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Tongueless :: Tongueless (a.) Unnamed; not spoken of.

Barbel :: Barbel (n.) Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3..

Shrill-tongued :: Shrill-tongued (a.) Having a shrill voice.

Close-tongued :: Close-tongued (a.) Closemouthed; silent.

Oxtongue :: Oxtongue (n.) A name given to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs..

Fauces :: Fauces (n.pl.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils..

Clapper :: Clapper (n.) That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell..

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

Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To chide; to scold.

Linguacious :: Linguacious (a.) Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A people having a distinct language.

Double-tongue :: Double-tongue (n.) Deceit; duplicity.

Pachyglossal :: Pachyglossal (a.) Having a thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossae), including the iguanas and agamas..

Gustatory :: Gustatory (a.) Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue..

Glossohyal :: Glossohyal (a.) Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.

Entoglossal :: Entoglossal (a.) Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.

Trumpet-tongued :: Trumpet-tongued (a.) Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech..

Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air..

Earth-tongue :: Earth-tongue (n.) A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.

Tongueworm :: Tongueworm (n.) Any species of Linguatulina.

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