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Loll :: Loll (v. i.) To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow..

Languet :: Languet (n.) Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth..

Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..

Tonge :: Tonge (n.) Tongue.

Double-tongued :: Double-tongued (a.) Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.

Dorsal :: Dorsal (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral..

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..

Filiform :: Filiform (a.) Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe..

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

Glossopharyngeal :: Glossopharyngeal (a.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves..

Futchel :: Futchel (n.) The jaws between which the hinder end of a carriage tongue is inserted.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.

Papilla :: Papilla (n.) Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue..

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

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..

Fissilinguia :: Fissilinguia (n. pl.) A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards..

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

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

Profane :: Profane (a.) Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue..

Bilinguous :: Bilinguous (a.) Having two tongues, or speaking two languages..

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