Phrase Hound found 78 phrases and 59 compound words that contain jaw. The most common are listed below. Open jaw in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 78
- lower jawThe part of the face below the mouth; the jaw.
- Moose JawA city in the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- glass jawA fighting vulnerability where one is easily knocked out via a single hard blow to the chin or jaw (due to lack of conditioning, insufficient training, or damage from past cerebral concussions).
- upper jawSynonym of maxilla: One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- jaw-droppingCausing great awe or surprise.
- jaw-jawTo talk at length; to chatter or jabber.
- phossy jawA disease resulting from exposure to white phosphorus causing degeneration of the teeth and jaw.
- jaw musclesplural of jaw muscle: The large muscle which runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side, raises the lower jaw, and assists in mastication.
- jaw wormgnathostomulid
- jaw wormsplural of jaw worm: gnathostomulid
- jaw-boneAlternative spelling of jawbone: The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
- jaw-bonesplural of jaw-bone; alternative form of jawbones
- open jawA fare construction where the destination is not the same as the origin point for the return, or where the origin differs from the return destination.
- lantern jawA long, thin jaw.
- jaw harpAlternative form of Jew's harp: A musical instrument consisting of a thin flexible reed mounted in a stiff crescent frame. The narrow end of the frame is held between the teeth and the reed is plucked to produce a note of constant pitch …
- hog jawThe mouth of a pig, especially when used as food.
- jaw-breakerAlternative spelling of jawbreaker: A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
- radium jawA disease, with necrosis of the jaw and bleeding of the gums, caused by the ingestion of radium and its subsequent absorption into the bones.
- lumpy jawactinomycosis
- pharyngeal jawsingular of pharyngeal jaws
- flap one's jawAlternative form of flap one's jaws: To speak (idly); to talk without effect.
- Habsburg jawA prognathous jaw.
- bis-phossy jawBisphosphonate osteochemonecrosis.
- bisphossy jawA side-effect and disease caused by the consumption of bisphosphonate-based medications, resulting in the death of the jawbone and other rapidly regenerating bone tissues.
- jaw-juttingHaving one’s lower jaw protruding forward
Compound words 59
- jawboneThe bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
- jawbreakerA large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
- lockjawA spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
- jawlineThe lower edge of the side of the face (below the cheek), defined by the jawbone.
- jawbreakingVery difficult to pronounce.
- jawholeA hole or an open drain into which sewage or waste water is thrown; the opening of a sewer; or a cesspool or cesspit, an underground pit or container used to collect and store sewage and wastewater from a house in areas without a …
- jawsmithAn orator, especially a demagogue.
- jawfishAny of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
- crackjawDifficult or unpleasant to pronounce.
- jawfootmaxilliped