underbite

To use insufficient acid in an etching process, so that the result is too shallow.

Noun

  1. A malocclusion, in which the lower teeth extend past the upper ones

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English bite English underbite From under- + bite.

Forms

underbites

Verb

  1. To use insufficient acid in an etching process, so that the result is too shallow.

Forms

underbites underbiting underbit underbitten

Related

overbite