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. |
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. |
Support
(v. t.) To bear by being under |
Support
(v. t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character |
Support
(v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking |
Support
(v. t.) To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor |
Support
(v. t.) To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood |
Support
(v. t.) To carry on |
Support
(v. t.) To verify |
Support
(v. t.) To vindicate |
Support
(v. t.) To uphold by aid or countenance |
Support
(v. t.) A attend as an honorary assistant |
Support
(n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining. |
Support
(n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind. |
Support
(n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like |
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. |
documentation
support | documentary validation, his documentation of the results was excellent, the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones |
| support reinforcement reenforcement | a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission, they called for artillery support |
| close support | close-in firing by one unit against an enemy engaged by another unit |
| direct support | a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance |
electronic warfare-support measures
ESM | electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition |
| support supporting | the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening, he leaned against the wall for support |
| support | aiding the cause or policy or interests of, the president no longer has the support of his own party, they developed a scheme of mutual support |
| support | the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities, his support kept the family together, they gave him emotional support during difficult times |
logistic support
logistic assistance | assistance between and within military commands |
| integrated logistic support | the pooling of specific resources by subscribing nations for the support of some joint operation |
mutual aid
international logistic support | arrangements made between nations to assist each other |
interdepartmental support
interagency support | provision of logistic (or administrative) support by one or more of the military services to one or more departments or agencies of the United States government |
| inter-service support | action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service |
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 |
| arch support | a support for the arch of the foot |
| 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 |
life-support system
life support | medical equipment that assists or replaces important bodily functions and so enables a patient to live who otherwise might not survive, the patient is on life support |
| life-support system life support | equipment that makes life possible in otherwise deadly environmental conditions, the astronauts relied on their life-support systems |
| support | any device that bears the weight of another thing, there was no place to attach supports for a shelf |
| support | supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation, the statue stood on a marble support |
| support column | a column that supports a heavy weight |
support hose
support stocking | elasticized stocking intended to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg (as in case of varicose veins) |
| 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 |
| support | something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest, the policy found little public support, his faith was all the support he needed, the team enjoyed the support of their fans |
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 |
accompaniment
musical accompaniment
backup
support | a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts |
| 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 |
Office of Intelligence Support
OIS | agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy |
| support system | a network of facilities and people who interact and remain in informal communication for mutual assistance, a network that enables you to live in a certain style |
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 |