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Follows Some Dentists Advice Crossword Clue

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noun

• A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.

• Raw silk fibres.

• The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.

• Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.

• Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".

• A body feather of an ostrich.

• A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.

• A small stream of water.

• Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.

verb

• To clean the area between the teeth using floss.

• To show off, especially by exhibiting one's wealth or talent.

• To perform the floss dance move.

37%5 Often-unheeded advice from dentists
noun

• a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery

• a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth

verb

• use dental floss to clean

29%7 Mercury and silver alloy still used by some dentists to fill cavities
noun

• an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams

• a combination or blend of diverse things

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