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Lapper :: Lapper (n.) One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue.

Exorbitancy :: Exorbitancy (n.) A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands..

Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck..

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

Plough :: Plough (n.) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc..

Lick :: Lick (v.) A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied..

Oracular :: Oracular (a.) Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue..

High :: High (superl.) Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11..

Latinity :: Latinity (n.) The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom..

Agrom :: Agrom (n.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves..

Fissilingual :: Fissilingual (a.) Having the tongue forked.

Romanic :: Romanic (n.) Related to the Roman people by descent; -- said especially of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues.

Hyoglossal :: Hyoglossal (a.) Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; as, the hyoglossal membrane..

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..

Elinguation :: Elinguation (n.) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.

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..

Taste :: Taste (n.) A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste..

Langued :: Langued (a.) Tongued; having the tongue visible.

Lick :: Lick (v. t.) To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand..

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

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