Adder's-tongue (n.) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. |
Adder's-tongue (n.) The yellow dogtooth violet. |
Bird's-tongue (n.) The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). |
Deer's-tongue (n.) A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla. |
Dog's-tongue (n.) Hound's-tongue. |
Double-tongue (n.) Deceit |
Earth-tongue (n.) A fungus of the genus Geoglossum. |
Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs |
Forceps (n.) The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. |
Hart-tongue (n.) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America. |
Hart-tongue (n.) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in Florida. |
Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue. |
Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck. |
Snake's-tongue (n.) Same as Adder's-tongue. |
Tongue (n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch. |
Tongue (n.) The power of articulate utterance |
Tongue (n.) Discourse |
Tongue (n.) Honorable discourse |
Tongue (n.) A language |
Tongue (n.) Speech |
Tongue (n.) A people having a distinct language. |
Tongue (n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk. |
Tongue (n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly. |
Tongue (n.) The lingua of an insect. |
Tongue (n.) Any small sole. |
Tongue (n.) That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form. |
Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture |
Tongue (n.) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove. |
Tongue (n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake. |
Tongue (n.) The pole of a vehicle |
Tongue (n.) The clapper of a bell. |
Tongue (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc. |
Tongue (n.) Same as Reed, n., 5. |
Tongue (v. t.) To speak |
Tongue (v. t.) To chide |
Tongue (v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. |
Tongue (v. t.) To join means of a tongue and grove |
Tongue (v. i.) To talk |
Tongue (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. |
Tongue-pad (n.) A great talker. |
Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped like a tongue |
Tongue-shell (n.) Any species of Lingula. |
Tongue-tie (n.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. |
Tongue-tie (v. t.) To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation. |
Tongue-tied (a.) Destitute of the power of distinct articulation |
Tongue-tied (a.) Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause. |
forceps delivery | delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal, since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries |
tongue worm pentastomid | wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth, parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals |
tonguefish tongue-fish | left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point, of little commercial value |
bull tongue | a heavy plow with a single wide blade, used chiefly in cotton fields |
clapper tongue | metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side |
egg-and-dart egg-and-anchor egg-and-tongue | a decorative molding, a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape |
forceps | an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies) |
lion-jaw forceps | a type of forceps |
mouse-tooth forceps | a type of forceps |
tongue | the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot |
tongue and groove joint | a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board |
tongue depressor | a thin depressor used to press the tongue down during an examination of the mouth and throat |
tongue lingua glossa clapper | a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity |
chiding scolding objurgation tongue-lashingcd | rebuking a person harshly |
slip of the tongue | an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking |
natural language tongue | a human written or spoken language used by a community, opposed to e.g. a computer language |
mother tongue maternal language first language | one's native language, the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next |
tongue | a manner of speaking, he spoke with a thick tongue, she has a glib tongue |
sharp tongue | a bitter or critical manner of speaking |
tongue twister | an expression that is difficult to articulate clearly, `rubber baby buggy bumper' is a tongue twister |
tongue | the tongue of certain animals used as meat |
beef tongue | the tongue of a cow eaten as meat |
calf's tongue | the tongue of a calf eaten as meat |
spit tongue | a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea |
devil's tongue snake palm umbrella arum Amorphophallus rivieri | foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix |
dumb cane mother-in-law plant mother-in-law's tongue Dieffenbachia sequine | an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves, contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name |
tongueflower tongue-flower | orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base |
yellow adder's tongue trout lily amberbell Erythronium americanum | eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors |
mother-in-law's tongue snake plant Sansevieria trifasciata | stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant |
hound's-tongue Cynoglossum officinale | biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers |
hound's-tongue Cynoglossum virginaticum | perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers |
painted tongue Salpiglossis sinuata | Chilean herb having velvety funnel-shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throat |
adder's tongue adder's tongue fern | ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue |
Florida strap fern cow-tongue fern hart's-tongue fern | common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves, Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay |
felt fern tongue fern Pyrrosia lingua Cyclophorus lingua | east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues, sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus |
hart's-tongue hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium Phyllitis scolopendrium | Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds |
hart's-tongue hart's-tongue fern Olfersia cervina Polybotrya cervina Polybotria cervina | tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds, sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya |
earthtongue earth-tongue | any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum |
tongue knife | any long thin projection that is transient, tongues of flame licked at the walls, rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark |
hairy tongue furry tongue black tongue | a benign side effect of some antibiotics, dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue |
tongue tie ankyloglossia | a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue |
express verbalize verbalise utter give tongue to | articulate, either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise, She expressed her anger, He uttered a curse |
tongue | lick or explore with the tongue |
double tongue triple-tongue | play fast notes on a wind instrument |
tongue | articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments |
tongue-tie | deprive of speech, When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied |
incoherent tongue-tied | unable to express yourself clearly or fluently, felt tongue-tied with embarrassment, incoherent with grief |
bantering facetious tongue-in-cheek | cleverly amusing in tone, a bantering tone, facetious remarks, tongue-in-cheek advice |
lingulate tongue-shaped | shaped like a tongue |
facetiously jokingly tongue-in-cheek | not seriously, I meant it facetiously |