a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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And you thought your visit to the dentist was painful.

If your dentist is suggesting you do one side at a time, it could be because s/he anticipates a longer recovery process.

As any dentist would be happy to remind him, such sugary treats.

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And you thought your visit to the dentist was painful.

If your dentist is suggesting you do one side at a time, it could be because s/he anticipates a longer recovery process.

As any dentist would be happy to remind him, such sugary treats.

The team dentist identified it as a secondary molar with part of its root missing.

My dentist has been checking for oral cancers for years.

Specifically at the calculus, which is that hardened plaque around your gumline that your dentist is always scolding you about.

The semi-annual trip to the dentist gets more interesting as more dentists go digital.

Ward yesterday, after his lawyer said the dentist needed more time to.

Remember too that horses need regular dentist and farrier checks, as well as whatever vaccinations are required.

Yeah, really” says that the author has been to the dentist and is now happy.

The dentist waves us over, smiles, encourages us to take his picture.

The equipment was said to be so good that it could spot every dentist office in the area.

Johnson was skeptical but his dentist said it wouldn't hurt a bit.

His dentist told him that smoking had severely aggravated his gums.

For some reason, the boy attached himself to the dentist.

Old style letters in a curve that reminded me of one a childhood dentist had on his wall.

It helps them find work and housing, and even offers a free trip to the dentist.

It's pure torture that not even the dentist can understand.

They should take this article to their pediatrician and dentist.

Well, other than the dentist trip you have tomorrow, you're doing fine.

Over-the-counter pain medications may be used while waiting to see the dentist or primary health care provider.

There are also advantages to being a dentist over being a doctor.

His father managed the local power plant and hoped that his only child would be a dentist.

Ate it until he got cavities, got taken to the dentist.

It's certainly much more pleasant than going to the dentist.

She even killed her dentist and his wife after spying on them eating dinner and pulling roasted bird apart with their fingers.

We have a dentist who is a fly fisherman and ties his own flies.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

dentist (ˈdɛntɪst)

—n
	a person qualified to practise dentistry

[C18: from French dentiste, from dent tooth]

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Word Origin & History

dentist

1759, from Fr. dentiste, from L. dens (gen. dentis) "tooth," from PIE base *dont-, *dent- (see tooth).

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"Dentist figures it now in our newspapers, and may do well enough for a French puffer, but we fancy Rutter is content with being called a tooth-drawer" ["Edinburgh Chronicle," Sept. 15, 1759].

Tooth-drawer is attested from 1393.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

dentist den·tist (děn'tĭst)
n.
A person who is trained and licensed to practice dentistry.

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