tongue depressor
— Noun
– English
～ a thin depressor used to press the tongue down during an examination of the mouth and throat
tongue
— Noun
– English
～ a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
tongue-flower
— Noun
– English
～ orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base
tongue fern
— Noun
– English
～ east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus
tongue-fish
— Noun
– English
～ left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value
tongue
— Noun
– English
～ a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
tongue-in-cheek
— Adverb
– English
～ in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly"
tongue-in-cheek
— Adverb
– English
～ not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"
tongue-shaped
— Adjective
– English
～ shaped like a tongue
tongue-tied
— Adjective
– English
～ unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief"
tongue-in-cheek
— Adjective
– English
～ cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"
tongue-tie
— Verb
– English
～ deprive of speech; "When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied"
tongue
— Verb
– English
～ articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
tongue
— Verb
– English
～ lick or explore with the tongue
tongued
— Adjective
– English
～ having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination; "golden-tongued"; "sharp-tongued"
tongued
— Adjective
– English
～ provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination; "tongued shoes"; "tongued boards"; "toungued lightning"; "long-tongued"
tonguefish
— Noun
– English
～ left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value
tongueflower
— Noun
– English
～ orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base
tongueless frog
— Noun
– English
～ almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South America
tongueless
— Adjective
– English
～ expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe