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Speech :: Speech (n.) A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect..

Tonge :: Tonge (n.) Tongue.

Glossal :: Glossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.

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..

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

Wide :: Wide (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15..

Slow :: Slow (superl.) Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue..

Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..

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

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.

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..

Trill :: Trill (n.) The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The lingua of an insect.

Linguadental :: Linguadental (a.) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t..

Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk..

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

Tonguelet :: Tonguelet (n.) A little tongue.

Fur :: Fur (n.) A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.

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

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