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Taste :: Taste (v. t.) To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.

Glossitis :: Glossitis (n.) Inflammation of the tongue.

Ranula :: Ranula (n.) A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..

Inflamed :: Inflamed (p. a.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue..

Ranine :: Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein..

Mid :: Mid (superl.) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), / (/ld). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11..

Neat :: Neat (n. sing. & pl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot..

Glossanthrax :: Glossanthrax (n.) A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.

Chromosphere :: Chromosphere (n.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame..

Loll :: Loll (v. i.) To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion..

Titter :: Titter (v. t.) To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake..

Lingulate :: Lingulate (a.) Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.

Glib :: Glib (superl.) Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech..

Basihyoid :: Basihyoid (n.) The central tongue bone.

Flippant :: Flippant (a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative..

Pip :: Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them..

Smooth-tongued :: Smooth-tongued (a.) Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.

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