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Molar

adjective
1.
Of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth.
2.
Designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution.
3.
Containing one mole of a substance.
4.
Pertaining to large units of behavior.  Antonym: molecular.
noun
1.
Grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars.  Synonym: grinder.



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"Molar" Quotes from Famous Books



... wasn't the child's molar but the child's funds that I was concerned with. "You will recollect that I compensated him for the loss of it with a shilling. It makes it all the more poignant that it was my last shilling. I put it into his money-box, the key of which is ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914 • Various
... invariably to the patient's advantage is another question, which I shall leave undecided. He drew teeth with a dexterity that strongly reminded one of the conjurer's art; one moment he showed an empty pair of forceps, the next there was a big molar in their grip. The yells one heard while the operation was in progress seemed to indicate that ...
— The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 • Roald Amundsen
... particularly dangerous to his antagonists, man or beast, from the cutting power of his fearful snap. His molar teeth shear through flesh and small bones like the gash of a butcher's cleaver; and his wide gape and lightning-quick movements render him a very dangerous antagonist. The bite of a wolf is the most ...
— The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals • William T. Hornaday
... now hugely, Bob went to a drawer, and got out the doctor's tooth-drawing instruments—for the doctor belonged to the old school, and in distant times had not been above removing a decayed and aching molar from a patient's jaw. ...
— The Bag of Diamonds • George Manville Fenn
... left, towards Staiti (or is it Ferruzzano?) and, down the right, into the destructive and dangerous torrent of Amendolea. Far beyond it, rises the mountain peak of Pentedattilo, a most singular landmark which looks exactly like a molar tooth turned upside down, with fangs in air. The road passes through a gateway in the rock whence, suddenly, a full view is disclosed of Bova on its hill-top, the houses nestling among huge blocks of stone that ...
— Old Calabria • Norman Douglas


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