unerupted
Not yet surfaced
Unerupted describes something that has not yet broken through a surface.
The word appears most often in dentistry, where an unerupted tooth remains beneath the gum line: The X-ray showed two unerupted wisdom teeth.
Less commonly, it describes a volcano that has never erupted.
Calcified jaw structure
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- molarRear crushing tooth
- impactedInfluenced or wedged in
- premolarTooth between canine and molar
incisor · canine · cuspid · bicuspid · dentition · impaction · orthodontic · jaw
Inactive but capable
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- unreleasedNot yet distributed
- suppressedForcibly held down
- containedKept within limits
untapped · inactive · hidden · restrained · pent-up · stored · reserve · underlying
tooth
Calcified jaw structure
premolar · incisor · canine · cuspid · bicuspid · dentition · impaction · orthodontic · jaw · gums
dormant
Inactive but capable
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- unreleasedNot yet distributed
- suppressedForcibly held down
contained · untapped · inactive · hidden · restrained · pent-up · stored · reserve · underlying · unexpressed
volcano
Earth's fiery vent
dormant · seismic · tectonic · crust · mantle · pyroclastic · fumarole · hotspot · plume · molten
corrupt, corruption, disrupt, interrupt, erupt, eruption, bankrupt, interruption, disruption