jaws's Usage Examples:

The term jaws is also broadly applied to the whole of the structures constituting the vault.

Vises have two parallel jaws, one fixed and the other movable, threaded in and out by a screw and lever.

In addition to opposing jaws, living gnathostomes have teeth, paired appendages, and a horizontal semicircular.

) Both theories—that the name is a corruption of "jaws" or "jeu"—are described by the OED as "baseless and inept".

Brick coined the phrase "Jaws of Life" after he observed people saying that their new device "snatched people from the jaws of death", then used as a.

Pharyngeal jaws are a "second set" of jaws contained within the pharynx of many species of fish, distinct from the primary (oral) jaws.

Pharyngeal jaws have.

at a fulcrum positioned closer to one end of the levers, creating short jaws on one side of the fulcrum, and longer handles on the other side.

bone-eating cells contributes to the destruction of bone in the upper and lower jaws.

Synonyms:

upper jawbone; maxillary; mandibular bone; lower jawbone; skull; chop; gum ridge; maxilla; os; alveolar ridge; mandibula; alveolar process; mandible; bone; lower jaw; submaxilla; jowl; jawbone; upper jaw; alveolar arch;

Antonyms:

desynchronise; pressurise; pressurize; depressurize; desynchronize;