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cuspid

[ UK /kˈʌspɪd/ ]
NOUN
  1. one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

How To Use cuspid In A Sentence

  • But, fortunately, there were cavities in the two teeth on either side of the gap -- one in the first molar and one in the palatine surface of the cuspid; might he not drill a socket in the remaining root and sockets in the molar and cuspid, and, partly by bridging, partly by crowning, fill in the gap? McTeague
  • But, fortunately, there were cavities in the two teeth on either side of the gap -- one in the first molar and one in the palatine surface of the cuspid; might he not drill McTeague
  • Do not spit everywhere, should phlegmy spit inside cuspidor, undertake alexipharmic next.
  • The bed was rickety, with a thin knotty mattress; the sand-colored walls were scratched and gouged; in every corner, under everything, were fluffy dust and cigar ashes; on the tilted wash-stand was a nicked and squatty pitcher; the only chair was a grim straight object of spotty varnish; but there was an altogether splendid gilt and rose cuspidor. Main Street
  • Swinging from the rope portiere, slathering the pomade upon my beardless face, and all manner of the metaphysical ick in my oversized cuspidors! Excerpt from Urdoxa 2.0
  • The tricuspid and pulmonic valves are most commonly affected by plaque formation.
  • Behind the canines are the premolars, or bicuspids.
  • Therefore, litterbugs and those accustomed to spitting on the pavement no longer dare to give free rein to their impulses or else they'd better take along with them a waste-paper basket or a cuspidor whenever they opt for a stroll.
  • He looks a tad constipated to me, that or he has just emitted built-up gas and is clenching his carpentered cuspids in embarrassment.
  • The posterior cuspid (or cuspids if there are six) accounts for about one-third of the length of the tooth.
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