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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
banteringly tongue-in-cheek | in a bantering fashion, he spoke to her banteringly |