dental
adjective
of or relating to the teeth.
dentals
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pluralof dental.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Syllables are unconsciously dropped out, blurred, or run into one another, or imperfectly uttered; especially is difficulty found with consonants, particularly explosive sounds, b, p, m; again, linguals and dentals are difficult to utter.
From The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song by F. W. (Frederick Walker) Mott
I would not voluntarily be under his manifold rows of dentals.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Walter Savage Landor
Diacritical marks intended to distinguish between the various sibilants, dentals, nasals, and so forth, of the Arabic and Sanskrit alphabets, have been purposely omitted.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Sleeman
The strong curve of the back, the dentals and dots, and the muzzle and mouth refer apparently to the same creature.
From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by William Henry Holmes
He scatters labials, dentals, and gutturals in all directions.
From Talks on Talking by Grenville Kleiser
