EDENTAL

edental, edentate, edentulate

(adjective) having few if any teeth; “anteaters are edentate animals”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

edental (not comparable)

(zoology, obsolete) synonym of edentate

Noun

edental (plural edentals)

(zoology, obsolete) synonym of edentate

Anagrams

• al dente, latened

Source: Wiktionary


E*den"tal, a.

Definition: See Edentate, a.

– n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the Edentata.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SUSPECT

(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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