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Pontic

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pontic"

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Word	Definition
cantilevered	Fitted with, or constituting, a cantilever; projecting out laterally from a wall or similar support and thus hanging without other supports.
pivot toothnoun	(dentistry, historical) An artificial crown attached to the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg (and not cement).
postnoun	A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
toothletnoun	A small tooth or other toothlike object.
pontynoun	Alternative form of punty. [(glassblowing) A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed, called the pontil mark.]
pedestalnoun	(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
ponteenoun	Archaic form of punty. [(glassblowing) A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed, called the pontil mark.]
pluggernoun	One who, or that which, plugs.
puntnoun	(rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
puntilionnoun	(obsolete, glassblowing) A pontil.
tête-de-pontnoun	(military) a bridgehead.
pinlaynoun	(dentistry) An inlay braced with pins.
pontilnoun	(glassblowing) Alternative form of punty (“rod used in glassblowing”). [(glassblowing) A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed, called the pontil mark.]
temporary toothnoun	milk tooth
pontil marknoun	(glassblowing) A ring-shaped or irregular scar on a glass object from where it was joined with a pontil or blowpipe. Common on bottles prior to the 1830s.
puntenoun	Alternative form of punty or pontil, a glassblowing tool.
puncheonnoun	A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity varying from 72 to 120 gallons.
mouthpiecenoun	(by extension) A spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else.
toothnoun	A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
denticlenoun	A small tooth.