TEETHING

teething, dentition, odontiasis

(noun) the eruption through the gums of baby teeth

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

teething (countable and uncountable, plural teethings)

(physiology) The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.

Verb

teething

present participle of teethe

Source: Wiktionary


Teeth"ing, n.

Definition: The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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COWBERRY

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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