The movable junction of the bones below the mouth (the mandible) and the bone just above the mouth (the maxilla).

A common name for either the maxilla or the mandible.

1610s, "to catch in the jaws, devour," from jaw (n.). In slang from 1748, "to gossip, to speak;" 1810 as "to scold." Related: Jawed; jawing. Hence 19c. U.S. slang jawsmit [..]

late 14c., jowe, joue, "the bones of the mouth," "A word of difficult etymology" [OED]. Probably from Old French joue "cheek," originally jode, from Gallo-Romance *gauta [..]

/ˈʤɑː/ noun plural jaws 1 jaw /ˈʤɑː/ noun plural jaws Learner's definition of JAW 1  [count] a  : either one of the two bones of the face where teeth grow He broke his upper/lower jaw. The cr [..]

set of bones or exoskeleton that form the framework of the mouth.

Often loosely applied to any movable, toothed structures at or near the mouth of an animal, such as the scolecodonts of annelids. In vertebrates, the jaw is derived from the first gill arch.

the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth chew the fat: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and [..]

one of the two large bones your teeth grow in

A common name for either the maxilla or the mandible.

verb Definition: to talk in a scolding manner Example Sentence: She felt her coach was jawing at her.

The movable grips on a chuck

(n) the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth(n) the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth(n) holding device [..]

Words of complaint; wrangling, abuse, jabber. “To jaw,” to annoy with words, to jabber, wrangle, or abuse. The French gueule and gueuler are used in the same manner.

Bony structure of the Mouth that holds the Teeth. It consists of the Mandible and the Maxilla.

The total absence of Teeth from either the Mandible or the Maxilla, but not both. Total absence of Teeth from both is Mouth, Edentulous. Partial absence of Teeth in either is Jaw, Edentulous, Partiall [..]

Absence of Teeth from a portion of the Mandible and/or Maxilla.

Forked end of a gaff or boom. 2. Space between lugs of a shackle. 3. Distance along a rope from any one strand to the next appearance of the same strand in a straight line along

The distance between a rope's adjacent strands, giving a measure of the tightness of the lay. The shorter the distance, the harder the lay. When a line has been overused and the lay has become sl [..]

The distance between a rope's adjacent strands, giving a measure of the tightness of the lay

Bony structure of the mouth that holds the teeth. It consists of the MANDIBLE and the MAXILLA.

The total absence of teeth from either the mandible or the maxilla, but not both. Total absence of teeth from both is MOUTH, EDENTULOUS. Partial absence of teeth in either is JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALL [..]

Absence of teeth from a portion of the mandible and/or maxilla.

The bones in the head of animals that support the teeth (or baleen) and form the mouth.

, (1) v. to talk in an offensive way; to give saucy answers. (2) sb. saucy talk. Same as Back talk.

Talk

The bone that teeth are affixed to.

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth. The part of the face below the mouth. ''His jaw dropped in amazement.'' (figuratively) Anything resembling the j [..]