the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth | a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth |
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing | a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar |
any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum | something that hardens to act as adhesive material |
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum | concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement |
any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying | any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth |
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive | |