Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
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Examples
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What you may not know is Laura and the ringmaster, her husband, have already invested a lot of money in orthodonture for three of the clowns … enough to buy a family cruise vacation.
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What you may not know is Laura and the ringmaster, her husband, have already invested a lot of money in orthodonture for three of the clowns … enough to buy a family cruise vacation.
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She had those perfect teeth, the result of years of expensive orthodonture.
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I've done car pools and bag lunches and overwhelming questions; orthodonture, Little League and PTA, difficult choices and the facts of life.
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There will be no killing of the goat today; we might poke it with sharp sticks, or call it fat, or make fun its orthodonture, but no goats have been killed in the making of this blog.
Archive 2007-05-01 Jay 2007
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There will be no killing of the goat today; we might poke it with sharp sticks, or call it fat, or make fun its orthodonture, but no goats have been killed in the making of this blog.
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Only this time without the orthodonture or the algebra, thank god.
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Only this time without the orthodonture or the algebra, thank god.
August 2006 2006
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She clicked on a photo of little girls with identical grins and matching orthodonture, feeling a surprising stab of envy.
html Scottoline, Lisa 2001
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And how he planned to pay for his daughter's orthodonture.
Killing Floor Child, Lee 1997
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