Tongue (n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
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; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
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; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
Tongue (n.) The clapper of a bell.
Tongue (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
Tongue (n.) Same as Reed, n., 5.
Tongued (imp. & p. p.) of Tongue
Tonguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tongue
Tongue (v. t.) To speak; to utter.
Tongue (v. t.) To chide; to scold.
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; as, to tongue boards together.
Tongue (v. i.) To talk; to prate.
Tongue (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck.
Tongued (a.) Having a tongue.
Tonguefish (n.) A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.
Tongueless (a.) Having no tongue.
Tongueless (a.) Hence, speechless; mute.
Tongueless (a.) Unnamed; not spoken of.
Tonguelet (n.) A little tongue.
Tongue-pad (n.) A great talker.
Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.
Tongue-shell (n.) Any species of Lingula.
Tonguester (n.) One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.
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; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short fraenum.
Tongue-tied (a.) Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.
Tongueworm (n.) Any species of Linguatulina.
Tonguy (a.) Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker.
Tonic (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) " from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation."
Tonic (a.) Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.
Tonic (a.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.
Tonic (n.) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
Tonic (n.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
Tonic (n.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.
Tonical (a.) Tonic.
Tonicity (n.) The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
Tonight (adv.) On this present or coming night.
Tonight (adv.) On the last night past.
Tonight (n.) The present or the coming night; the night after the present day.
Tonite (n.) An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.
Tonka bean () The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean.
Tonnage (n.) The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.
Tonnage (n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b).
Tonnage (n.) A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals.
Tonnage (n.) The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton.
Tonne (n.) A tun.
Tonnihood (n.) The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop.
Tonnish (a.) In the ton; fashionable; modish.
Tonometer (n.) An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones.
Tonometer (n.) An apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of lower animals.
Tonometer (n.) An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball.
Tonometry (n.) The act of measuring with a tonometer;
Tonometry (n.) measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball.
Tonophant (n.) A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket.
Tonous (a.) Abounding in tone or sound.
Tonquin bean () See Tonka bean.
Tonsil (n.) One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape.
Tonsilar (a.) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.
Tonsile (a.) Capable of being clipped.
Tonsilitic (a.) Tonsilar.
Tonsilitis (n.) Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy.
Tonsilotome (n.) An instrument for removing the tonsils.
Tonsilotomy (n.) The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.
Tonsor (n.) A barber.
Tonsorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving.
Tonsure (n.) The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn.
Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.
Tonsure (n.) The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.
Tonsured (a.) Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.
Tontine (n.) An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance.
Tonus (n.) Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.
Tonies (pl. ) of Tony
Tony (n.) A simpleton.
Too (adv.) Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much.
Too (adv.) Likewise; also; in addition.
Took () imp. of Take.
Tool (n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
Tool (n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
Tool (n.) Hence, any instrument of use or service.
Tool (n.) A weapon.
Tool (n.) A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
tooled (imp. & p. p.) of Tool
tooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tool
Tool (v. t.) To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
Tool (v. t.) To drive, as a coach.
Tooling (n.) Work performed with a tool.
Tool-post (n.) Alt. of Tool-stock
Tool-stock (n.) The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.
Tool-rest (n.) the part that supports a tool-post or a tool.