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

Tongue-shaped :: Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf..

Glossoepiglottic :: Glossoepiglottic (a.) Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds..

Tongue :: Tongue (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..

Serpent-tongued :: Serpent-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, like a serpent..

Long-tongued :: Long-tongued (a.) Talkative; babbling; loquacious.

Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..

Envious :: Envious (a.) Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill..

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..

Lingua :: Lingua (n.) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue..

Lingel :: Lingel (n.) A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.

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..

Match :: Match (v. t.) To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards..

Sublingual :: Sublingua (n.) A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.

Jew''s-harp :: "Jew's-harp (n.) An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump..

Vermilinguia :: Vermilinguia (n. pl.) A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues..

Barb :: Barb (n.) Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen..

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

Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To speak; to utter.

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