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Tongue

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

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Articulator 76% connected

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

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Cape 76% connected

A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.

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Delivery 76% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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Flap 76% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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Language 76% connected

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, artic…

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Lap 76% connected

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

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Lick 76% connected

To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

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Ness 76% connected

A promontory; a cape; a headland.

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Organ 76% connected

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers…

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Speech 76% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Striker 76% connected

One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.

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Australian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Australia.

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Basque 76% connected

Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.

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Caucasian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.

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Creole 76% connected

One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or S…

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Dravidian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Dravida.

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Elamite 76% connected

A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.

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Indian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

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Indo-European 76% connected

Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or natio…

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Papuan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Papua.

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Ural-Altaic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.

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Clapper 74% connected

A person who claps.

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Clapper 74% connected

A person who claps.

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Containing whole 6

Bell 70% connected

A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound o…

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Boot 70% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Mouth 70% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Pharynx 70% connected

The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the highe…

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Shoe 70% connected

A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not exten…

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Throat 70% connected

The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.

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Substance part 1

Sand 70% connected

Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when…

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Synonym 5

Clapper 92% connected

A person who claps.

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Glossa 92% connected

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

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Knife 92% connected

An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and…

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Lingua 92% connected

A tongue.

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Spit 92% connected

A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.

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