| DENTATE | • dentate adj. Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed. • DENTATE adj. having teeth, also DENTATED. |
| EDENTATE | • edentate adj. Lacking teeth. • edentate adj. (Zoology) Belonging to the Edentata. • edentate n. Any mammal that has few or no teeth, but especially the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths of the former… |
| BIDENTATE | • bidentate adj. (Zoology) Having only two teeth. • bidentate adj. (Botany) Having tooth-like projections that are themselves dentate. • bidentate adj. (Chemistry) Of a ligand, forming two separate chemical bonds to a coordinating metal ion. |
| DEMENTATE | • dementate v. (Obsolete) To dement, to make crazy. • dementate adj. (Obsolete) Deprived of reason. • DEMENTATE v. (archaic) to deprive of reason. |
| ORIENTATE | • orientate v. (UK, New Zealand, Australia, intransitive) To face a given direction. • orientate v. (UK, New Zealand, Australia, reflexive) To determine one’s position relative to the surroundings; to… • orientate v. To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the… |
| POTENTATE | • potentate n. A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler. • potentate n. A powerful polity or institution. • potentate n. (Derogatory) A self-important person. |
| COMMENTATE | • commentate v. (Intransitive) To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event. • COMMENTATE v. to give a commentary on. |
| PLACENTATE | • placentate adj. Having a placenta. • PLACENTATE adj. having a placenta. |
| PREDENTATE | • predentate adj. Before the teeth have developed. • PREDENTATE adj. having teeth in the forepart of the jaw only. |
| SEGMENTATE | • segmentate adj. Segmental. • segmentate v. Alternative form of segment. • SEGMENTATE adj. in segments. |
| SUSTENTATE | • sustentate v. (Obsolete, transitive) To sustain. • SUSTENTATE v. to sustain. |
| TRIDENTATE | • tridentate adj. Having three teeth. • tridentate adj. (Botany) Having tooth-like projections that are themselves bidentate. • tridentate adj. (Chemistry, of a ligand) Capable of attaching to a metal ion at three points. |
| AMBIDENTATE | • AMBIDENTATE adj. of a ligand, able to coordinate through either of two different atoms, also AMPHIDENTATE. |
| FRAGMENTATE | • fragmentate v. To fragment (break into fragments). • FRAGMENTATE v. to reduce to fragments. |
| REORIENTATE | • reorientate v. (Transitive) To orientate anew; to cause to face a different direction. • REORIENTATE v. to orientate again. |
| AMPHIDENTATE | • AMPHIDENTATE adj. of a ligand, able to coordinate through either of two different atoms, also AMBIDENTATE. |
| DISORIENTATE | • disorientate v. Alternative form of disorient. • DISORIENTATE v. to cause to lose a sense of direction. |
| MULTIDENTATE | • multidentate adj. (Biology) Having many teeth. • multidentate adj. (Chemistry, of a ligand) Having multiple points at which it is attached to a central atom. • MULTIDENTATE adj. having many teeth. |
| SIMPLICIDENTATE | • SIMPLICIDENTATE adj. denoting a member of the Simplicidentata, rodents. |