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Bicuspid

Definitions: Bicuspid

Bicuspid

Adjective

1. Having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth); "bicuspid teeth"; "bicuspid leaves".

Noun

1. A tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Bicuspid

Synonyms: bicuspidate (adj), premolar (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Bicuspid

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

bisection

Adjective: bisected; Verb: cloven, cleft; bipartite, biconjugate, bicuspid, bifid; bifurcous, bifurcate, bifurcated; distichous, dichotomous, furcular; semi-, demi-, hemi.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bicuspid

English words defined with "bicuspid": bicuspid valveCanine tooth. (references)

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Modern Usage: Bicuspid

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I thrill when I drill a bicuspid It's swell though they tell me I'm mal-ad-just-ed. (Little Shop of Horrors; writing credit: Charles B. Griffith; Howard Ashman)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Bicuspid

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

[Anesthesia for lower bicuspid region].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Sounds Captioned with "Bicuspid".

PlayCaption
Brushing teeth; tooth; dental; dentifrice; toothpaste; cavities; cavity; floss; oral hygiene; mouth; gums; gingivitis; periodontal; periodontist; dentist; molar; incisor; bicuspid.
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Expression: Bicuspid

Expression using "bicuspid": bicuspid valve. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bicuspid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bicuspid aortic valve

40

bicuspid valve

11

bicuspid

10

bicuspid tooth

5

bicuspid heart valve

3
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Modern Translations: Bicuspid

Language Translations for "bicuspid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

преден кътник, двувръх (mitral). (various references)

   

Danish

  

bikuspidalklapper, bikuspid (bicuspid tooth), bicuspidat (bicuspid tooth), praemolar (bicuspid tooth). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

bicuspidatus (bicuspid tooth), bicuspidalis, bicuspidaal, valvula biscupidalis, tweeknobbelige kies (bicuspid tooth), dens praemolaris (bicuspid tooth), dens bicuspidatus (bicuspid tooth). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

دندان دوپایه , دوپایه (Bipod), دوگوشه (Diagonal), دودندانه (Bidentate). (various references)

   

French

  

bicuspide (bicuspid tooth), bicuspidé (bicuspid tooth), valvule bicuspide. (various references)

   

German

  

bikuspidal. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κυνόδοντασ, διχλώχιν βαλβίδα, διχλώχιν. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

premoláris, kis őrlő fog, kis őrlő, kéthegyű, kétcsúcsú, előzápfog. (various references)

   

Manx

  

feeakle daa vaare. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

icuspidbay

   

Portuguese

  

bicúspido, bicúspide, pré-molar (premonition). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

двузубчатый. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

bikuspidalan. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bicúspide (bicuspid tooth), válvula bicúspide, diente premolar (bicuspid tooth). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

răng trước hà m. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bicuspid

Derivations

Words beginning with "bicuspid": bicuspids. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Bicuspid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bicupid. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bicuspid"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "bicuspid" (pronounced bīku"spud)
7-ī k u" s p u dtricuspid.
3-p u dCupid, intrepid, lipid, rapid, stupid, tepid, torpid, vapid.

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Anagrams: Bicuspid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-d-i-i-p-s-u"

-2 letters: cupids, cuspid.

-3 letters: cupid, disci, pubic, pubis, pudic, scudi.

-4 letters: bids, buds, cubs, cuds, cups, cusp, dibs, dips, disc, dubs, duci, dups, ibis, pics, pubs, puds, scud, scup, spic, spud.

-5 letters: bid, bis, bud, bus, cis, cub, cud, cup, dib, dip, dis, dub, dui, dup, ids, pic, pis, piu, psi, pub, pud, pus, sib.

 Words containing the letters "b-c-d-i-i-p-s-u"
 

+1 letter: bicuspids.

 

+2 letters: publicised.

 

+5 letters: subdiscipline.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Bicuspid


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 69 63 75 73 70 69 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    ..    -.-.    ..-    ...    .--.    ..    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101001 01100011 01110101 01110011 01110000 01101001 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#105 &#99 &#117 &#115 &#112 &#105 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0069 0063 0075 0073 0070 0069 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3675698785827570

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Sounds
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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