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Hiss :: Hiss (n.) A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt..

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

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

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

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..

Viperous :: Viperous (a.) Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous; as, a viperous tongue..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Same as Reed, n., 5..

Lap :: Lap (n.) The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Honorable discourse; eulogy.

Lambative :: Lambative (n.) A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.

Elinguid :: Elinguid (a.) Tongue-tied; dumb.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked..

Hart-tongue :: Hart-tongue (n.) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in Florida..

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..

Trill :: Trill (n.) A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages..

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..

Lap :: Lap (v. i.) To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.

Anchored :: Anchored (a.) Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue..

Untongue :: Untongue (v. t.) To deprive of a tongue, or of voice..

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..

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