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Definition: Toothache |
ToothacheNoun1. An ache localized in or around a tooth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "toothache" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Pain in the adjacent areas of the teeth. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ToothacheSynonym: odontalgia (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Physical Pain | Noun: pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance; bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain; mental suffering; dolour, ache; aching. Verb: smart; shoot, shooting; twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris; hurt, cut; sore, soreness; discomfort, malaise; cephalalgia, earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica; tic douloureux, toothache, tormina, torticollis. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Toothache |
| English words defined with "toothache": Anacyclus pyrethrum, Antiodontalgic ♦ Odontalgic ♦ pellitory, pellitory-of-Spain. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "toothache": Bad toothache ♦ CAESALPINIA CRISTA, Castaneto, CONOBEA SCOPARIOIDES ♦ DODONAEA VISCOSA ♦ EDDY ♦ MIMOSAPIGRA, MURRAYA EXOTICA ♦ Pepenance, PETIVERIA ALLIACEA, PIPER DARIENENSE, PSIDIUM GUJAVA ♦ Santa Maria, SPILANTHES OCYMIFOLIA, Symbols of Saints. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "toothache": Gomphiasis. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | All-American Toothache (1936) Jeff's Toothache (1916) Toothache (1913) Hubby's Toothache (1913) A Lucky Toothache (1910) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Cocaine Toothache Drops. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | ... the swollen face of a toothache sufferer... / WHO photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Man with toothache talking to the dentist] / O. Elkan. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Beaufoy's Instant Cure for the Toothache. / Orrin Smith sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | O-Koma-San had the toothache last night so she tries a prayer on the toothache shrine, Japan. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
William Shakespeare | For there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Toothache" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Toothache" is used about 92 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 92 | 34,282 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "toothache": have a toothache ♦ Toothache grass ♦ toothache tree. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "toothache"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | tandpyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dhimbje dhëmbi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وجع أسنان. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | зъбобол. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bolení zubù (tooth-ache). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tandpine (odontodynia, tooth-ache). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tandpýn, odontodynie (odontodynia), odontodynia (odontodynia), odontalgie (odontodynia), kiespýn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | dentdoloro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | دندان درد, درددندان . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hammassärky. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | odontalgie (tooth-ache), nevralgie dentaire, mal aux dents. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zahnschmerzen (tooth ache, toothaches), Zahnweh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πονόδοντοσ, οδονταλγία (odontodynia, tooth-ache). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כאב ש ים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fogfájás (tooth-ache). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | odontodinia (odontodynia), mal di denti (tooth-ache). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 歯痛 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しつう (adultery, illicit intercourse), はいた (exclusion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ny beishtyn, jeidey, criu 'eeackle, chingys 'eeackle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oothachetay ból zęba. (various references) odontalgia (odontodynia, tooth-ache), dordedente, dor de dente, dentalgia. (various references) durere de dinţi. (various references) зубная боль. (various references) déide, déideadh. (various references) zubobolja. (various references) dolor de muelas. (various references) tif'ati. (various references) tandvärk. (various references) diş ağrısı (odontalgia, odontalgic). (various references) зубний біль (odontalgia). (various references) đau răng. (various references) dannoedd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "toothache": toothaches. (additional references) | |
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"Toothache" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Toyohashi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-h-o-o-t-t" | |
-2 letters: hatchet, ootheca. | |
-3 letters: ahchoo, cahoot, chetah, cottae, hootch, thatch. | |
-4 letters: achoo, cheat, cheth, chott, cotta, hatch, heath, hooch, hotch, octet, tacet, tache, teach, tecta, theca, theta, tooth. | |
-5 letters: ache, cate, chao, chat, coat, coho, coot, cote, each, eath, echo, etch, haet, hate, hath, heat, heth, hoot, oath, otto, tace, tach, taco, tact, tate, teat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-h-o-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: toothaches. | |
+3 letters: autochthones, hypothecator, photocathode. | |
+4 letters: hypothecation, hypothecators, photocathodes. | |
+5 letters: hypothecations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 6F 74 68 61 63 68 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01101111 01110100 01101000 01100001 01100011 01101000 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o o t h a c h e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 006F 0074 0068 0061 0063 0068 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548181867467697471 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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