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bidental

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Is bidental a Scrabble word?

Yes, bidental is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of bidental?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (zoology) Having only two teeth.Synonyms: bidentatenot-comparable

2. (phonetics) articulated with both the upper and lower teeth.Examples: "Finally, a position of almost bidental contact can be a paralinguistic voice qualifier or secondary articulation we should acknowledge as a dentalization, that is, the articulation of vowels and consonants 'through one's teeth', which can make the labial kinesic component of normal articulation be still present and vary from lip rounding or protrusion with close front vowels to horizontal distension with close back vowels."; "dental percussives, produced by clicking maxillary and mandibular teeth together at different speeds, but typically as a bidental chatter, that is, in a repeated rapid way (as in chattering from cold or fear); with bidental percussives resonating in the oral cavity musical notes can be played up and down the scale in various keys."; "The convention for transcribing bidental fricatives, suggested in the expIPA chart, uses the appropriate glottal fricative symbol with a dental diacritic both above and below the symbol."not-comparable

noun (English)

1. (zoology) An organism that has only two teeth, especially a dinosaur of the infraorder Dicynodontia.Examples: "The letter proceeds to state that, besides this monster, there is a great variety of remains of another new order of animals, which Mr. Bain has deginated as bidentals, from their possessing only two teeth, or rather tusks, in the upper jaw, and none whatever in the lower jaw."; "That these Bidentals, as Mr. Owen more comprehensively calls them, are amongst the earliest reptiles, has been somewhat rashly assumed."; "It was in this area, as well, that he found, among other creatures, his first Dicynodon, one of those famous mammal-like reptiles that he called bidentals because they had only two tusks in the upper jaw and no teeth."

noun (English)

1. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a place that had been struck by lightning and consecrated and enclosed.Examples: "The bidental was a place that had been struck with lightning, and afterwards expiated by the erection of an altar and the sacrifice of sheep, hostiis bidentibus; from which last circumstance it took its name."; "The peculiar monument called bidental has a decided place in the question of a circular templum. The bidental was the consecrated burial-place of the thunderbolt of Jove on the spot where the bolt was supposed to have buried itself in the ground."; "The bidental is one of the more problematic structures of the colony and no consensus has yet emerged as to its date."historical

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "bidental"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "bidental"?

Scrabble
11 points
B3
I1
D2
E1
N1
T1
A1
L1
Words With Friends
14 points
B4
I1
D2
E1
N2
T1
A1
L2

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