tooth. 1. (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usu. attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
In a second, larger sense, East Indies refers to the Malay Archipelago (including the Philippines), which now is more commonly called insular (or archipelagic) Southeast Asia. Finally, in its broadest context, the term East Indies encompasses the foregoing plus all of mainland Southeast Asia and India.
The Philippines is located in the Asian region geographically and politically known as the FAR EAST which denotes East Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan as well as Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia as well as the Philippines.he Philippines is located in the Asian region geographically and politically known as the FAR EAST which denotes East Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan as well as Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia as well as the Philippines.