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jawbone::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla |
| Type of | jaw, articulator |
| Has types | lantern jaw |
Examples of jawbone
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The team extracted the tooth and implanted it into the jawbone of another mouse.
From the newscientist.com
Jawbone says it is changing the software to show some love to existing customers.
From the dailyherald.com
Did you take Fosamax for osteoporosis and later have a problem with your jawbone?
From the latimes.com
Only the jawbone itself, six feet tall when poised to chomp, is a reconstruction.
From the washingtonpost.com
His fossilised jawbone was found early last century near the village of Lonche.
From the newscientist.com
Peterson studies the moose's jawbone, which he found at the base of a nearby tree.
From the washingtonpost.com
Jawbone began in 1999 with a very sophisticated noise-cancellation technology.
From the businessweek.com
And here we are again with a Reserve Bank Governor trying to jawbone it lower.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The team next used a statistical method to calculate the age of the human jawbone.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Lower jaw: the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
- Shmooze: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
- The mandible (from Latin mandibula, "jawbone") or inferior maxillary bone forms the lower jaw and holds the lower teeth in place. ...
- The Jawbone is a line of Bluetooth mobile phone headsets produced by Aliph, a privately-held San Francisco-based consumer technology company founded by Alex Asseily and Hosain Rahman. ...
- The jawbone of a donkey or zebra has been used as a primitive percussion instrument. When struck, the teeth rattle; it can be viewed as an early precursor of the vibraslap.
- Jawbone is the pseudonym of Bob Zabor, an American blues musician from Detroit. He is particularly unusual in that he is a one-man band. The instruments he plays include the harmonica, the guitar and the tambourine. He deliberately aims for a lo-fi sound, akin to early blues recordings.
- The bone of the lower jaw, the mandible; Any of the bones in lower or upper jaw; To talk persistently to persuade a person or people to cooperate
- Of an ass afforded Samson a weapon for the great slaughter of the Philistines (Jdg 15:15), in which he slew a thousand men. In Jdg 15:19 the Authorized Version reads, "God clave a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout." This is a mis-translation of the words. ...
- An account, tab, or tally of indebtedness, especially loanshark or gambling debts. Also, talk, converse, palaver, gab, rap, shoot the breeze, chew the rag, chin wag, chin dance; see TALK TRASH, POOP. Also, to influence or persuade without resorting to force or authority. ...
