PECTINATIONS Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word pectinations. (close relations)
Definition of PECTINATIONS
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comb | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair • the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds • any of several tools for straightening fibers • ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore • the act of drawing a comb through hair verb • straighten with a comb • search thoroughly • smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb | ||||||||
teeth | nounn | |||||||
noun • the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal | ||||||||
denticles | nounn | |||||||
noun • small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod | ||||||||
notches | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a V-shaped indentation • the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks • a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface • a small cut verb • cut or make a notch into • notch a surface to record something | ||||||||
projections | nounn | |||||||
noun • a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations • the projection of an image from a film onto a screen • a planned undertaking • any structure that branches out from a central support • any solid convex shape that juts out from something • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else • the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality • the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction • the act of projecting out from something • the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | ||||||||
ridges | nounn | |||||||
noun • a long narrow natural elevation or striation • any long raised strip • a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean • a long narrow range of hills • any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane • a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters verb • extend in ridges • plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip • throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides • spade into alternate ridges and troughs • form into a ridge | ||||||||
serrations | nounn | |||||||
noun • the condition of being serrated • a row of notches • a single notch in a row of notches |