||Den*ta"li*um) n. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.

Dentary
(Den"ta*ry) a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth. — n. The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.

Dentate
(Den"tate Den"ta*ted) (- ta*ted), a. [L. dentatus, fr. dens, dentis, tooth.]

1. (Bot.) Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.

2. (Zoöl.) Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennæ.

Dentate-ciliate
(Den"tate-cil"i*ate) a. (Bot.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.

Dentately
(Den"tate*ly) adv. In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.

Dentate-sinuate
(Den"tate-sin"u*ate) a. (Bot.) Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.

Dentation
(Den*ta"tion) n. Formation of teeth; toothed form. [R.]

How did it [a bill] get its barb, its dentation?

Paley.

Dented
(Dent"ed) a. [From Dent, v. t.] Indented; impressed with little hollows.

Dentel
(Dent"el) n. Same as Dentil.

Dentelle
(||Den*telle") n. [F.] (Bookbinding) An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight.

Dentelli
(||Den*tel"li) n. pl. [It., sing. dentello, prop., little tooth, dim. of dente tooth, L. dens, dentis. Cf. Dentil.] Modillions. Spectator.

Dentex
(||Den"tex) n. [NL., cf. L. dentix a sort of sea fish.] (Zoöl.) An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percidæ.

Denticete
(||Den`ti*ce"te) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + cetus, pl. cete, whale, Gr. .] (Zoöl.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.