Cogwheel features

• They may chew the fat
• In the ___ of (defying)
• They really bite
• 32 is the normal number
• Possums have 50
• Probing vote, ethics watchdog needs these
• Man has 32

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense something resembling the tooth of an animal toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell a means of ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
plural of tooth (n.). In reference to laws, contracts, etc., "power of enforcement," from 1925. To be armed to the teeth is from late 14c.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (tooth English) 2 (context plural only English) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.