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Articulator

One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.

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Clapper 76% connected

A person who claps.

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Glossa 76% connected

The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.

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Jawbone 76% connected

The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.

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Jowl 76% connected

The cheek; the jaw.

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Lingua 76% connected

A tongue.

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Lip 76% connected

One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to…

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Mandible 76% connected

The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds.

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Speaker 76% connected

One who speaks.

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Talker 76% connected

One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist.

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Tongue 76% connected

an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

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Utterer 76% connected

One who utters.

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Communicator 76% connected

One who communicates.

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Pronounce 74% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

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Pronounce 74% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

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