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Elinguate :: Elinguate (v. t.) To deprive of the tongue.

Long-tongue :: Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck.

Unwormed :: Unwormed (a.) Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; -- said of a dog..

Dialect :: Dialect (n.) Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.

Low :: Low (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11..

Sublingual :: Sublingual (a.) Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

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

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.

Tongued :: Tongued (a.) Having a tongue.

Hypoglossal :: Hypoglossal (a.) Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue..

Hyoglossus :: Hyoglossus (n.) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone..

Click :: Click (n.) A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward..

Tongue-tied :: Tongue-tied (a.) Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause..

Tongueless :: Tongueless (a.) Hence, speechless; mute..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces..

Lick :: Lick (v.) A stroke of the tongue in licking.

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

Sea Ginger :: Sea ginger () A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore..

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